Israel’s war in Gaza has ‘immense’ effect on climate catastrophe | First Thing

First months of conflict produced more planet-warming gases than 20 climate-vulnerable countries do in a year, study shows. Plus, the Greenland startup shipping glacier ice to UAE

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The planet-warming emissions generated during the first two months of the war in Gaza were greater than the annual carbon footprint of more than 20 of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries, research reveals.

Lebanon tensions The militant group Hezbollah launched a drone attack against an Israeli command base on Tuesday morning in response to recent high-level Israeli assassinations in Lebanon. Israel said there were no casualties.

What’s happening with the US defense secretary, Lloyd Austin? The White House has said that he will stay in his job but noted his “lack of transparency” and called for a review of procedures after he spent three days in hospital without informing the president.