IPCC Special Report to Scrutinise ‘Feasibility’ of 1.5C Climate Goal
The head of the United Nation’s climate body has called for a thorough assessment of the feasibility of the international goal to limit warming to 1.5C.
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Climate Change and Colonial History Make a Toxic Combination
New research points to a powerful link between climate change and armed conflict.
McKibben: It’s time to declare war on climate change
We’re under attack, said author and climate campaigner Bill McKibben, and the only way to defeat the enemy is to declare a global war against the destructive practices that threaten the world’s imperiled ecosystems and human civilization as we know it.
School Days in 2040: Rima’s Day at École Gardiens de la Foret
What might education look like in 2040 if it were to be truly Earth-centric?
Can a “Green Growth” Strategy Solve Climate Change?
Faith in decoupling deflects attention away from the problems that lie at the heart of global environmental (and social) problems…
Earth News: More than News of the World “Let’s Think in Terms of the Next One Hundred Months”
The challenge is greater than preparing individuals and groups to fight back.
Big Banks Finance Water-Damaging, Climate-Warming Energy Projects
Some 338 gigawatts of new coal-fired electrical generation are under construction around the world, principally in Asia, according to a March study by CoalSwarm, a global network of researchers.
Methane Hydrates, The Next Shale Gas?
Governments, expolration companies, and even the U.N. are striving for the next fossil fuel technological leap – accessing the huge gas reserves in methane hydrates. If they are successful, shale gas may pale in comparison.
Climate change begins now (even if we are unprepared)
Right now humanity is like a patient without medical insurance or a doctor, one who visits the emergency room every time something serious goes wrong.
Clean Energy Revolution in Philadelphia: A Photo Essay
On Sunday, July 24, a day before the opening of the Democratic National Convention amid turmoil in Philadelphia, the U.S. climate justice movement seized the moment to convene and march in large numbers for a clean energy revolution.
Not Quite Enough
It’s no secret that the Presidential election has narrowed down to major candidates who are each distrusted or even loathed by a substantial portion of the electorate.
Cold and Calculating: What the two Different Types of Ice do to Sea Levels
It was back in 250ʙⅽ when Archimedes reportedly stepped into his bathtub and had the world’s first Eureka moment – realising that putting himself in the water made its level rise.
