Food Security
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Nutrient Management Would Save 1.81 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Nutrient management ranks #65 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions, with potential to eliminate 1.81 gigatons of carbon dioxide and save a total of ... -
CanadaClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEuropeFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesOceansPetrochemicals & PlasticsSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island StatesUnited States
CARE Canada: Fighting Plastics Pollution No Substitute for G7 Action on Climate Impacts
G7 countries’ initiative to attack plastic pollution during this week’s environment and energy ministers’ meeting in Halifax is no substitute for faster action to ... -
CitiesDrive to 1.5Electricity GridFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityHealth & SafetySevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
‘It’s All About the Water’ as ‘Slow-Moving Natural Disaster’ Turns Carolinas Into an Archipelago
Meteorologists may have downgraded it from a hurricane to a mere tropical storm, but the “storm known as Florence is creating a slow-motion natural ... -
AsiaDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityHealth & SafetySevere Storms & Flooding
Typhoon Mangkhut Kills 64 in Philippines Before Hitting Southern China, Hong Kong
At least 64 people are dead after 550-mile-wide Typhoon Mangkhut tore through the northern end of the Philippine island of Luzon, uprooting trees and ... -
Air & MarineAustraliaAuto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageBuildingsCanadaCitiesClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDemand & EfficiencyDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEuropeFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionMethaneMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaNational Plans & ResponsesPost-Carbon TransitionSolarSub-National GovernmentsSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited StatesWaterWind
Flurry of Low-Carbon Announcements Marks First Day of Global Climate Action Summit
The Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco is entering its second day, with media and other observers scrambling to keep up with a ... -
Drive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & WarSevere Storms & Flooding
UN Agencies Urge Greater Resilience as Droughts, Floods Drive Global Hunger to 10-Year High
Climate shocks like droughts and flood have helped drive global hunger up to levels last seen a decade ago, leaving one out of nine ... -
Air & MarineArctic & AntarcticaAuto & Alternative VehiclesBiodiversity & HabitatBioenergyCarbon Levels & MeasurementCCS & GeoengineeringDrive to 1.5EuropeFood SecurityForests & DeforestationMethaneNational Plans & ResponsesPost-Carbon TransitionTransitWalking & Biking
Iceland Aims for Full Carbon Neutrality by 2040
Iceland will increase the number of electric cars on its roads, ban new petroleum and diesel vehicles as of 2030, sequester carbon through wetland ... -
Climate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesNational Plans & ResponsesSevere Storms & Flooding
‘Uneven’ Progress, ‘Stalemated’ Issues Create Steep Climb for Paris Agreement Implementation
Nearly a week of climate negotiations ended in Bangkok Sunday with what civil society observers called “uneven” progress on the all-important “rulebook” that countries ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesFood SecurityForests & DeforestationHealth & Safety
Harvard Investments Displace Communities, Harm Environment in ‘Billion-Dollar Farmland Fiasco’
Harvard University is under fire for a “billion-dollar farmland fiasco” in which its endowment fund is said to have bought up 850,000 hectares of ... -
New Wind and Solar Installations Could Green the Sahara
Installing big wind and solar farms in the Sahara Desert could make the famously (and increasingly) arid region much greener, according to a new ... -
Drive to 1.5EuropeFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureMedia, Messaging, & Public Opinion
Sweltering Summer Leaves 72% of Britons Concerned About Climate
A recent poll conducted by British pollster Opinium as the sweltering summer of 2018 drew to a close found concern about climate change amongst ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCCS & GeoengineeringClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & EfficiencyDrive to 1.5Food SecurityIPCC ReportPost-Carbon TransitionSoil & Natural Sequestration
IPCC Report on 1.5°C ‘Guardrail’ Draws Support from Some Climate Hawks, Alarm from Others
An upcoming report on ways to limit average global warming to 1.5°C has been generating a lot of discussion at this week’s climate negotiations ... -
CitiesDrive to 1.5Energy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesJobsPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon Transition
Climate Solutions Promise $26 Trillion in Benefits as Global Economy Hits ‘Use It or Lose It Moment’
The “bold action” needed to address the climate crisis could deliver at least US$26 trillion in economic benefits through 2030, while producing more than ... -
Pollinator-Friendly Solar Sites Boost Biodiversity, Draw Community Support
Utilities developing large-scale solar installations are taking a second look at how they affect the fragile natural ecosystems that surround them, and insect pollinators ... -
Perennial Bioenergy Crops Would Save 3.33 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Increased cultivation of perennial bioenergy crops ranks #51 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions, with the potential to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide by 3.33 ...
