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Auto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5EuropeFood SecurityNational Plans & ResponsesSupply Chains & Consumption
Spain Adopts National Climate Emergency Declaration
Spain adopted a climate emergency declaration earlier this week, with officials promising to send legislation to the national parliament in the next 100 days ... -
2015-16 Ocean Heat Wave Drove Mass Starvation, Death for a Million North Pacific Seabirds
An ocean heat wave in 2015-16 produced the biggest-ever mass mortality event for an avian species, disrupting food supplies for common murres in the ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate Action/"Blockadia"Culture, Curiosities, & HumourDrive to 1.5First PeoplesHuman Rights & MigrationInsurance & LiabilityJobsLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPathways to 1.5Soil & Natural SequestrationTransitWalking & Biking
‘Words Make Worlds’: Holthaus Issues Call to Imagine, Create a Radically Positive Future
As the climate crisis deepens, we must be “radically imaginative,” telling ourselves and each other stories of fiercely visionary, loving, and productive collective actions ... -
CCS & Negative EmissionsClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesNational Plans & Responses
Thunberg Demands Action, Fossils Tout Carbon Capture as Greenpeace Calls Out Fossil Investors at Davos Forum
The annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland was a study in contrasts yesterday, with #FridaysforFuture founder Greta Thunberg slamming the world’s governments and ... -
AustraliaCanadaCitiesDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National Governments
From Newfoundland Snowstorms to Australian Bushfires, Climate Means the ‘Exceptional Becoming Normalized’
From an epic snowstorm blanketing Newfoundland to devastating bushfires and flash floods in Australia, climate change is the common thread that is turning the ... -
AfricaDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaSevere Storms & Flooding
Political Dysfunction, Economic Turmoil Exacerbate the Climate Crisis as Disease and Famine Spreads
Late 2019 saw the calamitous rise of both dengue fever in Honduras and hunger in Zimbabwe, events that demonstrated how government dysfunction, poverty, and ... -
Drive to 1.5Food SecurityHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesLegal & RegulatoryNational Plans & ResponsesSmall Island States
Countries Can’t Turn Back Climate Refugees Whose Lives Are at Risk, UN Committee Rules
Countries can no longer send climate refugees back to nations of origin where the climate crisis might threaten their lives, according to a ruling ... -
Building Automation Would Save 4.62 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Building automation ranks #45 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions. It could eliminate up to 4.62 gigatons of carbon dioxide by 2050 at a cost of US$68.1 ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionForests & DeforestationHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesLegal & RegulatoryOceans
Scientists Declare 2010s the Hottest Decade, 2019 the Second-Warmest Year on Record
NASA and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have declared the 2010s the hottest 10 years on record, with 2019 the second-warmest ... -
AsiaAustraliaBioenergyBrazilCarbon-Free TransitionChinaDrive to 1.5Energy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentHydroIndiaPathways to 1.5SolarSouth & Central AmericaUnited StatesWind
Mixed Results for 2019 Show Slight Rise in Renewable Energy Investment
World renewable energy investment hit US$282.2 billion last year, slightly higher than 2018’s total of $280.2 billion, with investment declining in China but hitting ... -
AfricaDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityInternational Agencies & StudiesSevere Storms & Flooding
45 Million in Southern Africa Face ‘Critical Levels of Hunger’
Climate-induced drought and severe flooding, coupled with economic woes, have left 45 million people across Southern Africa facing critical levels of hunger and in ... -
BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionChinaCoalDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEuropeFinance & InvestmentIndiaNational Plans & Responses
€40-Billion Compensation Plan to Drive Germany’s Coal Phaseout by 2038
National and regional governments in Germany have sealed the deal on a €40-billion (US$45-billion) plan to phase out coal by 2038 and fund a ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCarbon-Free TransitionDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy PoliticsFailure Is Not An OptionFinance & InvestmentIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesMedia, Messaging, & Public Opinion
Global Business Leaders Cite Climate as Decade’s Biggest Risk
Global business and political leaders have declared climate change the decade’s biggest risk, in the latest edition of an annual survey issued by the ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityNational Plans & ResponsesSevere Storms & Flooding
Morneau Cites Climate as ‘Central Focus’ of 2020 Federal Budget
The climate crisis will be a “central focus” of the 2020 federal budget, Finance Minister Bill Morneau told students at Toronto’s Ryerson University Monday, ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level Rise
Biggest-Ever Arctic Expedition Seeks to Understand Changing Ecosystem Before it Collapses
The world’s biggest-ever Arctic study expedition is being stunned, stymied, unnerved, and occasionally exhilarated, as a rotating team of more than 300 researchers operating ...
