Small Island States
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CitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationElectricity GridGeneral RenewablesHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaOff-GridPost-Carbon TransitionSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island States
Local Solar Installations Show the Right Way to Rebuild Hurricane-Ravaged Puerto Rico
A year after Hurricane María obliterated Puerto Rico’s power grid, causing the longest electricity outage in American history and contributing to an estimated 2,795 ... -
AfricaCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDrive to 1.5Electricity GridFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesIPCC ReportMiddle EastPost-Carbon TransitionSmall Island States
Abreu: ‘The Science Prevailed’ as IPCC Hands Governments a 2050 Deadline for Net Zero Emissions
Catherine Abreu is executive director of Climate Action Network Canada, and was Climate Action Network-International’s Head of Delegation for last week’s high-stakes meeting of ... -
Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsInternational Agencies & StudiesPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionSmall Island States
IPCC Delegates Consider Drastic Coal Cuts to Protect 1.5°C Target
Climate scientists gathered in Incheon, South Korea to review scenarios for 1.5°C average global warming may be poised to recommend a much faster phaseout ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCollateral DamageEuropeFinance & InvestmentIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Security & WarOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSmall Island States
Future of Work in a Warming World Faces ‘Deafening’ Silence
There’s been a “deafening” silence about the future of work in a warming world, even though “consequences of global warming will shake up the ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesIPCC ReportPost-Carbon TransitionSmall Island States
With Countries ‘Nowhere Near on Track’ to 1.5°C, IPCC Author Urges Massive Transformation
A massive transformation in the world’s energy production, transportation patterns, and food systems will be needed to limit average global warming to 1.5°C—and right ... -
Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Finance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesNational Plans & ResponsesSmall Island States
UN General Assembly Stresses ‘Sonic Boom SOS’ for Climate Action
The climate crisis is taking centre stage during this week’s United Nations General Assembly in New York City, with national leaders “feeling a sense ... -
AfricaAsiaDrought, Famine & WildfiresFood SecurityHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationIndiaMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaMiddle EastSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island States
U.S. Cuts Refugee Spots as Climate Change Displaces Millions Per Year
With environmental disasters produced or made worse by climate change driving millions of people per year from their homes, amping up a global refugee ... -
Climate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsHuman Rights & MigrationSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island StatesUnited States
135,000 Hurricane Maria Refugees Could Shift the Results of U.S. Mid-Term Elections
A year after Hurricane Maria tore through their island home, the more than 135,000 Puerto Ricans now living in the mainland United States are ... -
BuildingsCitiesDrive to 1.5Electricity GridFailure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island StatesSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Major Mental Health Crisis Hits Puerto Rico as Year-Long Hurricane Recovery Lags
A year after Hurricane Maria killed nearly 3,000 people and destroyed much of the infrastructure on the island of Puerto Rico, the country is ... -
CanadaClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEuropeFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesOceansPetrochemicals & PlasticsSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island StatesUnited States
CARE Canada: Fighting Plastics Pollution No Substitute for G7 Action on Climate Impacts
G7 countries’ initiative to attack plastic pollution during this week’s environment and energy ministers’ meeting in Halifax is no substitute for faster action to ... -
Climate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationCoalDrive to 1.5First PeoplesHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionNational Plans & ResponsesSmall Island States
Pacific Climate Warriors Shift Region ‘from Passive Victims to Active Leaders’
Four years after blockading the world’s largest coal port in Newcastle, Australia with their traditional canoes, the Pacific Climate Warriors have managed to shift ... -
AustraliaClimate DenialCoalDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsIce Loss & Sea Level RiseNational Plans & ResponsesSmall Island States
Australia Can Still Build Coal Plants Under ‘Voluntary’ Paris Agreement, Resources Minister Asserts
Australia doesn’t need to withdraw from the Paris Agreement because it “doesn’t actually bind us to anything in particular” and won’t impede the country ...
