Africa
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New Wind and Solar Installations Could Green the Sahara
Installing big wind and solar farms in the Sahara Desert could make the famously (and increasingly) arid region much greener, according to a new ... -
AfricaCoalDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentHydroNational Plans & ResponsesNuclearPost-Carbon TransitionSolarWind
South Africa Plans Shift from Coal and Nuclear to Renewables, Natural Gas
South Africa is moving decisively to reduce its reliance on coal- and nuclear-generated electricity and shift its focus to renewable energy sources and natural ... -
AfricaBiodiversity & HabitatCarbon Levels & MeasurementDrawdownEuropeFinance & InvestmentForests & DeforestationHuman Rights & MigrationOceansOil & GasSoil & Natural SequestrationSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Coastal Wetland Protection Would Save 3.3 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Protection of Coastal Wetlands ranks #52 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions. The strategy could reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide by 3.3 gigatons by 2050, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
AfricaAsiaDrought, Famine & WildfiresFinance & InvestmentHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesPost-Carbon TransitionSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island StatesUnited States
Green Climate Fund Head Resigns After Underfunding Drives Meeting Into Disarray
Disputes between rich and poor nations at the UN’s flagship climate fund are intensifying as the money runs low. A meeting of the Green ... -
AfricaBiodiversity & HabitatFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationHuman Rights & MigrationIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesMexico, Caribbean & Latin America
New Report Cites Indigenous Peoples as ‘Forest Guardians Without Peer’
Indigenous forest dwellers—not governments with their own axes to grind, nor environmental groups in some countries that fetishize what they see as the primeval, ...
