Weekly World Climate Change News | 17.01.2020

Climate action news for the week of the 17th of January 2020. Follow our weekly updates and stay updated with the latest global developments and environmental initiatives. --- Our Channels --- YouTube: https://goo.gl/m2Dcps Twitter:   / wwccnews   Instagram:   / wwccnews   Facebook:   / wwccnews   LinkedIn:   / uvsociety   ---- This week’s headlines ---- 1) Australia’s bushfires destroyed the habitat of 100 threatened species https://www.sciencenews.org/article/a... species-ecological-disaster 2) Megafires are threatening the future https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and- stories/story/are-megafires-new-normal 3) The last decade has been the warmest decade on record https://www.bbc.com/news/science-envi... 51111176?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cmj34... e-change&link_location=live-reporting-story 4) Warming Oceans Spell Disaster https://www.ecowatch.com/oceans-hotte... 2644806618.html 5) Climate Change increases Arctic storms https://www.carbonbrief.org/in-depth- understanding-the-impacts-of-changing-arctic-storms 6) Russia is the fastest warming country https://www.ambientum.com/ambientum/c... mas-rapido-que-demas-paises.asp 7) The Netherlands is leading the fight against Climate Change https://www.forbes.com/sites/enriqued... way-in-tackling-the-climate-emergency/#44baeab54dbd 8) Economic wealth will not save us from climate change https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/0... climate-change/ 9) Energy Transition Objectives to be met by 2030 https://www.irena.org/newsroom/pressr... Renewables-in-the-Decade-of-Action-to-Achieve-Energy-Transition-Objectives 10) Climate change will cause the displacement of insular populations https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/01/...