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AsiaAustraliaBrazilEuropeFood SecurityHuman Rights & MigrationLegal & RegulatoryOceansPost-Carbon TransitionUnited States
Governments, Corporations Face 1,300 Climate Lawsuits in 28 Countries Since 1990
With more than 1,300 legal actions on the books in 28 countries since 1990, a new report is pointing to litigation as a powerful ... -
AfricaAsiaAustraliaBrazilCanadaChinaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5EuropeIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesNational Plans & ResponsesPost-Carbon Transition
Time for Countries to ‘Step Up Their Game’ on Paris Commitments, 1.5°C Targets
With the urgency of the climate crisis demanding bold and immediate action, this year’s edition of the annual Climate Action Tracker (CAT) report calls ... -
AsiaAustraliaBrazilChinaDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetyIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesSouth & Central AmericaUnited States
Dengue Risk to Hit Two Billion More People in 2080 Unless Carbon Emissions Are Curtailed
Based on a warming scenario “roughly representative of the world’s current emissions trajectory,” more than two billion additional people will be at risk of ... -
AsiaBioenergyBrazilChinaElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentHydroIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesJobsOff-GridPost-Carbon TransitionSolarSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited StatesWind
Renewables Employed 11 Million in 2018, IRENA Reports
Renewable energy employed 11 million people around the world last year despite slower annual growth in key markets like China, the International Renewable Energy ... -
AsiaBrazilClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresEuropeFinance & InvestmentHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
Big Companies Foresee $970 Billion in Climate Risk, $2.1 Trillion in Gains from Climate Action
More than 200 of the world’s biggest companies anticipate nearly US$1 trillion in business risk—more than half of it in the next five years—due ... -
Rainforest Destruction in Brazil Hit 10-Year High in May
Brazil recorded its worst rate of rainforest destruction in a decade over the crucial month of May, with the government’s own satellite imagery showing ... -
BrazilClimate DenialClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsNational Plans & Responses
Bolsonaro Axes Head of Brazil Forum for Climate Change
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has fired the self-described “militant environmentalist” at the helm of his country’s Forum for Climate Change, after the group began ... -
AfricaAsiaBrazilFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & StudiesSoil & Natural Sequestration
Rainforests Lose 12 Million Hectares in 2018, Global Forest Watch Reports
The World Resources Institute’s Global Forest Watch report is flagging 2018 as another devastating year for most of the planet’s rainforests, with responsibility falling ... -
AsiaBiodiversity & HabitatBrazilClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationForests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictions
Nearly 600 Companies Falling Short of 2020 Target to Reduce Deforestation
Not one of the nearly 600 companies that issued deforestation pledges between 2010 and 2014 is on track to keep those promises by the ... -
AsiaBioenergyBrazilCarbon Levels & MeasurementChinaDrawdownFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationHuman Rights & MigrationIndiaPost-Carbon Transition
Biomass for Electricity Would Save 7.5 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050…But Perils Await
Burning biomass to produce electricity places #34 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions. It could avoid 7.5 gigatons of atmospheric carbon dioxide by 2050 ... -
AfricaAsiaBrazilCanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDrive to 1.5EuropeIndiaMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaMiddle EastNational Plans & ResponsesPost-Carbon TransitionUnited States
1.4 Million Students in 128 Countries Make March 15 #schoolstrike a Global Phenomenon
More than 1.4 million students in more than 300 cities across 128 countries and all seven continents skipped classes to demand climate action at ... -
BrazilClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrawdownDrive to 1.5First PeoplesForests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & StudiesPathways to 1.5Soil & Natural Sequestration
Forest Protection Would Save 6.2 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Forest protection places #38 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions, with the potential to avoid 6.2 gigatons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 and ... -
AfricaAsiaBiodiversity & HabitatBrazilCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Forests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & StudiesPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionSouth & Central America
Reforestation Could Offset 10 Years of Emissions, But Countries Are Behind on Forest, Land Use Promises
After years of severely underestimating the number of trees on Earth, scientists are now calculating that a massive, global reforestation effort could offset at ...
