This decade was likely the hottest on record. As it comes to a close and another begins, one glaring question is: Can the world make up for this lost time?
Last year, we observed a number of trends that seem to suggest we have made progress in tackling climate change but we have not done enough. In 2019 alone, there were 15 natural disasters that caused…
Last week, a whistle rang out in a buzzing conference fairground on the edge of Madrid. Instantly, a swell of protesters rose up, determined to “bring in the streets and tear down the walls”, enraged…
Morrison government criticised for planning to use accounting loophole to meet emissions target.
Disagreement over Australia’s plan to use an accounting loophole to meet its climate target will…
Every year, about 15 billion trees are cut down globally, and across Africa, deforestation rates has surpassed the global annual average of 0.8 percent.
During the latest midterm election cycle, the fossil fuel industry paid at least $359 million for federal campaign donations and lobbying.
Corporations, special interest groups, and individuals…
In climate terms, 2019 was a calamitous year for the planet. Hurricanes, cyclones and flooding killed and displaced thousands across Asia, Europe and Africa and in both North and South America;…
With the Trump Administration trying to drive science out of environmental decision making and climate change out of environmental impact statements, it is easy to be pessimistic about our ability to…
Parts of the country have been affected by consecutive years of abnormally hot weather and below average rainfall that have scorched grazing lands and dried up watering holes since 2015, the driest…
The runaway train that is climate change is about to blow past another milestone: global fossil-fuel carbon dioxide emissions will reach yet another record high. Driven by rising natural gas and oil…
Tractebel Engineering and Tractebel Overdick, both part of energy major Engie, have unveiled a power-to-gas offshore platform that would convert wind energy to green hydrogen.
Tractebel Overdick and…
There was a time when the withered Lake Chad region was the focal point of what climate change on the African continent looked like, and what it could or would mean for migration. Some 2.6 million…
I am a climate scientist on holiday in the Blue Mountains, watching climate change in action.
After years studying the climate, my work has brought me to Sydney where I’m studying the linkages…
Energy storage is no longer an asset class that utilities can ignore.
One of the biggest criticisms of renewable energy has been its inherently intermittent nature. Solar energy plants don't produce…
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe (CNN)Torrents of water once thundered over the precipice at Victoria Falls, on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia, shrouding the area in mist.
Άλλο ένα COP, άλλη μια απογοήτευση.
Λόγια και ανέξοδες μεγαλοστομίες με άφθονα «θα» και «πρέπει», αλλά στο τελικό κείμενο οι γνωστές άγνωστες χώρες κρατούν τις επιφυλάξεις τους και πάμε για το…
Many people dream of a white Christmas each year. Why else would Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" from 1942 be the best-selling single in the world?
But sadly, this dream will never come true for…
With 500,000 mostly young climate activists rallying in Madrid streets, COP25 delegates agreed to disagree on nearly everything, with smaller nations striving to pave the way for implementation of…