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AfricaAsiaChinaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationHealth & SafetyInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaSevere Storms & Flooding
Millions Face ‘Uninhabitable Hell’ if Emissions Aren’t Reduced, UN Agency Warns
A staggering increase in natural disasters over the last 20 years shows the risk of the Earth becoming an “uninhabitable hell for millions of ... -
AfricaCanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Denial & GreenwashingEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsMiddle East
Deloitte Withdraws Study Suggesting Economic Benefits from ‘Fastest Warming Scenarios’
Global management consulting giant Deloitte has withdrawn a ludicrous report that concluded extreme climate change would deliver GDP gains to one-third of the world’s ... -
AfricaBiodiversity & HabitatCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Denial & GreenwashingClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySoil & Natural Sequestration
Nature-Based Solutions Risk a Greenwashing ‘Circus,’ Says International Coalition
An international coalition of NGOs and Indigenous groups is warning that the net-zero emissions concept has become little more than a licence to pollute ... -
AfricaBiodiversity & HabitatClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & WarJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & Gas
Chad Risks World Heritage Status for Iconic Lake in Exchange for Fossil Dollars
A two-year international effort to have Lake Chad declared a UNESCO world heritage site on both cultural and environmental grounds may come to naught ... -
AfricaAsiaAustraliaBrazilCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionChinaClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEuropeHealth & SafetyIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaMiddle EastUnited States
BREAKING: New Assessment Declares Canada’s Climate Plan ‘Insufficient’ as Throne Speech Day Dawns
With the Trudeau government just hours away from tabling its long-awaited Speech from the Throne, the international Climate Action Tracker is branding the country’s ... -
AfricaAsiaBiodiversity & HabitatBrazilCanadaChinaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationEnergy SubsidiesEuropeFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesFood SecurityForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetyInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaOceansSoil & Natural SequestrationSouth & Central AmericaTravel, Leisure & RecreationUnited States
Countries Miss All 20 Targets Under UN Biodiversity Convention
A decade after adopting a set of biodiversity restoration goals under a United Nations treaty, countries have missed every single milestone in the effort ... -
AfricaBrazilCarbon-Free TransitionChinaClimate & SocietyEuropeFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasOpinion & AnalysisShale & FrackingSouth & Central AmericaSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited States
Fossils Keep Paying Shareholders Despite Epic Financial Losses, Declining Business Prospects
Some of the world’s most colossal fossils posted epic financial losses between April and June this year, all in the interest of preserving their ... -
AfricaAsiaBiodiversity & HabitatClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOceansOil & GasSmall Island StatesSouth & Central AmericaTravel, Leisure & Recreation
Stricken Oil Tankers Pose New Ecosystem Risks Off Sri Lanka, Venezuela
Two more disabled oil tankers are at risk of causing serious ecosystem damage, with a vessel in the Indian Ocean off Sri Lanka on ... -
AfricaAsiaChinaCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDemographicsDrought, Famine & WildfiresFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationIndiaInternational Security & WarJurisdictionsMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaMiddle EastSouth & Central America
New Climate Migration Model Answers Looming Question: ‘Where Will Everyone Go?’
As the hallmarks of the climate crisis—heat, thirst, hunger, sea level rise, and conflict—send millions of frightened and desperate people into flight, migration experts ... -
AfricaBioenergyCarbon-Free TransitionChinaClimate & SocietyCoalEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentGeothermalHydropowerJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyRenewable EnergySolarWave & TidalWind
4,000-MW Coal Plan ‘Won’t Provide Much Space’ for Pakistan’s Ambitious Renewables Target
Pakistan may be jeopardizing its own hopes of bringing renewable energy to 30% of its electricity mix by 2030, from 4% today, by pursuing ... -
AfricaAir & MarineBiodiversity & HabitatClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionFood SecurityHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSmall Island StatesTravel, Leisure & Recreation
Ecological Disaster in the Making as Oil Slick Spreads Off Mauritius Coast
With a bulk carrier leaking tonnes of fuel off its southeast coast and rough weather at risk of tearing the Japanese-owned vessel apart, the ... -
AfricaAsiaCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionChinaClimate & SocietyFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySouth & Central AmericaWind
Offshore Wind Could Create 900,000 Jobs, Grow Eightfold by 2030
The offshore wind industry is poised to increase its output eightfold, from 29 to 234 gigawatts, and create 900,000 or more jobs by 2030, ... -
AfricaCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesInternational Agencies & StudiesJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable Energy
IEA Risks Credibility with Projections that Enable New Fossil Megaprojects
The International Energy Agency is giving political cover to new fossil megaprojects, and risks undermining its own influence over the next few years, by ... -
AfricaEnergy Access & EquityEuropeFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesJobs & TrainingMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasSolarWind
Adow: UK’s Mozambique Pipeline Plan Is Morally, Financially Negligent
As the Boris Johnson government debates greenlighting a billion-pound loan guarantee for a gas pipeline project in Mozambique, Mohamed Adow of Power Shift Africa ... -
AfricaAsiaCarbon-Free TransitionChinaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Drive to 1.5EuropeInternational Agencies & StudiesLegal & RegulatorySouth & Central America
Litigation Drives Global Policy Change on Climate, Study Shows
Recent high-profile legal cases have marked a sea change in climate litigation, showing that the courts are becoming an increasingly effective venue for driving ...
