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BuildingsCitiesDrive to 1.5Electricity GridFailure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island StatesSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Major Mental Health Crisis Hits Puerto Rico as Year-Long Hurricane Recovery Lags
A year after Hurricane Maria killed nearly 3,000 people and destroyed much of the infrastructure on the island of Puerto Rico, the country is ... -
Drive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationNuclearSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Poor and Rural North Carolinians Are Hardest Hit as Aerial Photos Show ‘Overwhelming’ Devastation
Aerial photos showed “overwhelming” devastation, an 1,870-megawatt nuclear plant had to be shut down, and poor and rural residents of the Carolinas were hit ... -
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 ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxClimate Action/"Blockadia"Human Rights & MigrationLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportUnited States
Shadowy Private Intelligence Firm Helps Fossils, Federal Government Monitor Pipeline Activists
A shady private intelligence firm that “promises to help oil and gas operators mitigate the threat posed by an increasingly sophisticated activist movement”, and ... -
Climate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationCoalDrive to 1.5First PeoplesHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionNational Plans & ResponsesSmall Island States
Pacific Climate Warriors Shift Region ‘from Passive Victims to Active Leaders’
Four years after blockading the world’s largest coal port in Newcastle, Australia with their traditional canoes, the Pacific Climate Warriors have managed to shift ... -
Energy PoliticsHuman Rights & MigrationOceansOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Jerry Brown’s Climate Legacy Hangs in the Balance Over State Oil and Gas Permits
As delegates gather in California today for Governor Jerry Brown’s Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS), Brown’s legacy as a global climate leader could yet ... -
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 ... -
CitiesClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationCoalEnergy PoliticsHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationJobs
250,000 People at 900 Events Join Rise for Climate Protests
With UN climate talks about to conclude in Bangkok and the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) due to convene in San Francisco this week, ... -
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 ... -
BuildingsCitiesHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationPost-Carbon TransitionResearch & DevelopmentSupply Chains & Consumption
Shifting Air Conditioner Use Means ‘Better Machines, Better Refrigerants, Better Buildings’
An overheating planet, combined with increasing urban density and rising incomes in the developing world, demands a system-level change in our use of air ... -
U.S. Environmental Justice Campaign Targets North Carolina Coal Ash Ponds
The iconic Poor People’s Campaign launched 50 years ago in the United states by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is being recreated ... -
Drought, Famine & WildfiresFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
California Climate Assessment Flags ‘Apocalyptic Threat’, Practical Solutions
Pointing to what Governor Jerry Brown calls an “apocalyptic threat”, a new report and call to action paints a dire picture of California’s future ... -
Food SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
U.S. Farmworkers Die of Heat-Related Illness as Temperatures Rise
With the northern hemisphere in the midst of an epic heat wave this summer, the Climate Desk collaboration is pointing to the 130 million ... -
CitiesElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesHuman Rights & MigrationJobsLegal & RegulatoryPost-Carbon TransitionSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Southeastern U.S. Utility Actively Undermines Solar, Increases Energy Poverty
An Alabama utility’s punitive fees against small-scale solar users who seek to remain connected to the grid are an example of a regulatory climate ...
