Lessons from Vieques: Resisting U.S. Militarism, Building Unity
Around two years ago, I watched a puppet show, created by a group of eight to 16-year-olds at the summer camp where I worked, about the eviction of the U.S.…
Climate Change
Swiss Re SONAR 2025 Report: Global Heat Kills 480,000/Yr
Extreme heat is one of the world’s leading killers, outdistancing worldwide conflicts of 233,000 deaths in 2024 by more than double the count at 480,000 people dead from extreme heat.…
Norway’s Responsibility to Future Generations
CARDIFF – Over the first four months of 2025, 56 Norwegian citizens convened to discuss how Norway’s immense oil wealth can best serve current and future generations, both domestically and…
Climate Socialism
I am writing this message to the millions of people who have been involved in the climate movement over the past several years. This movement has been an incredible force,…
Global Inaction on Gaza Genocide & Climate Genocide As Catastrophic Plus 2C Looms
The World is inactive against the Gaza Genocide and the looming total ethnic cleansing of Gaza by US-backed Apartheid Israel. However the World is also shockingly inactive as it faces…
The Time Has Come to Establish the International Arctic Ocean Sanctuary
In addition to accelerating efforts to reduce global carbon emissions to reverse global warming, governments must urgently adopt strong, permanent protections for the entire Arctic Ocean. On World Ocean Day,…
Nuclear Winter or Climate-Change Summer, What a Choice!
Thirty-five years after the start of the nuclear age with the first explosion of an atomic bomb, I visited the expanse of desert known as the Nevada Test Site, an…
Beyond ‘Environment Day’: The Everyday Ecological Justice Struggles Across India to save Commons, Humans & All Species
7th June, 2025: As the world marked yet another Environment Day on 5th June, the National Alliance for Climate and Ecological Justice (NACEJ), a pan Indian forum of NAPM, brought together…
CO2 levels peaked above 430 ppm for the first time in 30 million years
The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere peaked above 430 parts per million in 2025—the highest it has been in millions of years—according to data released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
Rethinking Europe’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
BEIRUT/ADDIS ABABA/CAIRO – As the climate crisis escalates, the European Union and the United Kingdom are moving forward with their Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, promoting it as a landmark tool…
Nightmare of Nightmares – New (Big) CO2 Emissions
Global warming just got a brand-new source for trapping heat as Arctic tundra turns up the dial on CO2 emissions. It’s now in the ranks of cars, trains, and planes…
Information Pollution Is Undermining Climate Progress
BERLIN – The devastation caused by the 2024 flash floods in Valencia, Spain, was so surreal that some images sparked a global debate over their authenticity. In an era when…
The Ocean Is Not Just a Carbon Sink
VICTORIA – Next week, governments and civil-society organizations from around the world will gather in Nice, France, for the United Nations Ocean Conference. The third such meeting since 2017, the…
How China Won the Clean-Energy Race
NEW YORK – In the coming weeks, the US Congress could cement China’s lead in the clean-energy race by passing the Republican Party’s “big, beautiful bill,” which, among other things,…
The Scorching Earth: Displacement, Health, and an Insecure Future
Every year, millions of people around the world are forcibly uprooted from their homes. The reasons are many – natural disasters, conflicts, climate change, development projects – and often, a…
No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is: Humanity’s Missing Project
Fragmented by nationalism and distracted by power games, humanity stands at a turning point. We face global crises that threaten our survival, yet we remain without a common purpose rooted…
Climate Change—Impact on Tribal Communities and their Response
Along with growing realization of the various adverse consequences of climate change, there is increasing concern regarding the communities that are more vulnerable and are likely to be more severely…
What Islamic Finance Brings to Climate Resilience
JEDDAH – As ministers representing the 57 member countries of the Islamic Development Bank Group gather in Algiers for the IsDB’s 51st annual meeting, the devastating effects of climate change…
America’s Impact on the Global Thermostat
America is targeting a hotter planet… Bring it on! That’s the only plausible explanation for the Trump administration’s gung-ho push for 100% fossil fuels and as much coal burning as…
Going, Going, Gone! The World According to Donald Trump
I remember the phrase from my boyhood, listening to baseball games on the old wooden radio by my bed. A major hitter would be up and — bang! — he’d…
Global Warming and Food Security: The Impact on Crop Diversity
Global warming could reduce the diversity of crops worldwide. A new study has warned that if global temperatures rise more than 1.5°C, significant crop diversity could be lost in many…
The World Doesn’t Need Another Climate Fund
SYDNEY – Brazil has announced plans to launch a $125 billion fund for the protection of tropical forests. It is a key element of the country’s plan to ensure the…
Donald Trump’s Feverish Lust for Green Energy Resources – It’s Not About the Climate, It’s About Greed
Ancient oak trees rise above gigantic boulders scattered across a high desert mesa in Arizona’s Tonto National Forest. This is Oak Flat (Chi’ chil Bildagoteel), a sacred site for Native Americans,…
Absurd (Scary) CO2 Emissions
In a major blow to the Paris ’15 climate agreement, last year witnessed one more nail in the coffin of the celebrated agreement to slow down CO2 emissions by 2030,…
Climate-Change Summer or Nuclear Winter? The Dangers on Planet Earth in the Age of Donald Trump
Yes, give us human beings credit. In our relatively brief history, it’s no small thing to have come up with two different ways of thoroughly devastating Planet Earth and its…
The Devastating Face of Rising Temperatures: Threats to Health, Food Security, and Life
Global temperature rise is not just an environmental issue—it is a complex and terrifying crisis that challenges the very existence of humanity. Over the past few decades, industrialization, deforestation, excessive…
Accelerating Our Ocean’s Protection
WASHINGTON, DC – Since 1971, the ocean has absorbed more than 90% of the excess heat caused by human-generated climate change, pushing it to the brink of collapse. The fact…
Climate Action Requires Debt Relief
WASHINGTON, DC – Today’s global economic turmoil is not just about trade. As G20 finance ministers gather in Washington this week during the annual spring meetings of the International Monetary…
Climate Change Kills Capitalism
Capitalism, like Antarctica and like the Amazon rainforest, is under threat of destruction by excessive levels of CO2 emissions which cause radical climate change. Risk of some level of extinction…
Synchronized Global Climate Breakdown
The world has entered a new climate era that threatens the fabric of civilization because it’s the reverse of the climate system that society was built upon. As it happens,…
The EPA’s Rejection of Climate Science Threatens Everyone
MIDDLETOWN – In mid-March, Lee Zeldin, President Donald Trump’s newly confirmed administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency, announced that the EPA was undertaking a formal reconsideration of its “endangerment…
Silent Dehydration: The Hidden Killer
Silent dehydration is a condition in which the body gradually loses water and essential electrolytes without triggering the usual thirst signals. Unlike acute dehydration—which manifests through symptoms like dizziness, dry…
Climate Change and Deforestation: A Dangerous Warning
Currently, India is witnessing an increase in heat and heatwaves, especially in several northern states including Gujarat, Rajasthan, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Odisha. By early April, the rising heatwaves…
EPA Torches Home Insurance Coverage
The Trump administration’s EPA has put the home insurance industry, home mortgage industry, real estate industry, and individual homeownership on notice that the rules are changing against their best interests.…
Dumping Biomass in the Ocean Is Not a Climate Solution
WÄDENSWIL/SAN DIEGO – Puro.earth, a self-appointed “carbon-removal certifier,” is seeking to establish a new accredited means of carbon sequestration: dumping bundled biomass (wood or crop waste) into the ocean. At…
Will the U.S. Build Seawalls?
Antarctica is coming apart, crumbling into the sea, much, much faster than anybody ever thought possible. After all, it was only a couple of months ago when polar scientists called…
Climate Change and Heat Stress on Informal Workers
Interview with Dr. Santasabuj Das, (Director of National Institute for Occupational Health), regarding increasing impact of heat stress on informal workers’ life and livelihoods Bhargav: Could you give a brief…
Insurers Must Embrace Geospatial AI
PARIS – Over the past year and a half, insurers have been pulling out of high-risk areas at an alarming rate. Nowhere has this been more obvious than in California,…
Environmental Instability and the Changing Rural Lifestyle
Climate change has become the greatest global challenge of the 21st century. Its effects are being felt worldwide, but its impact is particularly severe in developing countries like India. India's…
UN Must Provide Compensation For Wayanad Disaster
To: Dr Ibrahim Cheikh DiongExecutive DirectorUNFCCC Loss and Damage Fund Mr Simon StiellExecutive SecretaryUNFCCC Secretariat Chief Secretary|Govt of Kerala Dear Dr Ibrahim Diong, The outset please accept my congratulations on your appointment…
Discovery of Immense Methane Leaks in Antarctica
A new discovery of methane leaks in Antarctica could be a game-changer and potential near-term threat that’s difficult to characterize without sounding overly negative. Of course, situations like this that…
The Spark of Rising Temperatures: Impact on Food Security, Health, and Lifestyle
Even before the end of March, several parts of India are experiencing a heatwave. On March 16, Odisha recorded a temperature of 43°C, while Jharsuguda touched 42°C. In more than…
A Defining Moment for Energy Security and Economic Prosperity
SAINT JOHN’S – Last week, heads of state, ministers of finance and energy, investors, civil-society groups, and energy-industry leaders convened in Barbados for the Sustainable Energy for All (SEforAll) Forum.…
The Biofuel Sham Could Worsen Global Hunger and Inequality
WATERLOO/BRUSSELS – Another major source of greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions is poised to use biofuels to “decarbonize.” The shipping industry has now joined the auto and aviation industries in viewing this “cleaner”…
When the Earth Heats Up: Zunaira Baloch and the Human Cost of Climate Change in Balochistan
They say only bad news from Balochistan makes the headlines___Pakistan's largest and most impoverished province marred in a decades long insurgency. The local newspapers are flooded with the news of…
“Destroying the Amazon to Save the Planet”: The Grotesque Irony of the 2025 Climate Summit
“Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit” —BBC News. This jarring headline, published three days ago, encapsulates the absurdity of modern climate governance. To host the 2025 United…
Amazon Rainforest Cleared for Climate Conference
This year’s annual UN climate conference COP30 with 50,000 expected attendees held in Belém, Brazil is one-upping the past two COPs (UN Conference of the Parties) that were held by,…
Climate Change and Biodiversity Crisis: What Does the Future Hold?
Mark McCrindle coined the term 'Generation Beta' to refer to those born on or after January 1, 2025. In every aspect of their life A.I and digital connectivity will play…
Empty Promises Won’t Save Marine Ecosystems
DERAWAN – In the turquoise waters of Indonesia’s Derawan Archipelago, a deafening dynamite blast shatters the morning calm, trumpeting the ongoing destruction of one of the world’s most biodiverse marine…
Canada Must Learn From the Green Backlash
TORONTO – As Canadians prepare to elect a new government, the rapid deterioration in relations with the United States will be front of mind. But the slow pace of decarbonization…
Why can’t I sleep? 4 ways climate change could be keeping you up at night and what you can do about it
by Ty Ferguson and Carol Maher Tossing and turning on sweltering summer nights? You’re not alone. As temperatures rise due to climate change, our sleep is becoming shorter and more disrupted. But…
Impacts of Climate Change: Agriculture, Health, and Increasing Displacement
Climate change has now become the biggest threat to the entire world. The reckless exploitation of natural resources, deforestation, increasing materialistic desires, and pollution in various sectors have further intensified…
Worldwide Glacier Meltdown Underway
“We are running the most dangerous experiment in history right now, which is to see how much carbon dioxide the atmosphere can handle before there is an environmental catastrophe.” (Elon…
Environmental Imbalance and Climate Change: The Growing Threat
Decisive climate action is crucial to preventing the dangerous decline of sea ice. Favorable policies and improved polar monitoring will enhance climate resilience. Reducing emissions and protecting the planet's fragile…
Climate Change: Today’s Challenge, Tomorrow’s Consequences
Climate change is considered one of the most serious global crises of our time. The increasing frequency and intensity of natural disasters such as rising temperatures, unseasonal rainfall, wildfires, floods,…
Capitalism’s Frankenstein Climate
“Climate change is the monster we made. We are Victor Frankenstein.” (Climate Change: The Monster of our own Making, WashU, October 16, 2017, Michael Wysession, Professor Earth & Planetary Sciences,…
Meltdown at the Top of the World
MANILA – The United Nations has declared 2025 to be the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation, making it a fitting moment to confront the stark reality that the world’s ice…
Nice little economy you’ve got there, be a shame…
In the last few days, Taiwan, India and Japan made clear they will be buying exported American LNG in the months and years ahead. Why? Entirely in an effort to hold off tariffs from the…
Climate Upheaval, Mild or Severe, Who Really Cares?
The onset of some level of climate upheaval or widespread destruction of biomes and human lives, mild or severe, has essentially been forecast by the world’s leading climate scientist James…
Getting Green Investment Where It’s Needed Most
by Serge Ekué and Javier Díaz Fajardo LOMÉ/BOGOTÁ – The devastating effects of global warming are unfolding before our eyes. Uncontrollable fires ravage the Amazon. Rising sea levels threaten to…
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