Weekly Climate News

December 3, 2020

  • Outdoor heating systems have made an emergence into the outdoor dining scene as a result of the pandemic. Read this article on how they impact the environment. 

  • A compromise was reached between European and Saudi Arabian leaders on climate change at the G20 summit.

  • Bates Smart, an architecture firm in Melbourne, Australia, made plans to turn 1,200 acres of empty parking garage roofs into rooftop gardens.  

  • A joint U.S. and European satellite that will monitor the world’s oceans and the rise of global sea levels launched Nov. 21. 

  • Global warming makes Northeastern forests more susceptible to the large-scale wildfires that frequently light up the western United States. 

  • Natural disasters are increasing around the world, leaving marginalized and less advantaged communities in extremely dangerous living conditions.   

  • The United Nations will make building a global net-zero emissions coalition a priority for 2021. 

  • Canada is set to put a goal for net-zero emissions by 2050 into law. 

  • New Zealand declared a climate change emergency.