The big issues at COP29 are policies to limit global warming and climate financing from the major polluters of the Global North to enable climate change-impacted countries of the Global…
COP29 was always going to be memorable, for no other reason than the hosting country, Azerbaijan, is a petrostate indifferent to the issue of emissions and scornful of ecological preachers. …
ISTANBUL – On November 11, thousands of world leaders, international stakeholders, and civil-society advocates kicked off the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku. With greenhouse-gas emissions rising even…
by Dr Saru Gupta and Dr Miyola Fernandes In contemporary times, climate change affecting the ecosystem and the economy, has secondarily arisen as a key concern for mental health. Rising…
There’s a new trend in the world that’s working against the planet, you know, the one you’re standing on. This new trend, over the past year or so, spells “thumbs…
In the 35 years since we first protested for action against climate change on the streets of London, we have often wondered what it is exactly we are trying to…
WASHINGTON, DC – At the top of the list of measures to be agreed at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, is the New Collective Quantified…
Fossil fuels are the leading driver of climate change, yet they are still heavily subsidized by governments around the world. Although many countries have explicitly promised to reduce fossil fuel…
Honestly, what would George Orwell have written about this planet of ours, four decades after that ominous year 1984 passed from his fiction into history? And yes, in case you…
by Aaron Kirshenbaum and Melissa Garriga As we write, New York City is an unsettling 70 degrees in November. Meanwhile, a cohort of war profiteers, their pockets lined by the…
BAKU – Our world is at a critical juncture. The devastating effects of global warming are increasingly evident, and the crisis is deepening. To mitigate it, we must urgently reduce…
India's stance on methane at COP29 could present a roadmap for how developing nations can contribute to global climate goals while advancing their own national development priorities The 2024 UN…
Billions of dollars will buy almost anything anybody wants, and on November 5th billions of dollars bought the world’s leading anti-climate-change political administration, aka: the Trump Administration, which is anti-almost-everything,…
by Emmanuel Macron, Mia Amor Mottley and William Ruto BAKU – From Bridgetown to Nairobi to Paris, no country is immune to the worsening effects of the climate crisis. With…
by Bushra Afreen & Md Tabrez Alam Abstract Climate change significantly impacts essential resources like water, food, and arable land, reducing accessibility and quality. This decline heightens human insecurity, economic…
The messages of Hurricane Helene lie inscribed in the muddy debris of Asheville, North Carolina, and other wrecked towns of Appalachia. Helene, powered by warming waters in the Gulf of…
A recent Arctic News headline d/d October 4, 2024 refers to one of the most significant climate-related studies this year. It describes in detail the worldwide all-encompassing danger of loss…
Climate-heating carbon dioxide is accumulating in the atmosphere more rapidly than at any time since humans evolved. That's just one of the alarming findings from the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) Greenhouse…
WASHINGTON, DC – Roughly 40% of the world’s population inhabit coastal areas. In addition to being home to 12 of the world’s 15 largest cities, these regions serve as an essential lifeline…
Climate change has emerged fast as an extremely serious problem, and while it is very important for everyone, all countries and all people, to respond in adequate and proper ways…
Images of homes that collapsed under mudslides or falling trees, waterlogged farms, and debris-filled roads drove home (yes, home!) to me recently the impact of Hurricane Helene on rural areas in the southeastern United States. That hurricane and the no-less-devastating…
Civilized nations should boycott this year’s UN Climate Conference, and sanction its genocidal, ecocidal host regime. The petro-dictatorship of Azerbaijan has been awarded hosting honors of this November 11-22’s United…
ADDIS ABABA – Our long-term prosperity and the well-being of future generations are in jeopardy, as biodiversity loss and the collapse of critical ecosystems not only threaten our environment, but…
In August, climate activist and cellist John Mark Rozendaal was arrested and charged with criminal contempt for playing a few minutes of Bach outside Citibank’s headquarters in New York City. Rozendaal, 63,…
All eyes should be on the salsa dancing capital of the world, Cali, Colombia, where representatives of 190 nations are joined by a broad swath of global civil society and…
**We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.**—Native American Proverb Global warming or Climate Change is real. Current massive storms and hurricanes and…
It was William Shakespeare who, in Troilus and Cressida, wrote, “One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.” And yet, in the polarized news cycle since Hurricane Helene ravaged the southeastern…
Do you know that you’re in good hands with Allstate? Or how about State Farm? Do you know that, like a good neighbor, State Farm is there? Of course you…
Fossil fuel CO2 emissions are taking the world’s time-honored ecosystems, like the world-famous Amazon River, down onto their knees. The problem is greenhouse gases like CO2 and CH4 trap heat…
Robbing Africa’s Riches to Save the Climate (and Power AI) Considered Angola’s crown jewel by many, Lobito is a colorful port city on the country’s scenic Atlantic coast where a…
Since I couldn’t sleep, I figured I might as well write. I couldn’t sleep because of the picture in my mind—that tightly coiled ball of physics we’re calling Hurricane Milton…
No one wants a nuclear reactor in their backyard. It’s an eyesore and a health hazard, not to mention the hit to your property values. And don’t forget the existential…
The fossil fuel industry, and the politician class they own, have no intention of halting the ecocide. As the climate crisis worsens, so do the laws and security measures to…
Consumer pocketbooks are taking the heat. Climate change is no longer a theoretical issue that will happen at some distant point in the future, like 2050 or 2100. Already, unprecedented…
AMSTERDAM – Ever since Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva returned to office in 2023 and told the world that Brazil is “back on the world stage,” the government…
The largest hurricane to hit the US mainland this year, Hurricane Helene hit the Florida coastline late Thursday as a Category Four storm, devastating much of the Big Bend area…
Climate Week/NYC September 22-29, 2024, is underway and expects 100,000 attendees for cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and expensive rooms in NYC’s ultra-expensive hotels amidst breast-pounding speeches and promises to fix civilizations’…
by Cesar Uco and Don Knowand Forest fires have consumed millions of hectares in the Amazon basin this year, due to global warming, an extreme two-year drought, and the illegal…
Everyone agrees to the fact that Climate change is caused principally by the burning of fossil fuels. These fuels are consumed by Capital although the industrial development especially during the…
There is a very important new climate science paper which promises to dramatically increase concern about potential impacts and needed mitigation. Bill McKibben titles his review of the paper ‘The…
by Laurence Tubiana and Ana Toni NEW YORK – It has been nearly ten years since countries came together in Paris and agreed finally to get serious about averting a…
Recently on September 20 the Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee wrote a letter to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in which she stated that at least seven districts…
In an idyllic three-storey house, nestled amongst a rich garden of all kinds of flowers and fruit trees, playing host to most of the birds, insects and even monkeys, Samarpita,…
Last month, South Korea’s Constitutional Court delivered a landmark ruling that has reverberated across the region and beyond. In a decision unprecedented in Asia, the court determined that the country’s current climate…
Bangladesh was still reeling from political turmoil, which felled Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government on August 5, when a flood disaster struck out of the blue, upending the lives of 6…
Typhoon Yagi, the strongest storm to hit Southeast Asia this year, has left a trail of destruction through the Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and war-torn Myanmar. At least 670 deaths…
ROSEAU, DOMINICA – For most people, the idea of suddenly losing everything – their home, their possessions, and even their family members and friends – is unthinkable. But, for island…
by Marcelo Mena and Sarah Ann Smith SANTIAGO/BOSTON – As summer in the northern hemisphere draws to a close, hundreds of temperature records have been broken, and there is a roughly 95%…
The most pressing environmental crisis of these times, our heating of the Earth through carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas pollution, is closely connected to our excessive energy consumption. And…
The past 20 years have been critical in the fight for bold and sustainable climate solutions. The next five years will be even more vital — and young people like…
Climate change is a threat facing the whole of humanity. The real generators of this crisis are the developed economies of the Global North. They found a way to circumvent…
The 11th Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research conference was held in Pucón, Chile August 19-23, 2024. Fifteen-hundred academics, researchers, and scientists specializing in Antarctica met to share cutting-edge research. Reports…
What further evidence do the inhabitants of planet Earth need to have to convince them the liveable climate, the lungs of the Earth, is sharply deteriorating, species are dying, the…
It was only 3 years ago when a group of distinguished climate scientists led by Erin C. Pettit (Oregon State University) said Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf of the Thwaites Glacier/Antarctica,…
Climate change is one of the most significant issues of our times. It must get very high priority. Both climate change mitigation and adaptation are highly important issues. On the…
Climate change is the most significant environmental and social challenge of the 21st century. Due to human activities, the emission of greenhouse gases has increased, causing a rise in the…
Perhaps such activities as simple as searching on the Internet or sending an email, artificial intelligence or AI depends on data processing centers. These are sizable factory- or better warehouse-like physical structures that house computing machines and other…
In recent years scientists have been watching and measuring the flow of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, (AMOC), what Americans often refer to as the Gulf Stream though that flow is…
Major planetary boundaries that support life are at risk of collapse. This is happening at speeds that climate scientists never thought possible. What are the consequences and what, if anything,…
A recent study from Utrecht University in the Netherlands warns that climate change and socio-economic transformations will exacerbate water scarcity, disproportionately affecting populations in South Asian countries. Human beings require…
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