With the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow less than 200 days away, countries accounting for more than two-thirds of global GDP have now committed to net-zero emissions by the middle of the century.…
A new film rejects the popular narrative and recasts the former president, 96, as hugely prescient thinker, particularly on climate change
When I reach Jimmy Carter’s grandson by Zoom, he answers…
Exclusive: Frans Timmermans says older people need to make sacrifices to protect the future
Older people will have to make sacrifices in the fight against climate change or today’s children will…
After years of uncertainty, communities are demanding proper compensation from major oil companies who will soon begin construction of a major pipeline through their land.
Cutting methane is the ‘strongest lever’ the world has for tackling climate crisis in the short term, according to report.
Rapid action on methane emissions could shave 0.3C off global temperatures…
In the runup to Cop26, public knowledge about the crisis is shallow, with few understanding the scale of the threat.
One of the key lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic is that strong policies require…
Neighbouring nations have denounced Japan’s plan to release water used to cool the nuclear plant's melted reactors into the sea, but researchers say the dangers are low.
Japan’s proposal to…
Earth's glaciers are shrinking, and in the past 20 years, the rate of shrinkage has steadily sped up, according to a new study of nearly every glacier on the planet.
BloombergNEF forecasts result of falling cost of making batteries as well as dedicated production lines.
Electric cars and vans will be cheaper to produce than conventional, fossil fuel-powered…
A new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature warns that if the world's governments fail to meet warming targets set by the Paris climate accord, sea level rise from the melting of the…
From fake oil spills in Washington, D.C. and New York City to a "people mural" in Seattle spelling out "Defund Line 3," climate and Indigenous protesters in 50 U.S. cities and across seven other…
Lignite has been exploited for electricity generation in Greece since the early 1950s and has been a major socioeconomic growth driver for decades since. But, during the last decade, lignite…
It might seem odd to find supporters of climate action debating the merits of a concept that science shows to be essential for halting climate change, and which is accordingly embedded at the heart…
in Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi, it is estimated that over 70% of the population live in informal settlements. Many of these have a history rooted in colonial policies whereby the “African native”…
The Grevy's zebra, covered in white and black stripes, may not look dissimilar to the common zebra. But there are clear differences -- especially to someone like Sheila Funnell, who has dedicated her…
People eating termites and clay as UN says acute malnutrition has almost doubled this year in south.
Madagascar’s worst drought in 40 years has left more than a million people facing a year of…
French President Emmanuel Macron says he’s pushing ahead with a plan for a referendum on including a reference to environmental protection in the constitution -- although there’s little chance it…
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