Europe
-
Arctic & AntarcticaClimate Action/"Blockadia"EuropeFirst PeoplesFood SecurityHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternationalTravel, Leisure & RecreationUnited States
Memorial for Iceland’s First ‘Fallen Glacier’ Provokes Grief, Galvanizes Action
In a ceremony designed to provoke the deepest sense of grief, and to galvanize all who hear of it to action, Iceland recently commemorated ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaCanadaChinaCulture, Curiosities, & HumourEnergy PoliticsEuropeInternational Security & WarSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
Trump’s ‘Buy Greenland’ Push Reflects U.S. Interest in Rare Mineral Supplies, Arctic Geopolitics
While Donald Trump’s recent ruminations about “buying Greenland” proved excellent fodder for political satirists, there is realpolitik at work in the White House’s sudden ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBitumen BubbleCanadaEuropeFinance & DivestmentFinance & InvestmentOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited States
Royal Bank of Scotland Phases Out Funding for Tar Sands/Oil Sands, Arctic and Antarctic Refuge Drilling
The Royal Bank of Scotland is phasing out financing for tar sands/oil sands exploration and extraction, and limiting its funding for fossil projects in ... -
Arctic Ice Loss May Be a Consequence, Not a Cause, of Conditions Behind Winter Polar Vortex
A new study in the journal Nature Climate Change is suggesting that Arctic sea ice loss may be a consequence of the atmospheric conditions ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBioenergyBrazilCanadaCCS & Negative EmissionsDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEuropeFirst PeoplesFood SecurityForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesIPCC ReportSoil & Natural Sequestration
IPCC Land Report Paints Stark Picture for Food Supplies, Charts Course for Immediate Action
Global food supplies, species and ecosystem diversity, and the health and safety of populations are all in peril without immediate, wide-ranging shifts in land ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaCarbon Levels & MeasurementDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEuropeFailure Is Not An OptionHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level Rise
Massive Arctic Heat Wave Produces Record Ice Melt in Greenland, Wildfires in Siberia
Caught up in the harrowing fallout from the planet’s hottest July—and June—on record, Greenland shed a mind-boggling 10 billion tonnes of ice in a ... -
AsiaBrazilCanadaChinaCoalEuropeGeneral RenewablesIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesMiddle EastNuclearOil & GasSolarUnited StatesWind
BP Global Data Report Shows Fossil Fuel Use Surging, Renewables Falling Behind
Global fossil fuel use is continuing its rapid increase, and renewable energy development “has not only failed to halt the explosive rise in fossil ... -
BrazilClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEuropeFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationSouth & Central America
EU Urged to Draw the Line After Brazil’s Amazon Deforestation Increases 278% in July
An influential UK newspaper is calling on the European Union to step up and help prevent a global deforestation disaster, after Brazil’s National Institute ... -
European Investment Bank Promises Fossil Funding Phaseout in 2020
In a move that Oil Change International is hailing as a “massive step forward in climate leadership”, the European Investment Bank (EIB) announced late ...
