International Agencies & Studies
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BioenergyCCS & GeoengineeringCOP 21/COP 22/COP 23Food SecurityForests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & StudiesLow-Carbon TransitionSoil & Natural Sequestration
1.5°C Is Doable Without Controversial Carbon Capture Technique, New Study Concludes
A new study in the journal Nature Climate Change is breaking new ground in the debate about how to limit average global warming to ... -
Climate Impacts & AdaptationFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHealth & SafetyInternational Agencies & StudiesLow-Carbon TransitionSoil & Natural SequestrationSupply Chains
International Forum Shows New Momentum for Agroecology
A sense of change and possibility was in the air earlier this month, when the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) held its second-ever ... -
Air & MarineArctic & AntarcticaCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementCOP 21/COP 22/COP 23Economic Analysis/Energy and Carbon PricingEuropeFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyInternational Agencies & StudiesOceansOil & GasSmall Island StatesWater/Habitat Impacts
International Shipping Meeting Debates Carbon Target, Arctic Ban on Heavy Fuel Oil
With a key committee of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting this week in London, UK, the international shipping industry is under mounting pressure ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Impacts & AdaptationCOP 21/COP 22/COP 23Economic Analysis/Energy and Carbon PricingHuman Rights & EquityInternational Agencies & StudiesJobs
Global Economy, Poorest Countries See Higher Growth at 1.5°C
A large proportion of the world’s countries could dodge the worst economic impacts of climate change if average global warming were held to 1.5°C, ... -
Geoengineering Tests Must Wait Until Safety, Human Rights Issues Are Addressed
A solar geoengineering experiment scheduled for later this year in the skies above Arizona must be put on hold until critical concerns about safety, ... -
Climate Action/"Blockadia"CoalFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesOil & GasTar Sands/Oil Sands
Banks’ Fossil Investment Rises 11% in 2017, Tar Sands/Oil Sands Finance Up 111%
Private banks around the world, including all of Canada’s “Big Five”, are ramping up their fossil fuel investment and “backsliding” on the goals of ... -
AustraliaChinaEuropeFinance & InvestmentHydroInternational Agencies & StudiesNuclearOil & GasSolarWind
China Leads Growth in Global Renewables Investment, with Solar Drawing Biggest Share
Global renewable energy investment excluding large hydro hit US$280 billion last year, solar captured $161 billion of the total, and China’s green boom gained ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCOP 21/COP 22/COP 23Economic Analysis/Energy and Carbon PricingFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesLow-Carbon TransitionOil & Gas
International Energy Agency Projections Take Climate Change ‘Over the Cliff’
The world’s most influential source of energy information, the International Energy Agency, is leading its 30 member countries in a direction that will defeat ... -
Coal Drops Drastically in World Bank Projection, Levels Out in U.S. Government Data
Two separate reports in the last week are pointing to the futility of trying to rebuild the world’s rapidly-failing coal industry, with the World ... -
AfricaClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresFood SecurityInternational Agencies & Studies
Climate Change a Factor in 20th Century Expansion of Sahara Desert
Climate change is an important driver behind a significant expansion of the Sahara Desert over the last century, according to a study funded by ... -
CitiesDrought, Famine & WildfiresEconomic Analysis/Energy and Carbon PricingForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetyInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security, Migration & WarOceansSoil & Natural SequestrationWater/Habitat Impacts
Human Footprint Degrades Landscapes, Risks Sixth Mass Extinction
Human activity is degrading landscapes, driving species to extinction, worsening the effects of climate change, and already imperiling 3.2 million people—two-fifths of humanity—according to ... -
CCS & GeoengineeringCoalCOP 21/COP 22/COP 23Finance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesLow-Carbon TransitionOil & Gas
‘Circular Logic’ in New Shell Scenario ‘Appears Not to Understand’ Paris Goals
Massive continuing reliance on fossil fuels, rapid growth in the use of hydrogen fuel, changes in consumer mindsets and energy efficiency practices, net-zero deforestation, ...
