If all the glaciers and ice caps on the planet melted, global sea level would rise by about 230 feet. That amount of water would flood nearly every coastal city around the world [source: U.S.…
Extreme weather, locust invasions and violence have forced people to flee their homes.
Millions of people were uprooted from their homes by conflict, violence and natural disasters in the first six…
What is driving the wildfires that are ravaging California, Oregon and Washington? President Trump and state officials have offered sharply different views.
Bacterial infection alongside speed of temperature rise may have triggered mortality, suggests study.
High temperatures and the persistent warming of oceans have triggered profound changes in marine…
AccountAbility has identified the following practices exemplified by industry leaders to serve as good guideposts for companies grappling with GHG management expectations and related business…
Investors and policymakers face a common challenge: How can green business activities be systematically identified, categorized, and measured across diverse sectors, supply chains and asset classes…
As West coast wildfires color the skies dystopian red and orange and an aggressive hurricane season batters the U.S. Gulf coast, college students are demanding their schools take bold action to…
Bermuda shutters schools and ports for Hurricane Paulette
Hurricane Sally moves towards US Gulf coast
For only the second time in recorded history, five tropical cyclones are churning in…
LONDON (Reuters) - The World Bank’s private-sector arm has introduced new climate change conditions for its investments in commercial banks to encourage the lenders to wind down support for coal…
Engaging with climate and energy policy in Australia can be bad for your neck. Either your head is in your hands as the latest political idiocy unfolds, or you suffer whiplash as you encounter smart…
The coronavirus pandemic has altered economic priorities for governments around the world. But as wildfires tear up the west coast of the United States and Europe reels after one of its hottest…
Banking giant announces commitment to providing financing, expertise and leadership to support the transition to a low-carbon world.
“Climate change is one of the most complex and interconnected…
In her first State of the Union Address, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced a stronger climate ambition by increasing emissions reduction from the previously…
For investors and policymakers, effectively addressing climate change poses particular challenges—not the least of which is the long time-lag between actions and outcomes. The inertia in the climate…
In recent years the attitudes of the general public, many companies and governments have shifted regarding climate change, with urgent calls for action to address the growing crisis. Much of the…
Methane is a shorter-lived greenhouse gas - why do we average it out over 100 years? By doing so, do we risk emitting so much in the upcoming decades that we reach climate tipping points?
The…
Volcanic eruptions drove global heating, causing mass extinctions and ushering in dinosaur era.
A mass extinction event sparked by a sudden shift in climate more than 200m years ago reshaped life on…
Many countries are making “green” recovery measures a central part of stimulus packages to drive sustainable, inclusive, resilient economic growth and improve well-being in the wake of the COVID-19…
More than half of the world's population lives in cities, and most future population growth is predicted to happen in urban areas. But the concentration of large numbers of people and the ecosystems…
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