International Security & War
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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 ... -
AustraliaCarbon Levels & MeasurementChinaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsGeneral RenewablesInternational Security & WarNational Plans & ResponsesPost-Carbon TransitionSmall Island States
Business Lobby Gives Up on Seeing Climate Action from Australia Government
The Australian business community has given up on seeing any meaningful climate and energy action from the country’s Coalition government, now led by Prime ... -
AfricaHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Security & WarMiddle EastSmall Island States
Rise of Autocratic Governments is ‘Most Overlooked Threat of Climate Change’
The military takeover that deposed democratically-elected Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed in 2012 was an early example of the drive toward autocracy that can be ... -
Putin-Trump Collaboration Might Be Aiming for Fossil Fuel Dominance
While most coverage of Donald Trump’s extraordinary news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin focused on his refusal to believe his own intelligence agencies ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesChinaCoalDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & WarOil & GasShale & FrackingSolar
IEA Sees Renewables Investment Down, Fossil Volumes Up in ‘Worrying Trend’
While electricity production saw more investment than oil and gas in 2017 for the second year in a row, oil and gas supply still ... -
AfricaChinaDrought, Famine & WildfiresFirst PeoplesFood SecurityHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & WarJobsSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island States
Climate Change Producing Water Scarcity, Local Conflict, Advocates Tell UN Security Council
Climate change is contributing to instability in many parts of the world, the UN security council heard last Wednesday, in its first debate dedicated to the topic ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatEuropeFinance & InvestmentForests & DeforestationInternational Security & WarMethaneOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportUnited States
Trump, Canada Find ‘Common Ground’ in Opposition to Russia’s Nord Stream 2 Pipeline
In what The Canadian Press calls “a rare patch of common ground” between Canada and the United States during last week’s NATO summit in ... -
Drought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFood SecurityInternational Security & WarMiddle EastOil & GasUnited States
Iran Threatens to Block Strait of Hormuz After Trump Tries to Cut Its Oil Revenue
The U.S. Navy and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards are exchanging tough talk about the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, as Donald Trump tries to pressure ... -
CoalElectricity GridEnergy SubsidiesEuropeFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesInternational Security & WarPost-Carbon Transition
Ukraine Poised to Go Big on Renewables
With domestic coal production in deep trouble, nuclear energy going nowhere, and policy-makers considering fundamental policy shifts in support of renewables, Ukraine’s power sector ... -
Drought, Famine & WildfiresFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & WarPost-Carbon Transition
Climate Change Impact on Dry-Wet Cycles Points Toward Food Insecurity, Armed Conflict
The lessons of history, the deductions of science, and the knowledge base of the world’s farmers will be essential to cope with how climate ... -
CCS & GeoengineeringEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsInternational Security & WarOil & GasPost-Carbon Transition
B.C. Start-Up Delivers Air Carbon Capture at Less Than $100 Per Tonne
A cost breakthrough in drawing carbon dioxide out of the air might be in the offing in British Columbia, where Squamish-based Carbon Engineering claims ... -
Sustained Drought Could Leave Two Million Hungry in Afghanistan
Two-thirds of war-torn Afghanistan is in the grips of a sustained drought that could trigger food shortages for two million or more people, according ... -
Drought, Famine & WildfiresEncoreInternational Security & WarMiddle EastOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSolarWater
Shift to Solar Would Help Address Middle East Water Scarcity
The massive amount of water required to run fossil fuel generating stations could make the shift to solar power one of the keys to ... -
Engineers Resurrect 1980s Water Diversion Plan to Bring Lake Chad Back to Life
A long-shelved megaproject to replenish Lake Chad using water diverted from the Congo River is getting another look, as policy-makers struggle to stabilize a ...
