climate crisis

Still, it's not too late to make a big difference in the health of Earth and people who live here. It's already too late to meet the warming limit of 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius) set…

Inquiring children want to know what will happen if sea levels rise, how to talk about climate change with friends at school, and more. Dear readers,

President-elect Joe Biden introduced on Saturday key members of the team he is assembling to fulfill his pledge to combat climate change, calling them brilliant and qualified. Climate change is “the…

On December 4, about 1,600 Rohingya traveled across the Bay of Bengal in seven navy boats from Chattogram to Bhasan Char. Bangladesh plans to move 100,000 families to the island. The move poses…

Humans are transgressing planetary boundaries on several fronts. In November of 2019, 11,000+ of the world’s foremost climate scientists published a bleak forecast of rising global temperatures that…

Managers commit to investing only in companies with net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050. Some of the world’s largest investors managing assets worth more than $9tn have committed to investing only in…

Along U.S. coastlines, from California to Florida, residents are getting increasingly accustomed to "king tides." These extra-high tides cause flooding and wreak havoc on affected communities.

The frequency of natural disasters is making life in rural areas increasingly difficult, pushing inhabitants into city slums. The house Faruk Hossain grew up in has, for the last six months,…

Countries must redesign their development pathways to reduce damage to the environment and the natural world, or risk stalling progress for humanity overall, the United Nations Development Programme…

Minister tells more than 80 world leaders that not enough is being done. The world is still not on track to fulfil the 2015 Paris climate agreement, the UK’s business secretary Alok Sharma warned,…

Governments are pouring resources into economic recovery. It’s an opportunity for visionary climate policies. In the early hours of 12 December, 2015, I stood together with world leaders to welcome…

Project hopes to influence policymakers at Cop26 UN climate change conference in Glasgow. People around the world will have a chance to discuss responses to the climate crisis in a planned global…

The fifth annual report on the climate crisis and human health also found millions of lives could be saved by tackling emissions and the Covid pandemic together. Exposure of the most vulnerable…

The unprecedented fires aren’t just caused by the climate crisis. Land use –especially real estate and animal husbandry – have a lot to answer for Agood, natural fire can be a cleansing force. Yet,…

Dense U.N. reports may not make onto anyone’s must read list for the holidays, so think of the United Nations Environment Program’s 2020 Emissions Gap survey as a warning letter from Santa, on behalf…

The Marshall Islands sit barely six feet above sea level in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and its people are among the most vulnerable in the world to the complex consequences of climate change,…

The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addressed the dire threat of climate change Wednesday in a speech on the state of the planet delivered at Columbia University in New York.   "The state of…

The climate crisis already has a death toll, and it will get worse if we don't act to reduce emissions.

"It's easy to feel dwarfed in the context of such a global systemic issue," says psychologist Renée Lertzman. She says that when people experience these feelings, they often shut down and push…

The Sunrise Movement helped reach 3.5m voters in swing states and are determined to hold the president-elect to his promises. Joe Biden will have to navigate a path for the most ambitious climate…