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Seven countries submit new 2020 national climate plans (NDCs).

Seven countries have submitted new NDCs so far, including the Marshall Islands, Suriname, Norway, Moldova, Japan, Singapore, and Chile.

Climate

50 Years of Earth Day, Climate Action and Science.

Half a century in a timeline. 50 years of events, climate policy, actions and data about CO2, temperature, and population. 50 years that have brought science to the foreground of policymaking.

Climate Environment

Energy Impact Partners: A primer on the next three decades of the energy transition - Part 5

This is the last article of a five-part series examining the technology we’ll need to fully decarbonize our energy system, relying on as few technology “moonshots” as possible.

Energy

Earth Day at 50: Five Ways to Honor the Legacy and Change the World.

A time of crisis is not just a time of anxiety and worry. It gives a chance, an opportunity, to choose well or to choose badly. —Desmond Tutu

Amsterdam to embrace 'doughnut' model to mend post-coronavirus economy.

Dutch officials and British economist to use guide to help city thrive in balance with planet. A doughnut cooked up in Oxford will guide Amsterdam out of the economic mess left by the coronavirus pandemic.

Environment

Coronavirus and climate change: The pandemic is a fire drill for our planet's future.

Climate change will mean one emergency after another, year after year, as heat waves, floods, fire and storms blow cascades of failures through our systems.

Environment

Sweden becomes third European country to close its last coal power plant.

Just days after Austria completed its coal power phase out, Sweden follows suit with closure of Stockholm plant Sweden has become the third European country to complete its phase out of coal power, after last week confirming the closure of Stockholm Exergi AB's Värtaverket plant.

Environment

Alok Sharma: 'We must also follow the best scientific advice on climate change'.

COP26 President steps up calls for 'clean, inclusive and resilient recovery' that delivers on the goals of the Paris Agreement, as polling reveals huge support for accelerate climate action

Climate

Coronavirus crisis could double number of people suffering acute hunger - UN.

Report from UN World Food Programme and others warns 265m people are facing acute risk.

Environment

Flooding will affect double the number of people worldwide by 2030.

New research finds 147 million will be hit by floods by the end of the decade – ‘the numbers will be catastrophic’. The number of people harmed by floods will double worldwide by 2030, according to a new analysis.

Climate

Insect numbers down 25% since 1990, global study finds.

Scientists say insects are vital and the losses worrying, with accelerating declines in Europe called ‘shocking’.

Environment

Pollutionwatch: why has particle pollution increased under lockdown?

Air pollution from traffic has dropped but particles also come from gas heating and agriculture.

Human-caused warming will cause more slow-moving hurricanes, warn climatologists.

Hurricanes moving slowly over an area can cause more damage than faster-moving storms, because the longer a storm lingers, the more time it has to pound an area with storm winds and drop huge volumes of rain, leading to flooding.

Climate

NextEra Energy Looks to Spend $1B on Energy Storage in 2021.

“No drop-off, no slowdown”: NextEra’s well-oiled renewables development machine powers forward during the coronavirus pandemic.

Energy

Could Microsoft’s climate crisis ‘moonshot’ plan really work?

The tech giant’s pledge to go carbon negative by 2030 leans heavily on nascent technology such as machines that suck carbon out of the air.

Energy Technology Solutions

I am Generation Equality: Natalie Isaacs, climate action warrior.

Billions of people across the world stand on the right side of history every day. They speak up, take a stand, mobilize, and take big and small actions to advance women’s rights. This is Generation Equality. I am Generation Equality because…

Preserving Mangroves to Enhance Coastal Resilience.

Did you know that each year, mangroves store the equivalent of carbon emissions from 26 million cars? And that just 100 meter of mangrove can reduce the force of a wave by half?

Environment

Florida: endangered sea turtles thriving thanks to Covid-19 restrictions.

Researchers are seeing an increase in nests as restrictions keep humans and harmful waste off beaches.

Environment

'Spectacular' artefacts found as Norway ice patch melts.

Discoveries exposed by retreating ice include snowshoe for horses and bronze age ski

Environment

Renewable energy as game inspiration | Marios Papalexandrou | TEDxThessaloniki

How would you channel your creativity into doing something good for the planet? In this entertaining talk, renewable energy engineer Marios Papalexandrou is sharing his passion for his work.

Energy