Three small steps for mankind, one giant leap for the climate
From rising sea levels to scorching heat waves, the planet has one foot in the climate grave. But a new report says three targeted policy…
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Climate change amplifies the risk of conflict, study from Africa shows
In October 2021, the city of Guriel in Somalia’s Galguduud region became the epicenter of fierce fighting between the national army and a paramilitary group…
Bangladesh power bill mounts amid plan to supersize already bloated capacity
Bangladesh is paying hundreds of millions of dollars in incentives to private electricity producers every year for electricity that’s going unused, a government report indicates….
Poisoned city: the story of Brazil’s forgotten environmental disaster
Hundreds of tons of carcinogenic agrochemicals, including DDT, were abandoned by the Brazilian government at a factory near an orphanage on the outskirts or Rio…
Cerrado desertification: Savanna could collapse within 30 years, says study
Deforestation is amplifying climate change effects in the Brazilian Cerrado savanna biome, making it much hotter and drier. Researchers observed monthly increases of 2.24°C (4.03°F)…
Leaders make bold climate pledges, but is it ‘all just smoke and mirrors?’: Critics
Forty nations — producers of 80% of annual carbon emissions — made pledges of heightened climate ambition this week at U.S. President Joe Biden’s Leaders…
Ambitious return to carbon markets to conserve Africa’s forests
Growth of voluntary carbon market and new investor interest in natural climate solutions in Africa prompts The Nature Conservancy to launch effort to help local…
Biden’s election is good news for the climate. But what comes next?
Few images captured the mood of climate activists last week more vividly than a video posted to Twitter of Christiana Figueres, one of the architects…
South Korea subsidizing biomass so heavily that wind and solar are being crowded out of the market
The government of South Korea is subsidizing the development of biomass power so heavily that it’s hindering the adoption of renewable energy technologies like solar…
Brazil sugarcane growth can meet biofuel need and not drive deforestation
Sugarcane production in Brazil could expand by more than 5 million hectares (19,305 square miles) by 2030 to meet demand for ethanol biofuels, according to…
When rich economies cut emissions, poor ones stand to benefit, study says
If higher and middle-income countries cut their greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050, reduced demand could lower oil costs and boost economic growth for…
IPCC special report finds oceans and cryosphere changing rapidly due to global warming
As a massive expanse of unusually warm water spreads across the northeastern Pacific Ocean for the second time in the past five years, the latest…