Join the Pew Research Center and a panel of distinguished experts on the opening day of the UN General Assembly for an exploration of new international polling data on global views of climate change and confidence in the international community to address it. 12:30 p.m. ET.
Harlo Holmes, Chief Information Security Officer and Director of Digital Security at Freedom of the Press Foundation, will be providing guidance to journalists on what they can do to keep themselves safe and improve their knowledge and skills on digital security. 10 a.m. ET.
The Allen Coral Atlas will host a virtual press conference with a 10-minute presentation that includes a demonstration of the Atlas, followed by Q&A with partner representatives. 11 a.m. ET. Embargoed press materials are available upon request through the registration page.
"Several years ago, a mysterious coral disease began decimating the Florida Reef. The only way to save the animals from extinction? An unprecedented mission to relocate them to facilities across the country."
"Across the U.S. West this summer, helicopters buzz low, herding thousands of wild horses into gated areas. The roundups, made necessary by the devastating effects of wildfire and drought, show how climate change is endangering the iconic wild horses, livestock and other wildlife, according to ranchers, activists and the U.S. government."
"Long-term exposure to air pollution is linked to higher levels of illness and mortality even when air pollution levels are well below legal limits, according to a new study."
"Weather disasters are striking the world four to five times more often and causing seven times more damage than in the 1970s, the United Nations weather agency reports. But these disasters are killing far fewer people."
"Trump-era EPA appointees engaged in "considerable political level interference" on an assessment for a controversial "forever chemical," documents obtained by E&E News indicate."
"Britain is moving too slowly to vaccinate developing-country delegates hoping to travel to November's key U.N. climate talks, activists said, raising concerns they will not be able to afford expensive and putting their participation at risk."
"As climate change brings stronger droughts and hotter temperatures, wildfires are becoming a bigger threat around the world - including in places they have not been seen previously".
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/calendar/climate-and-concern-cop26-and-global-public-opinion
[2] https://www.sej.org/calendar/digital-security-training-journalists
[3] https://www.sej.org/calendar/virtual-press-conference-and-demo-allen-coral-atlas-completes-map-world-s-coral-reefs
[4] https://www.sej.org/headlines/race-rescue-florida-s-diseased-corals
[5] https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/interactive/2021/florida-rescue-coral-reef/
[6] https://www.sej.org/headlines/drought-and-climate-change-spur-roundups-us-wild-horses
[7] https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2FX331
[8] https://www.sej.org/headlines/exposure-air-pollution-below-legal-limits-linked-premature-deaths
[9] https://www.ehn.org/air-pollution-regulations-2654865967/air-pollution
[10] https://www.sej.org/headlines/un-weather-disasters-soar-numbers-cost-deaths-fall
[11] https://apnews.com/article/environment-and-nature-united-nations-weather-climate-change-science--ccc665512d6b2c10e51bd95c6cf06888
[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/how-biden-s-team-rushed-dump-trump-era-pfas-assessment
[13] https://www.eenews.net/articles/how-bidens-team-rushed-to-dump-a-trump-era-pfas-assessment/
[14] https://www.sej.org/headlines/global-south-climate-reps-doubt-cop26-participation-over-vaccine-delay
[15] https://news.trust.org/item/20210901124009-prmqq/
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/focus-wildfires-and-climate-change
[17] https://news.trust.org/packages/fires-and-drought/
[18] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[19] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1277
[20] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1274
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1275
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1276
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1279
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1280
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1281
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1282
[27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4947