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03 01 2021 | 09:23

ASK SARA: 'Why have carbon dioxide levels risen and fallen in the past?'

'Why have carbon dioxide levels risen and fallen in the past?' Dear readers, This is not the column I planned to publish this month. I wrote another one several weeks ago in answer to a reader’s…

03 01 2021 | 09:12

The top 2020 trends in sustainability, according to GreenBiz readers.

At GreenBiz, we’ve been reporting on the world of sustainable business for over two decades, but this year has been unlike any other. From an unprecedented pandemic to a global economic downturn to…

03 01 2021 | 09:10

ASK SARA: Where did the climate come from?' and other kids' questions about climate change

Inquiring children want to know what will happen if sea levels rise, how to talk about climate change with friends at school, and more. Dear readers,

03 01 2021 | 09:05

ASK SARA: 'What can I realistically do about climate change?'

The past few months have shown that individuals have an absolutely gobsmackingly critical role to play in confronting a global crisis. Hi Sara, I was born in 1988, which apparently makes me an…

03 01 2021 | 09:01

'I'll be fierce for all of us': Deb Haaland on climate, Native rights and Biden.

The 60-year-old congresswoman will be the first Native American cabinet secretary next month when she takes over at interior. Debra Haaland is making American history. The 60-year-old congresswoman…

03 01 2021 | 08:55

Biden must be our 'climate president'. He can start by ending pipeline projects

There is no way to mine fossil fuels without driving the planet past 1.5C of warming and putting Indigenous communities at risk. As we prepare to turn the page on 2020, and inaugurate Joe Biden as…

03 01 2021 | 08:41

JPMorgan’s Lee Raymond Steps Down From Board After 33 Years.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. said Lee Raymond, the company’s longest-serving director, is resigning from the board.

03 01 2021 | 08:26

Massachusetts city to post climate change warning stickers at gas stations.

Bright yellow stickers warn drivers burning of gasoline has ‘major consequences on human health and the environment’ Cambridge, Massachusetts, has become the first US city to mandate the placing of…

01 01 2021 | 14:29

This Year Was A Disaster For The Planet.

From record-breaking wildfires to devastating hurricanes, human-driven climate change keeps killing us. The climate is changing, its effects are deadly, and it’s getting worse every year.

01 01 2021 | 13:59

Weather disasters cost $150bn in 2020, revealing impact of climate change – report.

From Australian bushfires to Atlantic hurricanes, insurance damages were the highest annual total ever, says Christian Aid study. The world’s 10 costliest weather disasters of 2020 saw insured…

30 12 2020 | 12:46

From floods and fires to locusts, 'climate breakdown' cost rich and poor in 2020.

Extreme weather claimed thousands of lives and caused losses worth tens of billions of dollars worldwide this year, says Christian Aid BARCELONA - Disasters fuelled by weather and climate extremes…

29 12 2020 | 16:28

Survivability under Overheating.

The impact of Regional and Global Climate Change on Vulnerable and Low Income Population Afroditi Synnefa, Shamila Haddad,  Priya Rajagopalan and  Matthaios Santamouris  (Eds.) Pages: 106…

27 12 2020 | 08:23

Genetically engineered trees could help fight climate change — here's how.

Species that grow faster could be better at pulling carbon from the atmosphere, but could also come with risks Armand Séguin planted his first genetically modified tree — a poplar — more than 20…

27 12 2020 | 08:00

Conservation Group Shares Footage of Rare ‘Turtle Tsunami’.

Conservationists have captured video footage of an extremely adorable turtle "tsunami." Sound impossible? What the videographers are calling a "tsunami" is actually comprised of an endangered…

27 12 2020 | 07:55

GEF Council provides boost to nature protection amid pandemic.

In a virtual meeting, representatives of the Global Environment Facility’s 184 member countries moved this week to financially support countries seeking to protect nature and tackle environmental…

27 12 2020 | 07:50

The Household Product Cleaning Up More Than Just Your Countertops.

Veles is a spray cleanser made from organic waste—the first in what founder Amanda Weeks hopes will be a whole trash-based product line. There’s a pervasive bit of mythology about food waste that it…

27 12 2020 | 07:47

Biden Calls Climate Change ‘Existential Threat of Our Time’.

President-elect Joe Biden introduced on Saturday key members of the team he is assembling to fulfill his pledge to combat climate change, calling them brilliant and qualified. Climate change is “the…

27 12 2020 | 07:44

Top 10 deadliest natural disasters in history.

Reminding us how powerful Mother Nature is.

27 12 2020 | 07:41

PWC: World needs to cut carbon intensity five times faster to hit the 1.5°C Paris Agreement target.

A decarbonisation rate of 11.7% per year is now required to keep warming within 1.5°C, according to new analysis from PwC. 

27 12 2020 | 07:33

After the pandemic - a chance to build forward to a better future.

In 2020, we experienced a year like no other with a pandemic that has already claimed more than a million lives. The associated economic calamity is projected to make the world economy 4.4 per cent…