JOB VACANCIES: deadline 20 April 2020 / Certification Officer, SustainCERT
Climate Change Job Vacancy: Certification Officer, SustainCERT Organization:SustainCERT Position:Certification Officer Duty Station:India Deadline for Application: 20 April 2020
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JOB VACANCIES: deadline 22 April 2020 / Research Analyst, Oceans Solutions, Project Drawdown
Climate Change Job Vacancy: Research Analyst, Oceans Solutions, Project Drawdown Organization:Project Drawdown Position:Research Analyst, Oceans Solutions Duty Station:Remote
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JOB VACANCIES: deadline 22 April 2020 / Senior Fellow, Oceans Solutions, Project Drawdown
Climate Change Job Vacancy: Senior Fellow, Oceans Solutions, Project Drawdown Organization:Project Drawdown Position:Senior Fellow, Oceans Solutions Duty Station:Remote
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JOB VACANCIES: deadline 30 April 2020 / Junior Researcher, African Climate, University of Cape Town
Climate Change Job Vacancy: Junior Researcher, African Climate, University of Cape Town Organization:University of Cape Town Position:Junior Researcher, African Climate
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Ph.D. student turns recycled plastic into face shields for Ugandan medics.
In 2016, Paige Balcom fell in love with Uganda. It happened in Lukodi, a village outside of the town of Gulu, where she was on a Fulbright research grant.
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Tackling climate change is vital for the strongest economic recovery after coronavirus.
The Covid-19 pandemic is a harbinger of climate disasters to come and the resilience we need to build into our systems.
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The Guardian view on the climate and coronavirus: global warnings.
Steep falls in emissions have been the pandemic’s immediate effect. But what’s needed is a green recovery
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NASA data shows dramatic pollution drop in the US.
The air is clearing up because we're staying home. NASA data shows that pollution in northwestern US is dropping dramatically.
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Price crash, pandemic put fossils in peril as investors get nervous.
Apart from a bit of wishful thinking from a veteran oil and gas financier in Calgary, the North American fossil industry is being devastated by the combination of low oil prices and plummeting demand driven by the pandemic, with investors in both Canada and the United States becoming ever more sk
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The energy sector in transition: 27 - 29 October 2020.
Despite the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the imposition of lockdowns in many countries, work is continuing on developing the programme of Enlit Europe.
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Governor signs legislation mandating transition to 100% renewable energy in Virginia.
Virginia’s governor has signed into law targets for over 21GW of renewable generation and more than 3GW of energy storage as part of new measures which will require electricity to come from 100% renewable sources.
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New California battery storage project aims to cut need for gas peaking plants.
Big things are happening in California this week. In the political sphere, Gov. Gavin Newsom is invoking the powers of a “nation-state” to provide life-saving medical supplies that the federal government isn’t.
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Japan’s Quest for Green Energy Glory at Tokyo 2020.
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.
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How COVID-19 could ruin weather forecasts and climate records.
As climate- and ecological-monitoring projects go dark, data that stretch back for decades will soon contain coronavirus-associated gaps.
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Ukraine: wildfires draw dangerously close to Chernobyl site.
Witnesses accuse government of covering up severity of blaze near site of nuclear disaster.
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Cyclone Harold and coronavirus: Pacific Islands face battle on two fronts.
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 vulnerable communities from infection.
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Five ways to take Climate Action while stuck at home.
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 Reality, we face the same question as everyone else right
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Will the SDGs Still be Relevant after the Pandemic? A Disability Rights Perspective
STORY HIGLIGHTS -The SDGs need to be re-focused into feasible and inclusive life-saving actions that can be and are carried out for people everywhere.
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Locust invasion creates food crisis for 1 million Ethiopians.
The UN says locusts in Ethiopia have damaged 200,000 hectares of cropland, as region braces for new swarms.
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Why Ghana’s smallholders aren’t excited by the latest ‘Green Revolution’
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 increase in crop yields in some count
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