Negotiators reach climate agreement to implement Paris pact
Delegates from almost 200 countries have managed to come to an agreement regarding a range of measures to help tackle climate change and bring the Paris pact to life. The summit accord outlined plans for a common rulebook for all countries to ensure their promises to cut carbon emissions and Read More...
Climate Change: A Crisis of Human Belonging and Connection
In our ongoing search for solutions and indications of progress, we come across many opportunities and possibilities. We are much inspired by the creative forces around the world that persevere to serve humankind and the environment in the best possible way. We see many possibilities to make Read More...
Fight climate change in your own garden
During World War I, Americans were encouraged to do their part in the war effort by planting, fertilizing, harvesting, and storing their own fruits and vegetables. The food would go to allies in Europe, where there was a food Read More...
Green roofs effective for adapting to climate change
A study headed by researchers of the Water and Environment Engineering Institute of Valencia's Polytechnic University (IIAMA-UPV) shows that green roofs are an effective measure to adapt to climate change in the Mediterranean, as they offer positive hydrological performance and reduce the creation Read More...
Some of the countries leading on climate change might surprise you
Countries that may not be thought of as climate leaders are emerging at the front-lines on responding to climate change. One great example is Read More...
Reduction is no longer enough: Welcome to the new age of carbon removal
Reducing carbon dioxide emissions isn’t enough. The stark report in early October by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, exhorting companies and countries to move quickly to throttle global warming, is fueling heightened interest in high-tech and low-tech solutions for sucking the Read More...
How a regenerative revolution could reverse climate change
Earlier this month the world’s leading climate scientists released the most urgent warning on climate change to date. It describes the implications of our current warming trajectory, including dire food shortages, large-scale human migration and crises ranging from a mass die-off of coral reefs Read More...
Britain wants to ramp up efforts in fight against climate change
Following the recent UN report that warns that we have one last chance to prevent a climate disaster, the British government is seeking to increase its efforts to achieve full-on carbon neutrality. The country’s current target of reducing carbon emissions by 2050 stands at 80 percent, but experts Read More...
Courts in Europe hold governments accountable for climate change policies
Courts in several European Union countries are holding governments accountable for their climate change policies. This week, a German court has stopped one of the country’s oldest forests from being cleared away to make space for a coal mine, and an appeals court in the Netherlands ordered Read More...
How climate change could be a spark to create a better world
One great taboo in the climate change debate is how much has improved over the past three decades: in public perception; in transnational consensus and determination; in scientific understanding and discovery. To stress, these things seem to ignore the urgency of the situation, minimize the scale Read More...