The Climate Emergency: 2020 in Review
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Despite some promising developments, the need for action has grown even more urgent The climate emergency has arrived and is…
Despite some promising developments, the need for action has grown even more urgent The climate emergency has arrived and is…
Weeks prior to the lockdowns and closures that came with the COVID-19 pandemic, UN Secretary General António Guterres said 2020…
– By Memona Hossain, Phd student in Applied Ecosychology, Project Nature Connect (Akamai University), University of Toronto…
Weeks prior to the lockdowns and closures that came with the COVID-19 pandemic, UN Secretary General António Guterres said 2020…
Scientists say they have “a moral obligation” to “tell it like it is”—don’t journalists too? December 17, 2020 “I call on all…
Photo by Markus Spiske from Pexels “I call on all leaders worldwide to declare a State of Climate Emergency in their own…
This article is adapted from “The Climate Beat,” the weekly newsletter of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism initiative…
“I call on all leaders worldwide to declare a State of Climate Emergency in their own countries until carbon neutrality is…
The debate over nuclear power has ramped up recently in Utah, with a number of the state’s municipal power agencies wrestling…
“There is absolutely no need for vaccines to extinguish the pandemic… You do not vaccinate people who aren’t at risk from a…
"There is absolutely no need for vaccines to extinguish the pandemic... You do not vaccinate people who aren't at risk from a…
Protest at Paris Climate meeting 2015 from the film, Not Without Us. This article was originally published in The Nation “The…
Covering Climate Now Joining China and other big polluters, Joe Biden’s pledge of “net zero” US emissions by 2050 brings the…
Joining China and other big polluters, Biden’s pledge of “net zero” US emissions by 2050 brings the Paris Agreement goals “within…
“The way we are moving is a suicide,” United Nations Secretary General António Guterres said in an interview on Monday, and…
A finales del año pasado, un equipo internacional de investigadores declaró la emergencia climática en un artículo respaldado…
Traffic is diverted off of the 71 freeway during the Blue Ridge Fire on October 27, 2020 in Chino Hills, California.
"I'm certainly not a scientist": Barrett questioned on climate change Barrett questioned on climate change 03:28 In Senate…
Uma foto da dcada de 1970 que mostra as Cataratas do Iguau secas tem sido compartilhada no Facebook para minimizar a influncia…
Not everyone wants an oil recovery, writes contributor Lori Lee Oates, who instead calls on politicians to focus on climate…
Politicians should stop focusing on an oil recovery, and look beyond This column is an opinion by Lori Lee Oates, a lecturer at…
If you have found your way to this article I can only assume that we have something in common; both of us want to see a better…
Central banks’ mandates of price and financial stability will increasingly face the risks posed by climate change and other…
La pandemia de COVID-19 ha alterado la vida de la personas. Algunos investigadores han postulado que la actual crisis sanitaria…
If he can ask about Trump’s taxes, he can probe the president’s climate denial.
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When President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden meet on the debate stage next week, many West Coast wildfires will almost…
Swedish scientist Carl Linnaeus [1707 – 1778], known as the “father of modern taxonomy,” is the individual who can be credited…
Elizabeth Kolbert’s The Sixth Extinction (published in 2014) reminds us that mass extinctions are not a novelty in Earth history…
Une opinion de Cédric Chevalier, auteur de Déclarons l’Etat d’Urgence écologique (Luc Pire), coordinateur de la pétition…
– By Jefim Vogel, PhD Researcher in Ecological Economics, University of Leeds While there is debate about whether or not a…
While there is debate about whether or not a second wave of the COVID-19 crisis is rolling in, the far bigger waves of the…
The World Bank’s Poverty Illusion Ever tried living on $1.90 a day? That is the World Bank’s “International Poverty Line (IPL).…
Despite China being Australia’s biggest trading partner, US lackey Australia has joined Trump America in its anti-China trade…
This article is adapted from The Climate Beat, the weekly newsletter of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism initiative…
It’s not an issue to be discussed. It’s a crisis. This story is being co-published by The Guardian, The Nation, and Columbia…
A demonstrator holds a sign during an Extinction Rebellion action in Melbourne, Australia.
Help us hold our leaders to account and plan for a future beyond lockdown. Many scientists say that societal collapse is now a…
Indians are about 1 in 6 of the world’s people and how the World faces the existential threats of nuclear weapons and climate…
…if you’re reading this, consider the difference between an animal you might see in the wild on safari and an animal in the zoo.
Being salesy turns people away, immediately.I love to compare this with dating because everyone is familiar with dating in some…
Autor: Jiri Jorge Kadlec para ecocosas.com Ya hace más de dos meses que el mundo – o por lo menos su parte más afortunada, los…
N.L. is backing the oil industry exactly when it should be shifting focus, author argues This week Premier Dwight Ball…
The Enlightenment substituted reason and the scientific method for primitive superstition.
Being salesy turns people away, immediately. I love to compare this with dating because everyone is familiar with dating in…
The smartest protection against a virus is also our golden opportunity to fix our food and energy.
Comprehensive social distancing and economic lockdown measures required to suppress Covid-19 have been associated with rapid…
It isn’t coincidental that we’re experiencing the unprecedented global impact of the coronavirus at the same time as Earth Day…
Ira Helfand is an emergency medicine physician and co-president of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IP…
The airline industry is reportedly requesting $50 billion to help it recover from the damage caused by the coronavirus.
Debattörerna: Pandemin avslöjar makthavarnas syn på klimatförändringarna Publicerad: 21 mars 2020 kl.
Vehicle drivers are familiar with crucial highway signs saying “WRONG WAY GO BACK”.
Mar 6 · 9 min read Photo by Teddy Österblom on Unsplash Imagine you are a young child who is deathly allergic to bees.
In George Orwell’s prescient, dystopian and frightening novel “1984”, Big Brother declared that (A) war is peace, (B) slavery…
Our coasts and ocean are under siege due to climate change. Sea level rise, extreme weather events and ocean acidification are…
UFMS Já é notório que mudanças climáticas, conversões de usos do solo, utilização indiscriminada de inseticidas, poluições e a…
I et opprop publisert i den franske storavisen Le Monde torsdag, skriver nesten 1000 forskere fra ulike disipliner under på at…
Feb 21 · 4 min read A world without insects is a world without humans A world without insects is a world without humans.
Methane (CH4) is 85% of natural gas, leaks, and has a Global Warming Potential (GWP) 105 times that of the same mass of carbon…
Methane (CH4) is 85% of natural gas, leaks, and has a Global Warming Potential (GWP) 105 times that of the same mass of carbon…
The poet Friedrich Hlderlin once wrote, "Wo aber Gefahr ist, wchst / Das Rettende auch" "Where danger is, grows also what will…
. ¿Está de acuerdo?. La vida de miles de millones de personas estaría en peligro por la devastadora propuesta de 11.000…
A world without insects is a world without humans “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” Animal…
Politikerne rykker tilbake til 1980-tallet i klimadebatten. Leder, Norsk senter for berekraftig klimatilpassing (Noradapt) ved…
Ruslan Edelgeriev, Vladimir Putin’s special representative for climate issues, acknowledged in a February 6 press conference…
I am responding to Sen.Dean Takko's critical comments regarding the lengthy review process for the proposed methanol refinery…
The climate crisis is happening (as for some time already), and agriculture is a key protagonist.
Climate change activists take part in the international Strike for Climate protest in Los Angeles on May 24, 2019.
The climate strikes led by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and youth groups around the world have achieved great strides…
As the unprecedented Australian bushfire crisis continues, many Australians are starting to question why, if the government has…
К похожему сценарию склоняются американские и южноафриканские ученые. Они проанализировали данные за последние сорок лет — потреб…
To: Leaders and citizens of the world Humanity continues to face two simultaneous existential dangers—nuclear war and climate…
Danish writer Soren Korsgaard (editor of Crime
The Editorial Board, USA TODAY Published 4:57 p.m. ET Jan. 23, 2020 | Updated 5:44 p.m.
The Editorial Board, USA TODAY Published 4:57 p.m. ET Jan. 23, 2020 | Updated 5:44 p.m.
More than 6 out of 10 registered voters said they'd support a president who declares global warming a national emergency.
More than 6 out of 10 registered voters said they'd support a president who declares global warming a national emergency.
More than 6 out of 10 registered voters said they'd support a president who declares global warming a national emergency.
Danish writer Soren Korsgaard (editor of Crime
By Joseph Chamie NEW YORK, Jan 20 2020 (IPS) – Whenever the issue of population comes up, pro-growth demographic dogma…
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Image copyright Getty Images "The moment of crisis has come" in efforts to tackle climate change, Sir David Attenborough has…
Image copyright Getty Images "The moment of crisis has come" in efforts to tackle climate change, Sir David Attenborough has…
FEATURES | January 14. 2020. 14:10 Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2019 Last year saw the rise of…
For over a quarter of a century, United Nations climate negotiations have failed to reach a legally binding treaty.
In the days of yore, Savitri saved Satyavan The legend of Savitri and Satyavan in the Hindu mythological epic, the Mahabharat…
Worrying about climate change has an adverse effect on our health and addressing this has to be part of the fight.
Australia has been devastated by catastrophic bushfires in all states across the continent.
COP 25: Hiring a thief to guard one’s home The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) concluded its 25…
For over a quarter of a century, United Nations climate negotiations have failed to reach a legally binding treaty.
In December, a month after 11,000 scientists from around the world signed a letter saying, “clearly and unequivocally that…
For over a quarter of a century, United Nations climate negotiations have failed to reach a legally binding treaty.
Brian Zinchuk, in his Dec. 26, 2019, Top of the Pile has concluded, “No matter what Greta tells our kids, the world will not end.
It is not enough for scientists to just issue warnings of the catastrophic effect humans have on the planet, Jacqueline Beggs…
William Moomaw with Geoffrey Riley. Any remaining doubt about the changing nature of the Earth's climate might be dispelled by…
JANUARY 9, 2020 Updated 13 minutes ago Ideasroom It is not enough for scientists to just issue warnings of the catastrophic…
MegaFood, a company that markets supplements made from whole food ingredients, has long had a commitment to transparency and…
Meat Loaf and Greta Thunberg. Photo credit: Getty. American rock icon Meat Loaf believes activist Greta Thunberg has been "brainw…
The last year has been a busy one for Greta Thunberg, who turns 17 on 3 January—just a few days after the clocks chimed in the…