‘You couldn’t make it up’: Head of UAE oil company appointed chair of UN...
"This appointment risks further undermining the credibility of global climate talks and threatens the action and leadership needed for a rapid and equitable phase out of all fossil fuels."
Biden admin announces first-of-its-kind roadmap to decarbonize US transit by 2050
“The domestic transportation sector presents an enormous opportunity to drastically reduce emissions that accelerate climate change and reduce harmful pollution.”
As we confront the climate crisis, is bigger and faster always better?
Is starting small and slow the gateway to the most meaningful social change?
Ozone layer is tracking toward recovery by 2040, UN report finds
the ozone layer should recover to 1980 levels by around 2040 for most of the globe, around 2045 for the Arctic and around 2066 for Antarctica.
World’s glaciers at serious risk from climate crisis
“Significant loss of glaciers means that we are not only witnessing a change in landscape or a loss of natural resources, it means that we are actively complicit in robbing the future from our children.”
Oxford study warns extreme heat and drought to hit 90% of world population
The life-threatening impacts of the global climate emergency have only continued to reverberate in 2023.
US became largest exporter of liquefied natural gas in 2022
Due to the energy needed in the natural gas liquefaction process, LNG terminals produce an enormous amount of greenhouse gas emissions.
2022 was a big year for climate action in the courts
The past year saw major developments in accountability cases against oil companies and national governments around the world, as well as setbacks for several high-profile fossil fuel projects.
3 reasons local climate activism is more powerful than people realize
Group action targeted at local decision-makers is a time-honored tradition – and I believe necessary in the current political environment for action on climate change.
Open letter from scientists to world leaders: Stop using bioenergy from forests to generate...
“The best thing for the climate and biodiversity is to leave forests standing—and biomass energy does the opposite.”