As climate change’s impact on people becomes increasingly clear, calls for a just transition are growing − but what issues this seemingly self-explanatory term sets out to tackle varies ...
Less than two months before the highly anticipated COP29 United Nations Climate Summit in Baku, on Tuesday, 17 September, the Azerbaijani presidency laid out its plan to enhance ambition and enable ...
Since 2009, the Planetary Boundaries have been one of the most effective displays of the main drivers of global ecosystem crises, their “progress”, and their interconnections. In this fr...
Methane (CH₄) is a powerful greenhouse gas that attracts far less attention than its big sister, carbon dioxide, also known to everyone by its chemical formula, CO2. To date, there is no global ta...
In the unpredictable mountains, there is no such thing as zero risk. We have always known this. But now, because of global warming, the dangers have grown more severe. This can be understood by look...
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"I feel frustrated. The scientific evidence is overwhelming. We know what's going on, we know why it's happening, we know how serious things are going to get and still, after so many years, we are s...
Mar-a-Lago Club, 11 April, 2024. The exclusive resort in Palm Beach, Florida, is hosting a very important fundraiser for Donald Trump. The final rush of the election campaign requires money an...
In 2022, the United States, responsible for a 1.6 per cent increase in domestic greenhouse gas production over the previous year, remained one of the top seven global CO₂ emitters. Understand...
New York City is gearing up to host Climate Week NYC 2024, one of the world’s most important events dedicated to the fight against climate change. From September 22 to 29, Climate Week NY...
China, the country with the biggest impact on climate, is changing the way it sets its climate targets. Beijing will gradually shift from an energy consumption reduction system that penalises renewa...
How can territories be rewarded for the commercial exploitation of plant and animal biodiversity in the fields of medicine, chemistry, food or materials, using these economic resources to protect bi...
“ESG is just a load of crap.” Sitting next to me in a Starbucks at 99 Wall Street, two 30-somethings, one in a blue BrookBrothers suit, the other in black Armani, bitterly comment on Wal...
The American clean energy sector has a new champion, the presidential candidate, Kamala Harris. Yet the issue of electric car and solar panels divide very much the country in two distinctive fields....
Following two successful inaugural editions, the London Climate Technology Show, the most important and innovative event for climate technology and corporate sustainability, comes back this November...
At first glance, he could look like a confirmation of the anticipations that emerged in recent weeks: he is white, middle-aged, and a man. However, this is a characterization that does not do justic...
Desertification is one of the main drivers of migration and food crises. Along with the UN negotiating processes on Climate (UNFCCC) and Biodiversity (CBD), since 1992 there has been a dedicated tra...
Published in mid-July by the UN Environment Programme, as part of a single framework of principles for responsible banking in line with the SDGs and the Paris Climate Agreement, the two reports ...
Increasingly earlier, more intense and devastating, atlantic hurricanes, fuelled by steadily rising ocean temperatures, are becoming ever more dangerous and unpredictable. So much so that some ...
Promoting the efficient and renewable use of resources, in combination with reducing waste and energy use: these circular economy principles lend themselves well to the achievement of energy transit...
