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19 04 2020 | 07:40

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. -The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent policies…

19 04 2020 | 07:32

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. Twice per year, Ed Dever’s group at Oregon State University…

19 04 2020 | 07:29

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…

19 04 2020 | 07:24

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. For while the Olympic Games will now newly…

19 04 2020 | 07:20

Megadrought emerging in western U.S. could be the worst in 1,200 years, study finds.

Catastrophic wildfires, decreasing snowpack and dwindling water resources have become a normal part of life for residents in the western U.S. And, as a result of climate change, this may be just the…

19 04 2020 | 07:16

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…

19 04 2020 | 07:03

Persistent Cloudless Skies Helped Fuel Exceptional Greenland Ice Melt.

Warm temperatures, clear weather and little snow all played a role in last summer’s major melt event on the ice sheet. The Greenland ice sheet saw some of its highest melt rates on record last…

17 04 2020 | 10:47

Top weather society honors Mann for children's book on climate change.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Climate expert Michael Mann was honored for his book “The Tantrum that Saved the World,” which the American Meteorological Society (AMS) said “engages readers with empathy and…

17 04 2020 | 10:33

Schools challenged to teach climate change as students join Greta strikes.

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Dozens of students packed onto a boat docked in a flood-prone area of Bangladesh listen closely to a lesson highlighting the natural life of the rivers around…

17 04 2020 | 10:20

Democratic senators urge Trump administration to halt environmental rollbacks during pandemic.

Senate Democrats are urging the Trump administration to pause non-critical work like overhauling environmental policies during the coronavirus pandemic. But the proposal is dead on arrival with the…

15 04 2020 | 09:11

Nearly half of global coal plants will be unprofitable this year, study shows.

‘Digging up coal is making less and less business sense, but it’s awful impact on the planet will only decrease if it’s fully consigned to history,’ says Friends of the Earth. Nearly half of all…

15 04 2020 | 08:58

'It's positively alpine!': Disbelief in big cities as air pollution falls.

Delhi is one of many capitals enjoying improved air quality since restrictions were introduced due to the coronavirus The screenshots began to circulate on Delhi WhatsApp groups last week, captioned…

15 04 2020 | 08:24

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…

15 04 2020 | 08:13

Will we learn lessons for tackling climate change from our current crisis?

Crises tend to bring out some of the best and the worst in us. We have watched in awe and admiration as health care professionals have responded with superhuman dedication to the Covid-19 pandemic.

13 04 2020 | 08:20

Renewables Boomed In 2019, But This Year May Be Different.

enewable energy projects constituted three-quarters of all new power generation capacity projects in the world last year, the International Renewable Energy Agency said in a new report. In even…

13 04 2020 | 08:15

IRENA sees solar growth in Asia and renewables trends continuing.

As had been the case in 2018, Asia reaped the lion’s share of IRENA’s solar addition figures for 2019. The global body believes 60% of solar installs worldwide was commissioned in the continent,…

13 04 2020 | 08:00

Southeast Asia’s renewable energy transition likely to take hit from COVID-19: Experts.

BANGKOK: Regional aspirations for a swift transition from fossil fuel to renewable energy are likely to be dashed by the economic and market crises triggered by the global COVID-19 outbreak, experts…

13 04 2020 | 07:49

Africa’s green renewal gathers pace.

Despite myriad challenges, Africa’s uptake of renewable energy is belatedly moving in the right direction. David Thomas examines how the exciting potential of new technologies is making progress in…

13 04 2020 | 07:13

Energy Impact Partners: A primer on the next three decades of the energy transition - Part 3.

Energy Impact Partners research lead, Andy Lubershane, releases a five-part series examining technologies needed to fully decarbonize the energy system, relying on as few technology “moonshots” as…

13 04 2020 | 07:08

Wildlife destruction 'not a slippery slope but a series of cliff edges'.

New study finds ocean ecosystems likely to collapse in 2020s and land species in 2040s unless global warming stemmed. Wildlife species will die out and natural ecosystems collapse in the near future…