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19 04 2019 | 14:54

Investment Houses See Climate Targets Undercutting Fossils, Warming Above 2.0°C Boosting Financial Risk.

Continued fossil industry development came under increased pressure from investors over the last week, with a major fund manager concluding that climate targets could undercut global oil demand by…

19 04 2019 | 12:30

Fossils ‘Surprised And Disappointed’ As Norway Turns Against Lofoten Islands Oil Drilling.

Fossils ‘Surprised And Disappointed’ As Norway Turns Against Lofoten Islands Oil Drilling

19 04 2019 | 12:20

Climate-Vulnerable Countries Plan New Tools To Fund Green Development.

With at least a billion people in developing countries facing serious risk as the climate warms, the 48 members of the Vulnerable Twenty Group of Ministers of Finance (V20) is introducing a new set…

19 04 2019 | 10:37

Global banks warn climate change could wipe out $20 trillion worth of assets.

A new report has found that climate change could wipe out trillions of dollars’ worth of assets. The report by the Network for Greening the Financial System has highlighted the serious effect that…

19 04 2019 | 09:04

Dozens arrested in Extinction Rebellion climate change protest.

Police made 29 arrests as about 300 climate change protesters blocked one of the main roads into Edinburgh's city centre. Supporters of Extinction Rebellion Scotland targeted North Bridge as part of…

18 04 2019 | 15:55

Why India, Chile, and Jordan lead the way on renewable energy.

Three developing nations are leaders in the race to find clean energy sources. We looked to see if they offer lessons on how to efficiently pivot away from fossil fuels.

18 04 2019 | 15:33

Climate Strikes: “Whose future? Our future!”.

Another month, another climate strike. Today, students from across the globe went on strike again for climate action. The Fridays for Future concept started in order to raise global awareness and to…

17 04 2019 | 07:18

Glaciers lose nine trillion tonnes ice in half a century.

When we think of climate change, one of the first things to come to mind is melting polar ice. However, ice loss isn’t just restricted to the polar regions. According to research published today,…

15 04 2019 | 12:48

Kenya: Nairobi sends trucks of food, water to drought-hit Turkana.

Millions of dollars are set aside every year for water projects in areas prone to drought in Kenya. Nairobi has sent foodstuffs to the hunger-troubled counties of Turkana and West Pokot to save…

15 04 2019 | 07:08

Young people have a smaller ‘allowance’ of CO2 emissions than the generation before.

New analysis from Carbon Brief has found that younger generations need to significantly lower their carbon emissions for future climate targets.  The analysis has found that global CO2 emissions…

13 04 2019 | 13:59

Climate disaster losses could undermine financial system stability, U.S. federal bank exec warns

Economic losses from natural disasters and other climate impacts could produce enough risk to undermine the security of the financial system, according to a research letter released Monday by Glenn D…

13 04 2019 | 13:46

‘Unprecedented’ US flood season will imperil 200m people, experts warn.

The severe flooding in the American midwest is set to only be a prelude to “unprecedented” levels of flooding across the US in the coming months that will imperil 200 million people, federal…

12 04 2019 | 08:06

WMO makes it clear that the climate crisis is accelerating faster than we are implementing solutions.

The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) report argues that the financial and physical impacts of climate change are accelerating. The 25th edition of the WMO’s Statement on the State of the…

11 04 2019 | 17:41

US judge halts hundreds of drilling projects in groundbreaking climate change ruling.

In a rebuke of the Trump administration’s ‘energy-first’ agenda, a judge rules greenhouse gas emissions must be considered.

11 04 2019 | 07:50

Citizens’ expectations for Europe focus on climate and social issues.

The common expectations of Europeans are actually far from the divisions fuelled by politicians. This was highlighted by the WeEuropeans initiative, which managed to mobilise 2 million people and…

10 04 2019 | 10:29

The Koch Brothers Believe In Climate Change Because The Market Accepts It.

Apparently, the Koch Brothers believe in climate change when the market accepts it. To explain, Reason.com’s Hit & Run blog ran an article accepting climate change’s validity on 5 March 2019.

10 04 2019 | 07:42

Summit leak reveals EU rift on climate change.

Confidential documents prepared in advance of a two-day EU summit in Brussels have exposed an East-West divide in Europe on climate change, with Germany siding with Poland, Hungary and the Czech…

06 04 2019 | 09:18

Experts, Leaders Agree on Key Ways to Mobilize Accelerated Action for Climate, Sustainable Development.

Copenhagen, 3 April 2019 —With the urgency of climate action at an all-time high, global experts and leaders meeting in Copenhagen identified key immediate action areas to better serve both the world…

06 04 2019 | 09:12

Why Should Schools Teach Climate Education?

When we think about schools, we first come up with subjects such as math, science, reading, and writing. However, these subjects, while important to success, are not all that schools teach. Schools…

05 04 2019 | 10:17

The destruction of the Earth is a crime. It should be prosecuted

Businesses should be liable for the harm they do. Polly Higgins has launched a push to make ecocide an international crime. Why do we wait until someone has passed away before we honour them? I…