UK to miss legal climate targets without urgent action, official advisers warn
The UK will miss its legally binding carbon targets without urgent government action, official advisers have warned. The Committee on...
Fiji’s Great Sea Reef nominated as Ramsar Site at start of International Year of the Reef
Over the last three decades, half of the planet’s coral has died under rising water temperatures and ocean acidification. To address this...
An Astronauts View of a Changing World
As a NASA astronaut, Mark Kelly got to look down on the earth from space. While the view was breath-taking, he told me that within the...
Deadly ocean heatwaves were made over 50 times more likely by climate change, scientists report
A heatwave that struck a quarter of the world’s oceans in 2016 was made far more likely by climate change, according to a new study....
106 Lawmakers Urge Trump: Restore Climate Change in National Security Strategy
A bipartisan group of more than 100 members of Congress is urging President Donald Trump to recognize climate change as a national...
Making Biogas Affordable to the Poor
Rural Solutions is a video series that highlights solutions to specific challenges that are common in rural areas of developing...
2017’s costly climate change-fueled disasters are the ‘new normal,’ warns major reinsurer
It turns out 2017 was a uniquely disastrous year in more ways than one, evidenced by German reinsurer Munich Re’s recently released...
Indigenous rights must be respected during Kenya climate change project, say UN experts
Three independent experts* appointed by the UN have expressed concerns about recent reports that indigenous Sengwer peoples in western...
Effects of climate change: If global warming continues, summers in India could last for 8 months by
Prolonged heat-wave conditions–in other words, a summer lasting up to eight months–could be the new norm by the 2070s for the Gangetic...
Cuba embarks on a 100-year plan to protect itself from climate change
On its deadly run through the Caribbean last September, Hurricane Irma lashed northern Cuba, inundating coastal settlements and scouring...