‘Governments today haven’t been spending as green as they should,’ the report’s author told The Independent.
Less than a fifth of the money spent by major economies on long-term Covid recovery…
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Despair is humanity’s worst enemy, I believe, so we—the whole Small Planet team—have created an easy-to-digest tour of inspiring ways US cities, states, and farms…
There are more than 4,000 coal power plants globally. Now you can track every one and see if they’re closing—or if countries are adding more.
Over roughly a decade, 256 coal power plants in the U.S…
Claim: Once global warming reaches 2°C (which we’ve nearly reached already, but scientists are downplaying it), positive feedback loops and tipping points will trigger rapid runaway warming and…
Despite living in dynamic environments and facing an uncertain future due to climate change, New Zealanders generally expect their land and property rights will endure indefinitely.
Keeping global temperatures to 1.5C could stem deadly increases in heat and humidity, study says.
Meeting the world’s climate goals could prevent millions living in the tropics from facing episodes…
Stark findings come at ‘critical moment’ for global climate action, the study’s lead author tells The Independent.
Global emissions cuts pre-Covid were just one tenth of the level needed to meet the…
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People often point to plunging natural gas prices as the reason U.S. coal-fired power plants have been shutting down at a faster pace in recent years. However, new research shows two…
The fossil fuel industry is using the same playbook to fight city climate plans around the country.
When the city of Austin drafted a plan to shift away from fossil fuels, the local gas company was…
We spend 90% of our time in the buildings where we live and work, shop and conduct business, in the structures that keep us warm in winter and cool in summer.
But immense energy is required to…
The first UN climate change conference was held in 1995 in Berlin.
More than two decades later, our planet remains on track for three degrees of warming above pre-industrial levels by the end of the…
Food discarded in homes is 74kg per person each year, with problem affecting rich and poor countries.
People waste almost a billion tonnes of food a year, a UN report has revealed. It is the most…
Call comes at event hosted by UK government, which is under pressure over planned coalmine in Cumbria.
All planned coal projects around the world must be cancelled to end the “deadly addiction” to…
People urged to be on the lookout for subadult crocs 'about 5km upstream towards Robertson and 5km downstream towards Swellendam'
Traps have been set in the Breede River after an unknown number of…
Some scientists fear that meltwater from Greenland may be affecting ocean currents that help regulate far-reaching weather patterns.
A northern branch of the Gulf Stream — the vast ocean current…
The cats and dogs lie as if asleep, in individual graves. Many wore collars or other adornments, and they had been cared for through injury and old age, like today’s pets. But the last person to bury…
Several times in recent years, migrants trying to cross between Djibouti and Yemen have been thrown into the sea.
Smugglers threw 80 migrants into the sea between the Horn of Africa and the…
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