How electrification can supercharge the energy transition
No matter which country you’re in, the energy transition is underway. It is taking slightly different shapes and may progress from different starting points depending…
Merkel puts contentious CCS technology back on German agenda
Chancellor Angela Merkel called the controversial carbon capture and storage (CCS) a potentially key element for the country’s efforts to tackle climate change. The country…
White Bay
White Bay is a significant item of industrial heritage associated with the evolving pattern of power generation in NSW and Australia. It is characteristic of…
Why ministers of finance are critical in the fight against climate change
Recent studies indicate that bold climate action could trigger about $26 trillion in economic benefits by 2030, create over 65 million new jobs and avoid…
African countries and the state of their environments: the best and the worst
Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Flinders University and Enrico Di Minin, University of Helsinki Social and economic changes in Africa are being driven by increasing prosperity…
Yemen’s forests another casualty of war amid fuel crisis
By Adel Aldaghbashy The four-year conflict in Yemen which has pushed huge swathes of the population close to famine has also left the country with…
One Earth Climate Model
A state-of-the-art climate model, funded by the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation and released by the prestigious scientific publisher Springer Nature, offers a roadmap for meeting — and…
Australian Judge Strikes Down Coal Mine in Part Because of Its Carbon Emissions
In what is likely to be the first of many such rulings, an Australian court has ruled against a coal mine in part on grounds…
If you want to know about the health of ecosystems, a good place to start is with Ants
The ghost ant is aptly named. All six of its legs, not to mention the ant’s antennae and abdomen, sport a spectral yellow — a…
Water: underground source for billions could take more than a century to respond fully to climate change
Groundwater is the biggest store of accessible freshwater in the world, providing billions of people with water for drinking and crop irrigation. That’s all despite…
Nuclear power – breakthrough technology or eternal promise?
A new-wave nuclear power that could cut down carbon emissions, according to Microsoft founder Bill Gates, is one of the 10 Breakthrough Technologies that will…
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…
The Green New Deal as a catalyst for smoothing out social inequality
Humanity has a decade to reduce carbon emissions or face climate change devastation, reckons the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The United Nations’ group is…