"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".
"A fertilizer plant battered by Hurricane Ida belched highly toxic anhydrous ammonia into the air. Two damaged gas pipelines leaked isobutane and propylene, flammable chemicals that are hazardous to human health. And a plastic plant that lost power in the storm’s aftermath is emitting ethylene dichloride, yet another toxic substance."
"Storm damage from Ida astounded officials on Wednesday three days after the powerful hurricane pounded southern Louisiana, as reconnaissance flights revealed entire communities devastated by winds and floods."
"The New York area was under a state of emergency on Thursday after the remnants of Hurricane Ida barreled into the region with furious, wind-driven rain that led to at least eight deaths, all but halted subway service and destroyed homes in New Jersey."
COP26 will bring parties together in Glasgow, Scotland to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Join the Institute for Carbon Removal Law & Policy at American University, online, for the 1st Annual Conference on Carbon Removal Law & Policy. The focus of the inaugural conference will be on ocean-based carbon removal options and the role of law and policy in research and potential deployment.
The Summit will take place virtually during the UN General Assembly in NY. Media accreditation deadline is Sep 20. Beginning Sep 6, each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals will be spotlighted daily to show how food systems play a defining role in achieving the SDGs by 2030; interviewees available.
Join SEJ Sep 15, ahead of the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit, for a discussion with policymakers, experts and journalists covering food, farming and climate to discuss the questions, data and story ideas that will engage your editors and your audience. 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET.
"It was just before sunrise in July when the botanists Naomi Fraga and Maria Jesus threw on backpacks and crunched their way across a brittle alkaline flat in the hottest corner of the Mojave Desert. Their mission: to rescue a tiny plant teetering on the brink of extinction."
