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AfricaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsSmall Island States
WMO Reports 40% Chance in Next Five Years that Warming Temporarily Exceeds 1.5°C
There’s a 40% chance that average global warming will temporarily exceed 1.5°C in at least one of the next five years, according to analysis ... -
AfricaAsiaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & EfficiencyEncoreFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryRenewable EnergySolar
More Than One Billion Lack Access to Cooling, Risk Illness and Heat Stress
As the pandemic drives up poverty rates, a lack of access to cooling technology has now put more than a billion people at increased ... -
AfricaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesFood SecurityHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsSevere Storms & Flooding
Underfunded Climate Adaptation Projects Aren’t Delivering What Communities Need
In 2019, an international climate fund approved a 10-year, US$9.3-million project to support communities in the drylands of Mozambique that are affected by frequent ... -
AfricaAsiaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & EfficiencyFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryRenewable EnergySolar
More Than One Billion Lack Access to Cooling, Risk Illness and Heat Stress
As the pandemic drives up poverty rates, a lack of access to cooling technology has now put more than a billion people at increased ... -
AfricaArctic & AntarcticaAsiaAustraliaBrazilCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFood SecurityIce Loss & Sea Level RiseIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsOceansSevere Storms & FloodingSouth & Central AmericaUnited States
Over 50 Million People ‘Doubly Hit’ by Pandemic, Climate Disasters: WMO
The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic had no effect on the “relentless” increase in atmospheric greenhouse gases, but made the impacts of the ... -
AfricaAsiaBiodiversity & HabitatCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationEuropeForests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySoil & Natural SequestrationUnited States
Global Forest Loss Accelerates Despite Pandemic Restrictions
Two recent studies are offering new evidence that the carbon-sequestering forests required to hold average global warming to 1.5°C are in peril. -
AfricaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionHealth & SafetyInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarSupply Chains & Consumption
Reliable Solar Can Support Vaccine Distribution in Africa
The struggle to acquire and distribute COVID-19 vaccines in many African countries is only the latest iteration of a long-standing problem: poor electricity access. ... -
AfricaAsiaBrazilClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionForests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsSoil & Natural SequestrationSupply Chains & Consumption
2/3 of Tropical Rainforests Destroyed or Damaged by Logging, Farming
New research concludes that roughly 64% of the world’s original tropical rainforest has been either degraded or destroyed by the hunger for commodities like ... -
AfricaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCulture, Curiosities, & HumourEuropeJurisdictions
Youth Delegates Get Seat at the Table, Begin Demanding Respect at UN Climate Talks
Youth delegates are finally just beginning to claim their seat at the table in United Nations climate negotiations. But some of the (apparent) adults ... -
AfricaBiodiversity & HabitatChinaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationCoalFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityForests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionNon-Renewable Energy
China’s International Investments Undermine ‘Green is Gold’ Domestic Mandate
China’s efforts to assert the green credentials of its Belt and Road Initiative are being undermined by its long-standing habit of ignoring public opinion, ... -
AfricaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionEnergy Access & EquityFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsRenewable Energy
Decentralized Energy Is Critical for African Vaccine Distribution
Getting vaccines (and good health care in general) to all the people who need it depends on connecting remote and rural health centres to ... -
AfricaAuto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionEnergy PoliticsFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInternationalJurisdictionsSouth & Central AmericaSupply Chains & Consumption
Transition to Electric Cars Need Not Demand a Toxic Lithium Legacy
Despite widespread assumptions, lithium and rare earth minerals like coltan—and all the environmental and social harms that attend their extraction and use—are not necessarily ... -
AfricaCanadaClimate & SocietyCoalEnergy SubsidiesEuropeFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & Gas
Canadian, European Officials Urge World Bank to End Fossil Investments
Senior officials from Canada and Europe are urging the World Bank to end its investments in coal- and oil-related projects and gradually phase out ... -
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 ... -
AfricaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public Opinion
Lookback: Anjali Appadurai Speaks for ‘Silent Majority’ at COP 17
Just over nine years ago, at the closing plenary of COP 17 in Durban, South Africa, climate youth delegate Anjali Appadurai delivered a transfixing ...
