2021 was characterized by high temperatures as emissions surged

The EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service says the last seven years were the warmest ‘by a clear margin’ since records began. By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated at 0712 EAT on 11 January 2022. The year 2021 was the world’s fifth hottest on record, while levels of planet-warming carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere hit…

Looking towards the End of Using Coal at COP26

By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated at 1239 EAT on 4th November 2021. Coal is the most polluting fossil fuel, and greenhouse gas emissions from burning it are the single-biggest contributor to climate change. The British government says the “end of coal is in sight” after Poland, Vietnam and Chile and other countries pledged for the…