Small Island States
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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 ... -
AustraliaCarbon Levels & MeasurementChinaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsGeneral RenewablesInternational Security & WarNational Plans & ResponsesPost-Carbon TransitionSmall Island States
Business Lobby Gives Up on Seeing Climate Action from Australia Government
The Australian business community has given up on seeing any meaningful climate and energy action from the country’s Coalition government, now led by Prime ... -
CanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Culture, Curiosities, & HumourFirst PeoplesHuman Rights & MigrationMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPipelines/Rail TransportSmall Island StatesUnited States
Guam Poet Raises His Voice for Climate Justice
In a 21st-century update on the old adage that the pen is mightier than the sword, poetry may yet prove a powerful recruit in ... -
Climate Impacts & AdaptationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesLegal & RegulatorySmall Island States
Loss of Small Island States Would Drive New Definitions of Nationhood
The harsh, likely immutable reality that sea level rise will wipe some small island states off the map is prompting some academics and political ... -
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 ... -
AfricaAsiaBuildingsChinaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & EfficiencyDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEncoreEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeGeneral RenewablesIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaNuclearOff-GridPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionSmall Island StatesSolarUnited StatesWind
Renewable Power Posts Record Growth, But Wider, Faster Shift Needed to Hit Paris Goals
Renewable electricity accounted for 70% of new power generation around the world last year, but greenhouse gas emissions are still on the rise and ... -
CitiesElectricity GridEncoreHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island StatesSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Harvard Study Calculates Puerto Rico Hurricane Deaths at 4,645, 73 Times the Official Estimate
The actual death toll after Hurricane Maria largely destroyed Puerto Rico last year was 4,645 people between September 20 and December 31, 2017, 73 ... -
Mangrove Deforestation Produces Up to 122 Million Tons of Emissions in 15 Years
Coastal mangroves store more than 6.4 billion tons of blue carbon around the world, with more than 90% of it held in the soil, ... -
Air & MarineCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementChinaEuropeSmall Island StatesSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited StatesWater
New Study Places Tourism’s Carbon Impact Three Times Higher Than Previously Believed
The US$7-trillion global tourism industry is now believed to account for 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions, three times the impact that was previously ...
