Kelly MacNamara

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Climate and Environment Correspondent at Agence France-Presse (AFP)

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Articles

World Bank And IMF Climate Snub 'Worrying': COP29 Presidency

1 week ago | barrons.com | Kelly MacNamara

The hosts of the most recent UN climate talks are worried international lenders are retreating from their commitments to help boost funding for developing countries' response to global warming. This anxiety has grown as the Trump administration has slashed foreign aid and discouraged US-based development lenders like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund from focussing on climate finance.
World Bank and IMF climate snub 'worrying', says COP29 presidency

1 week ago | energy-daily.com | Kelly MacNamara

World Bank and IMF climate snub 'worrying', says COP29 presidencyBy Kelly MACNAMARABonn (AFP) June 20, 2025 The hosts of the most recent UN climate talks are worried international lenders are retreating from their commitments to help boost funding for developing countries' response to global warming.
Emperor Penguins Disappearing Faster Than Worst Estimates, Study Finds

2 weeks ago | sciencealert.com | Kelly MacNamara

Emperor penguin populations in Antarctica have shrunk by almost a quarter as global warming transforms their icy habitat, according to new research on Tuesday that warned the losses were far worse than previously imagined. Scientists monitoring the world's largest penguin species used satellites to assess sixteen colonies in the Antarctic Peninsula, Weddell Sea and Bellingshausen Sea, representing nearly a third of the global emperor penguin population.
Les manchots empereurs menacés «plus vite que prévu» par le réchauffement climatique

2 weeks ago | ledevoir.com | Kelly MacNamara

Le réchauffement climatique, et en particulier le recul de la banquise dans l’Antarctique, fait décliner « plus vite que prévu » la population des manchots empereurs, dont nombre de colonies ont perdu plus de 20 % de leurs membres en 15 ans, alerte mardi une étude britannique de référence.
População de pinguins-imperadores está diminuindo mais rápido do que o esperado

2 weeks ago | opovo.com.br | Kelly MacNamara

A população de pinguins-imperadores na Antártica diminuiu quase um quarto à medida que o aquecimento global transforma seu habitat gelado, de acordo com uma nova pesquisa publicada nesta terça-feira (10). Essas perdas são muito piores do que se pensava anteriormente. É + que streaming. É arte, cultura e história.
La población de pingüinos emperador está disminuyendo más rápido de lo esperado

2 weeks ago | es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Kelly MacNamara

Kelly MACNAMARA10 de junio de 2025, 4:40 a.m.·3 min de lecturaLa población de pingüinos emperador en la Antártida ha disminuido casi una cuarta parte a medida que el calentamiento global transforma su hábitat helado, según una nueva investigación publicada el martes. Esas pérdidas son mucho peores de lo que se pensaba anteriormente.
Emperor penguin populations declining faster than expected

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Kelly MacNamara

Emperor penguin populations in Antarctica have shrunk by almost a quarter as global warming transforms their icy habitat, according to new research on Tuesday that warned the losses were far worse than previously imagined. Scientists monitoring the world's largest penguin species used satellites to assess sixteen colonies in the Antarctic Peninsula, Weddell Sea and Bellingshausen Sea, representing nearly a third of the global emperor penguin population.
População de pinguins-imperadores está diminuindo mais rápido do que o esperado

2 weeks ago | em.com.br | Kelly MacNamara

A população de pinguins-imperadores na Antártica diminuiu quase um quarto à medida que o aquecimento global transforma seu habitat gelado, de acordo com uma nova pesquisa publicada nesta terça-feira (10). Essas perdas são muito piores do que se pensava anteriormente. Após analisar as populações em 16 colônias na península Antártica, no mar de Weddell e no mar de Bellingshausen, os cientistas alertaram que a queda é de 22% nos últimos 15 anos (até 2024).
Scientists long ago envisioned the end of climate cooperation

2 weeks ago | japantoday.com | Kelly MacNamara

They warned it could happen: a world of surging nationalism, stalling economic development and the unravelling of decades of international cooperation on climate change and other global challenges. Long before Donald Trump lurched away from diplomatic norms and the international rules-based order, scientists mapped out different potential futures to understand the possible implications for greenhouse gas emissions.
Ban high-seas fishing, mining 'forever': experts

3 weeks ago | terradaily.com | Kelly MacNamara

Ban high-seas fishing, mining 'forever': expertsBy Kelly MACNAMARAParis (AFP) June 4, 2025 Governments should ban all mining and fishing in the high seas "forever" to protect ocean biodiversity, climate stability -- and humanity, climate and ocean experts said Wednesday. In a commentary in the journal Nature, published ahead of a UN oceans summit in France, researchers and conservationists called on governments to act more decisively to protect marine habitats outside national jurisdiction.