International Agencies & Studies
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CanadaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5EuropeFinance & InvestmentHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesNational Plans & Responses
Canada, UK Boost Their Green Climate Fund Contributions, Still Fall Short of Fair Share
Canada and the United Kingdom both announced new contributions to the United Nations Green Climate Fund (GCF) during last weekend’s G7 meeting in France, ... -
BrazilClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsEuropeInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & WarNational Plans & ResponsesUnited States
G7 Wrap: Brazil Conditionally Accepts Some Wildfire Aid as Trump Skips Key Climate Discussion
Brazil closed off a chaotic end to this week’s G7 meeting in France by accepting some of the financial aid countries had offered to ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5EuropeInternational Agencies & StudiesLegal & RegulatoryNational Plans & ResponsesPost-Carbon TransitionUnited States
Canada’s Climate Plan Falls Behind G7 as Global Business Coalition Urges Tougher Targets
Canada’s climate action plan is one of the least ambitious among the world’s leading industrial countries, and none of the seven countries are anywhere ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBrazilClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate DenialDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEuropeFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesLegal & RegulatoryNational Plans & ResponsesSouth & Central America
G7 Offers Assistance, Bolsonaro Faces Withering Pressure as Amazon Rainforest Burns
G7 leaders meeting in France are close to an agreement to help Brazil curtail devastating wildfires in the Amazon rainforests, with a coveted trade ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatClimate DenialInternational Agencies & StudiesLegal & RegulatorySub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Lawsuits Begin After Trump Attack on U.S. Endangered Species Act
Hot on the heels of the Trump administration’s decision to aggressively weaken the nation’s highly effective Endangered Species Act, eight environmental organizations have launched ... -
Air & MarineClimate Action/"Blockadia"DemographicsEuropeHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesTransitTravel, Leisure & Recreation
‘Flight Shame’ Produces Uptick in European Train Travel
The desire to lead “climate-friendlier lives”—an impulse driven by a mixture of shame and anxiety—is one of the reasons more and more young Europeans ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFailure Is Not An OptionFinance & DivestmentFinance & InvestmentIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesLegal & RegulatoryUnited States
Financial Risk of Climate Change Has Economists, Ratings Agencies Worried
The potentially devastating economic and financial impact of unrestrained climate change has been coming into focus in several recent news stories, with global GDP ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementChinaCoalElectricity GridEnergy Access & EquityEnergy PoliticsGeneral RenewablesInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesOff-GridOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSolarUnited StatesWind
WoodMac Sees Peril in Trump-China Trade Dispute as Energy Decarbonization Lags
The increasingly bitter trade dispute between the Trump administration and China is shaping up as a new barrier to getting global greenhouse gas emissions ... -
Climate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & Studies
Increased Emissions May Drive Atmospheric Warming Farther, Faster Than Scientists Thought
Increased greenhouse gas emissions may drive up atmospheric temperatures by as much as 35% more than climate scientists previously believed, according to more than ... -
Air & MarineBioenergyDemand & EfficiencyDrawdownInternational Agencies & StudiesResearch & DevelopmentTravel, Leisure & Recreation
Aircraft Fuel Efficiency Would Save 5.05 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Improving aircraft fuel efficiency ranks #43 on the Drawdown list of climate solutions, with the potential to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide by 5.05 gigatons ... -
CanadaDrive to 1.5Finance & InvestmentFood SecurityHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesPathways to 1.5Soil & Natural SequestrationUnited StatesWater
IPCC Land Use Report Draws New Attention to Soil Carbon, Regenerative Agriculture
In the wake of the IPCC land use report earlier this month, with its urgent focus on food supplies, soil conservation, and natural methods ... -
Fossils Face Crisis Attracting Millennial Work Force
The fossil industry is facing yet another severe challenge as the post-carbon energy transition unfolds: since 2014, there’s been a sharp drop in the ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBioenergyBrazilCanadaCCS & Negative EmissionsDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEuropeFirst PeoplesFood SecurityForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesIPCC ReportSoil & Natural Sequestration
IPCC Land Report Paints Stark Picture for Food Supplies, Charts Course for Immediate Action
Global food supplies, species and ecosystem diversity, and the health and safety of populations are all in peril without immediate, wide-ranging shifts in land ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageCanadaElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportPost-Carbon TransitionSolarTar Sands/Oil SandsWind
Tar Sands/Oil Sands Analysts Predict Implausible Growth as Renewables, EVs Crush Fossils on Price
A stunning new international analysis shows increasingly affordable wind and solar power and electric vehicles crushing oil on price and efficiency—even as Canadian fossil ...
