Generations arm wrestling for climate
In February, school students across the UK joined a growing international movement of school ‘climate strikes’, which has seen children skip their Friday lessons to…
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Alternatives to standard grass lawns
Scientists around the world are working to turn agricultural waste into food, packaging and more
The Carbon Brief Profile: Australia
Climate change ‘could slash Brazil’s maize yields’
The Carbon Brief Profile: Indonesia
The Carbon Brief Profile: India
China’s power industry calls for hundreds of new coal power plants by 2030
The Carbon Brief Profile: South Africa
Environmental degradation threat to health, says UN
[NAIROBI] Environmental degradation due to factors such as urbanisation, rapid population growth, economic development and transportation, especially in the global south, could have serious consequences…
The terror of climate change is transforming young people's identity
Today, at least 50 rallies planned across Australia are expected to draw thousands of students who are walking out of school to protest climate change…
Halving global warming with solar geoengineering could ‘offset tropical storm risk’
Engineering the climate to reflect away sunlight could halve global warming and offset the risk of increases in tropical storms, new research suggests. The study…
The Green New Deal's contradiction – new infrastructure and redistribution may boost carbon emissions
The Green New Deal has broadened imaginations worldwide on the subject of climate change, encouraging people to consider what action to tackle it could do…
'Mass Invasion': Russian Islands in State of Emergency as Hotter Planet Drives Polar Bears to Hunger
Since December, residents of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago have spotted more than 50 bears, who are “chasing people and entering residential buildings” As human activity…
Lessons from Cyclone Gaja: how to limit the impact of extreme weather in developing countries
Taking up almost the entire southern tip of India, Tamil Nadu is the country’s second-largest economy. Its delta region is considered to be the “rice…
Analysis: fossil-fuel emissions in 2018 increasing at fastest rate for seven years
Hopes that global CO2 emissions might be nearing a peak have been dashed by preliminary data showing that output from fossil fuels and industry will…