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2023 In The Environment
This is an article of notable issues relating to the terrestrial environment (biophysical), environment of Earth in 2023. They relate to environmental events such as natural disasters, environmental sciences such as ecology and geoscience with a known relevance to contemporary influence of humanity on Earth, environmental law, conservation (ethic), conservation, environmentalism with major worldwide impact and environmental issues. Events Environmental policies approved Open policy proposals Environmental disasters Pollution events See also General *2020s in environmental history *2023 in climate change *Green recovery *Template:2023 in space, 2023 in space *List of environmental issues *Outline of environmental studies Natural environment *Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, List of large earthquakes in the 21st century *List of large volcanic eruptions in the 21st century *Lists of extinct animals#Recent extinction *:Species described in 2023 *:Protected areas est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Recovery
Green recovery packages are proposed environmental, regulatory, and fiscal reforms to rebuild prosperity in the wake of an economic crisis, such as the COVID-19 recession or the 2008 financial crisis. They pertain to fiscal measures that intend to recover economic growth while also positively benefitting the environment, including measures for renewable energy, efficient energy use, nature-based solutions, sustainable transport, green innovation and green jobs, amongst others. Support for a green recovery in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has come from multiple political parties, governments, activists, and academia across the globe. Following similar measures in response to the GFC, a key goal of the packages is to ensure that actions to combat recession also combat climate change. These actions include the reduction of coal, oil, and gas use, clean transport, renewable energy, eco-friendly buildings, and sustainable corporate or financial practices. Green recovery initiati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disaster Response
Disaster response refers to the actions taken directly before, during, or immediately after a disaster. The objective is to save lives, ensure health and safety, and meet the subsistence needs of the people affected.UNGA (2016)Report of the open-ended intergovernmental expert working group on indicators and terminology relating to disaster risk reduction United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). It includes warning and evacuation, search and rescue, providing immediate assistance, assessing damage, continuing assistance, and the immediate restoration or construction of infrastructure. An example of this would be building provisional storm drains or diversion dams. Emergency response aims to provide immediate help to keep people alive, improve their health and support their morale. It can involve specific but limited aid, such as helping refugees with transport, temporary shelter, and food. Or it can involve establishing semi-permanent settlements in camps and other locations. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disaster Science
A disaster is an event that causes serious harm to people, buildings, economies, or the environment, and the affected community cannot handle it alone. ''Natural disasters'' like avalanches, floods, earthquakes, and wildfires are caused by natural hazards. ''Human-made disasters'' like oil spills, terrorist attacks and power outages are caused by people. Nowadays, it is hard to separate natural and human-made disasters because human actions can make natural disasters worse. Climate change also affects how often disasters due to extreme weather hazards happen. Disasters usually hit people in developing countries harder than people in wealthy countries. Over 95% of deaths from disasters happen in low-income countries, and those countries lose a lot more money compared to richer countries. For example, the damage from natural disasters is 20 times greater in developing countries than in industrialized countries. This is because low-income countries often do not have well-built build ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human Impact On The Environment
Human impact on the environment (or anthropogenic environmental impact) refers to changes to biophysical environments and to ecosystems, biodiversity, and natural resources caused directly or indirectly by humans. Modifying the environment to fit the needs of society (as in the built environment) is causing severe effects including global warming, environmental degradation (such as ocean acidification), mass extinction and biodiversity loss, ecological crisis, and ecological collapse. Some human activities that cause damage (either directly or indirectly) to the environment on a global scale include population growth, neoliberal economic policies and rapid economic growth, overconsumption, overexploitation, pollution, and deforestation. Some of the problems, including global warming and biodiversity loss, have been proposed as representing catastrophic risks to the survival of the human species. The term ''anthropogenic'' designates an effect or object resulting from h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 In Rail Transport
Events January * January 2 – Line M7 (Istanbul Metro), M7 of the Istanbul Metro extends from Şişli—Mecidiyeköy (Istanbul Metro), Mecidiyeköy to Yıldız (Istanbul Metro), Yıldız. * January 6 – Line M8 (Istanbul Metro), M8 of the Istanbul Metro opens between Bostancı railway station, Bostancı and Parseller station, Parseller. * January 7 – Line T Third Street of the San Francisco Muni Metro rerouted via the Central Subway (San Francisco), Central Subway to Chinatown station (Muni Metro), Chinatown station. * January 18 ** – Beijing Subway introduces through service between Line 9 (Beijing Subway), Line 9 and the Fangshan line, Fangshan Line. ** – Chongqing Rail Transit: Line 9 (Chongqing Rail Transit), Line 9 extends from Xingke Ave. station, Xingke Ave to Huashigou station, Huashigou and Line 10 (Chongqing Rail Transit), Line 10 extends from Liyuchi station, Liyuchi to Houbao station, Houbao. * January 19 – Mumbai Metro: Line 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timeline Of Sustainable Energy Research 2020–present
This timeline of sustainable energy research from 2020 to the present documents research and development in renewable energy, solar energy, and nuclear energy, particularly regarding energy production that is sustainable within the Earth system. Events currently not included in the timelines include: * goal-codifying policy about, commercialization of, adoptions of, deployment-statistics of, announced developments of, announced funding for and dissemination of sustainable energy -technologies and -infrastructure/systems * research about related phase-outs in general – such as about the fossil fuel phase out * research about relevant alternative technologies – such as in transport, HVAC, refrigeration, passive cooling, heat pumps and district heating * research about related public awareness, media, policy-making and education * research about related geopolitics, policies, and integrated strategies Grids Smart grids 2022 * A study provides result ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Extinct Animals
This page features lists of species and organisms that have become extinct. The reasons for extinction range from natural occurrences, such as shifts in the Earth's ecosystem or natural disasters, to human influences on nature by the overuse of natural resources, hunting and destruction of natural habitats. In actual theoretical practice, a species not definitely located in the wild in the last 50 years of current time is textually called "extinct". Plants * List of recently extinct plants Animals By region * List of African animals extinct in the Holocene ** List of Madagascar and Indian Ocean Island animals extinct in the Holocene ** List of Macaronesian animals extinct in the Holocene ** List of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha animals extinct in the Holocene * List of Asian animals extinct in the Holocene * List of European species extinct in the Holocene ** List of extinct animals of the British Isles ** List of Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily animals e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Large Volcanic Eruptions In The 21st Century
This is a list of volcanic eruptions in the 21st century with a volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 4 or higher, and smaller eruptions that resulted in fatalities, significant damage or disruptions. The largest volcanic eruption of the 21st century is the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami, and the deadliest are the 2018 Volcán de Fuego eruption and the 2018 Sunda Strait tsunami. Large eruptions (VEI of 4 or higher, or plume height of at least 15 km) Smaller explosive eruptions resulting in fatalities or significant damage Effusive eruptions See also * List of volcanic eruptions 1500–1999 *List of large Holocene volcanic eruptions *List of largest volcanic eruptions *List of natural disasters by death toll * List of volcanic eruptions by death toll *Lists of volcanoes References {{Reflist, 30em External links VEI glossary entryfrom a USGS website How to measure the size of a volcanic eruption from ''The Guardian'' The size and frequency of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of 21st-century Earthquakes
The following is a summary of significant earthquakes during the 21st century. In terms of fatalities, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was the most destructive event with 227,898 confirmed fatalities, followed by the 2010 Haiti earthquake with about 160,000 fatalities, the 2008 Sichuan earthquake with 87,587 fatalities, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake suffered by Pakistan with 87,351 fatalities, and the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes with 62,013 fatalities. The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami became the List of disasters by cost, costliest natural disaster, resulting in approximately $360 billion in property damage at the time, followed by the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes and the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, which resulted in $163.6 billion and $150 billion in damage, respectively. List of deadliest earthquakes The following are the 20 deadliest earthquakes of the 21st century so far. List of largest earthquakes by magnitude * Note: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
