Archive for October 28th, 2024

28/10/2024

Greenhouse Gas Concentrations Surge Again to New Record in 2023

Human Wrongs Watch

28 October 2024 — Greenhouse gas levels surged to a new record in 2023, committing the planet to rising temperatures for many years to come, according to a report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
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Carbon dioxide (CO2) is accumulating in the atmosphere faster than any time experienced during human existence, rising by more than 10% in just two decades.
28/10/2024

Billionaires Emit More Carbon Pollution in 90 Minutes than the Average Person Does in a Lifetime

Human Wrongs Watch

By OXFAM International*

Fifty of the world’s richest billionaires on average produce more carbon through their investments, private jets and yachts in just over an hour and a half than the average person does in their entire lifetime, a new Oxfam report on 28 October 2024 reveals.

The first-of-its-kind study, Carbon Inequality Kills,” tracks the emissions from private jets, yachts and polluting investments and details how the super-rich are fueling inequality, hunger and death across the world.

The report comes ahead of COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, amidst growing fears that climate breakdown is accelerating, driven largely by the emissions of the richest people.

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28/10/2024

Over 150 NGOs Urge World Governments to Help End War Crimes in Gaza

Human Wrongs Watch

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 28 2024 (IPS)* As it continues to leave a mounting trail of death and destruction in Gaza, Israel has come under severe attack from the international community, including the United Nations and its humanitarian agencies, Western allies, the International Criminal Court (ICC) and scores of human rights experts.

Credit: UNRWA

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