International Security & War
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Biodiversity & HabitatBioenergyCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsDrive to 1.5Health & SafetyInternational Security & WarNuclearSub-National Governments
Small Modular Reactors Raise Nuclear Waste Risk, Distract from Real Climate Solutions
The rise of “small” nuclear reactors (SMRs) raises serious concerns about radioactive waste disposal and is ultimately a distraction from real climate solutions, according ... -
Drive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresHuman Rights & MigrationInternationalInternational Security & War
Climate and Conflict Could Displace One Billion by 2050
While data remains scarce on the multiple causes driving current and future migrants to flee their homes, a new report points to the frightening ... -
Energy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentInternational Security & WarMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionUnited States
Redirect Military Spending to Climate Action, Sanders Argues During Democratic Debate
The back-and-forth among seven Democratic candidates during a high-stakes presidential primary debate in New Hampshire Friday evening veered into the connections between the climate ... -
Trump Middle East Strategy: Trade Blood for Oil
Long before an early January geopolitical crisis led to an errant missile attack on a civilian airliner, with 176 lives lost, Donald Trump was ... -
AfricaAustraliaEuropeFinance & InvestmentHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Security & WarMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaMiddle EastUnited States
Climate Crisis Drives More Migrants Toward Incarceration by ‘Border-Industrial Complex’
The sprawling private prison system in the United States is a direct beneficiary of a climate crisis that is putting millions of people at ... -
AsiaCitiesDrive to 1.5Ice Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & WarMiddle East
Sea Level Rise Could Put Three Times More People at Risk World-Wide
Deploying a far more accurate method than has been used to date to predict future sea level rise, researchers say three times more people ... -
AfricaAsiaAustraliaHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Security & WarMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaUnited States
U.S. House Democrats to Unveil Climate Displaced Persons Act
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are planning to introduce a Climate Displaced Persons Act that would see the country welcome at least ... -
AsiaCarbon-Free TransitionDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentIndiaInternational Security & WarSolarWind
India Plans 55 Gigawatts of New Solar, Wind Development Along Border with Pakistan
India is planning 55 gigawatts of new solar and wind development along its often contentious border with Pakistan, according to a dispatch last week ... -
AfricaDemographicsDrought, Famine & WildfiresFood SecurityHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & War
Demographers Urge Contraceptive Access, Lower Birth Rates to Counter Climate Threat
With 44% of the world’s annual pregnancies unwanted, the global population projected to hit 10.8 billion by 2100, and the need to curb greenhouse ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaAsiaCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFood SecurityHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & WarMethaneMiddle EastOceansSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island States
Warming Will Produce Rapid Sea Level Rise, Annual ‘100-Year’ Storms, Declining Fish Stocks, Shrinking Glaciers Without Fast Climate Action: IPCC
The world’s oceans will rise nearly one metre (three feet) by 2100, 100-year coastal storms and flooding will happen annually, fish stocks will see ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon-Free TransitionDemand & EfficiencyFinance & InvestmentInternational Security & WarMiddle EastOil & GasSolarUnited StatesWind
McKibben: A World Run on Renewables Would Never Go to War for Oil
If the world ran on renewable energy, it would never be at risk of going to war for oil, 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben argues ... -
CanadaEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentInternational Security & WarMiddle EastOil & GasSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Alberta Looks for Advantage, But Oil Prices Recede Within Days of Saudi Drone Attack
Canada’s biggest oil refinery came in for some unwanted scrutiny and Alberta put itself forward as a more stable source of supply in the ... -
Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsInternational Security & WarMiddle EastNuclearOil & GasUnited States
Trump Threatens Military Action After Drone Strikes Cut Saudi Oil Production by Half
Saudi Arabia’s daily oil output has been cut by half after Houthi rebels in neighbouring Yemen claimed responsibility for a drone strike on what ... -
BrazilClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsEuropeInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & WarUnited 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 ... -
Culture, Curiosities, & HumourEnergy PoliticsInternational Security & WarSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
Sorry, Trump: You Can’t Set Off a Nuclear Bomb to Stop a Hurricane
Sorry, Trump—firing a nuclear weapon is not the way to stop a raging hurricane or tropical cyclone in its path.
