Βρισκόμαστε αντιμέτωποι με μια πρωτόγνωρη κατάσταση, με μια διπλή κρίση –δημόσιας υγείας και οικονομική–, η διάρκεια και οι επιπτώσεις της οποίας είναι πολύ δύσκολο να εκτιμηθούν.
Με δελτίο τύπου, που διακινήθηκε μέσω ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ, είχαμε πληροφορηθεί πως στις 6 Απριλίου στην Ελλάδα είχαμε πολύ ρεύμα από αιολικά! Το ξέραμε βέβαια πως φυσά, αφού είχε και απαγορευτικό απόπλου! Όταν…
The 50th annual call for environmental reform falls at a time when the health of people and nature has never been more urgent
Fifty years ago today, the first Earth Day was marked in the United…
Africa has passed the grim milestone of 10,000 reported cases of coronavirus, along with more than 500 deaths, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC).
As the daily…
John Houghton chaired the tense IPCC meeting without which there would be no Kyoto Protocol. Here he recalls how science won the day.
Climate change is increasingly recognized as one of the most…
A 100% renewable energy system enables the EU to become climate neutral before 2050 in the most cost-effective manner, a new report of SolarPower Europe and LUT University states.
The Green Revolution – the introduction of new higher yielding seed varieties, increased use of fertiliser, irrigation and other mechanisation introduced since the 1960s – brought about a great …
Over 80% of the nation’s voters favor offshore wind energy.
Widespread support comes from both major political parties and every demographic group across the country, according to a national survey…
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-The SDGs need to be re-focused into feasible and inclusive life-saving actions that can be and are carried out for people everywhere.
-The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent policies…
As climate- and ecological-monitoring projects go dark, data that stretch back for decades will soon contain coronavirus-associated gaps.
Twice per year, Ed Dever’s group at Oregon State University…
While we’re all staying in to do our part to fight the spread of the coronavirus, there’s still plenty you can do to advocate for a better, healthier, more sustainable tomorrow.
Here at Climate…
Recent weeks have seen the news emerge this year’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have been postponed. This is a big story within the renewable energy sector. For while the Olympic Games will now newly…
Catastrophic wildfires, decreasing snowpack and dwindling water resources have become a normal part of life for residents in the western U.S. And, as a result of climate change, this may be just the…
After a deadly cyclone slammed through several countries in the Pacific, there is growing concern that the coronavirus pandemic could disrupt efforts to help the survivors undo early work to protect…
Warm temperatures, clear weather and little snow all played a role in last summer’s major melt event on the ice sheet.
The Greenland ice sheet saw some of its highest melt rates on record last…
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Climate expert Michael Mann was honored for his book “The Tantrum that Saved the World,” which the American Meteorological Society (AMS) said “engages readers with empathy and…
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Dozens of students packed onto a boat docked in a flood-prone area of Bangladesh listen closely to a lesson highlighting the natural life of the rivers around…
Senate Democrats are urging the Trump administration to pause non-critical work like overhauling environmental policies during the coronavirus pandemic.
But the proposal is dead on arrival with the…
Νέα μελέτη του WWF υπογραμμίζει πως η υπερεκμετάλλευση της φύσης από τους ανθρώπους οδηγεί στην εμφάνιση νέων πανδημιών που πλήττουν την παγκόσμια υγεία.
‘Digging up coal is making less and less business sense, but it’s awful impact on the planet will only decrease if it’s fully consigned to history,’ says Friends of the Earth.
Nearly half of all…