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Climate Impacts & AdaptationHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Security & WarSevere Storms & Flooding
Severe Storms Could Wipe Out 167 Million Homes by 2040 without G7 Action
Unless G7 leaders find global solutions to climate change, 167 million homes around the world could be wiped out within the next two decades, ... -
Climate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionElectricity GridHealth & SafetyInternational Security & WarJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportUnited States
Cyberattacks Could Shut Down U.S. Power Grid, Granholm Warns
U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Sunday called for more public-private cooperation on cyber defenses and said U.S. adversaries already are capable of using ... -
AsiaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & WarJurisdictionsMiddle EastSevere Storms & Flooding
Climate Disasters in 2020 Displace Three Times More People than War
Some 30 million people around the world were displaced last year by floods, severe storms, and wildfires, making climate change the cause of three ... -
CitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionEnergy Access & EquityHealth & SafetyInternational Security & WarJurisdictionsMiddle EastOff-GridRenewable EnergySolar
Syrians in Rebel-Held Region Embrace Solar Panels as ‘Blessing from God’
An “unlikely solar revolution of sorts” is taking place in Idlib Governate, a rebel-held province in northwestern Syria, where local residents are turning to ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Denial & GreenwashingClimate Impacts & AdaptationHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Security & WarJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryUnited States
Arizona Politics Flips from Climate Denial to Ecofascism
From lawsuits in Arizona to promises by French politician Marine Le Pen to make her country “the world’s first ecological civilization,” the far right ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrought, Famine & WildfiresFood SecurityInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & WarJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionWater
Children Face Future Wars for Water and Food Unless Adults Embrace Climate Action, Timmermans Warns
Policy-makers must do better at persuading adults to embrace the change the climate crisis demands, rather than fearing it, or “today’s children will face ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyInternational Security & WarJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyNuclearSub-National Governments
Nuclear Fuel ‘Recycling’ in New Brunswick Could Drive Weapons Proliferation, Analysts Warn
Two veteran safe energy campaigners are raising the alarm after the federal government announced a C$50.5-million subsidy to a New Brunswick company that wants ... -
AsiaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & WarJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
10.3 Million Displaced by Climate Disaster from September 2020 to February 2021
In just a six-month period over the past year, climate disasters sent more than 10 million people fleeing from their homes, adding to trauma ... -
Batteries/StorageCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationCoalDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEuropeHealth & SafetyHydrogenInternational Security & WarJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyNuclearOil & GasRenewable EnergySolarWind
Don’t Let Nuclear Boosterism, ‘Hydrogen Hype’ Distract from Practical Renewable Alternatives, Analyst Urges
Nuclear boosterism and “hydrogen hype” mustn’t distract countries from the renewable energy technologies that can actually deliver on a 2050 target for net-zero greenhouse ... -
AfricaAsiaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionEnergy Access & EquityFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHydropowerInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & WarJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolar
War-Torn States Look to Local Renewables, Rooftop Solar for Greater Stability
Desperate to improve energy access for their citizens, some of the world’s most fragile states have delivered an open letter to wealthy nations, development ... -
ChinaClimate Impacts & AdaptationCoalEuropeHealth & SafetyIndiaInternational Security & WarJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasShale & FrackingUnited States
Fossil Fuel Pollution Caused 8.7 Million Premature Deaths in 2018, New Study Finds
Fossil fuel pollution killed 8.7 million people prematurely in 2018—more than 18% of the total global death toll that year, and more than twice ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageBiodiversity & HabitatCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEnergy Access & EquityEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & WarJobs & TrainingLegal & RegulatoryMethaneOceansOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSolarSub-National GovernmentsSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited StatesWind
Sweeping Biden Executive Orders Halt Fossil Leases, Boost Renewables, Stress Environmental Justice and Scientific Integrity
With a set of three sweeping executive orders Wednesday, U.S. President Joe Biden launched an abrupt shift from four years of climate denial and ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBiodiversity & HabitatCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationCoalDemand & DistributionFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Security & WarJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOceansOil & GasShale & FrackingUnited States
Biden to Pause Oil and Gas Leasing, Emphasize Environmental Justice in ‘Climate Day’ Executive Orders Expected Today
U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to pause new oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters and unveil an ambitious plan to ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyInternational Security & WarJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyNuclear
Opinion: Federal Nuclear Plan Confuses Science Fiction with Real Energy Technologies
Canada’s action plan for small modular nuclear reactors is nothing more than science fiction, writes analyst Burgess Langshaw-Power: idle dreams of an indefinite group ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsInternationalInternational Security & WarJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySmall Island States
International Group Proposes Legislation to Criminalize Ecocide
In an effort led largely by small island nations, 13 international lawyers are drafting a plan to make ecosystem destruction a criminal offence of ...
