Tag: climate justice
The urgent need for climate action
So let us act with urgency, for the sake of future generations, and for the sake of our beautiful planet.
‘Radical action’ needed to reach global climate goals, renewable energy agency...
“The current crisis shows that we must accelerate, not slow, the renewable energy transition. This is the only true path to energy security.”
Youth strikes worldwide demand climate action that centers ‘people not profit’
"The current system is widening the inequality gap—it has no place in our society."
‘Addiction to fossil fuels is mutually assured destruction,’ warns UN chief
"Instead of hitting the brakes on the decarbonization of the global economy" amid Russia's war on Ukraine, "now is the time to put the pedal to the metal towards a renewable energy future," said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres.
How to get past despair to powerful action on climate change
The evidence is clear that people are changing the climate dramatically. But human actions can also affect the climate for the better.
Healthcare workers call on hospitals and medical institutions to divest from...
The global fossil fuel divestment campaign continues to grow, but the healthcare sector has thus far refrained from large-scale divestment. A coalition of health professionals wants to change that.
IPCC report calls out ‘vested interests’ delaying climate action
The report also pointed the finger at journalists for providing false balance to “contrarian” voices in their coverage of the issue.
Scientists fear soaring methane levels show climate feedback loop has arrived
Rapidly rising levels of atmospheric methane are "very bad news for humanity and the planet," warned one observer.
A guide to climate reparations
Reparations, debt cancellation, and climate justice are all regular features in climate solutions—but what do they mean in practice?
Climate deniers are using these four major scare tactics to stop...
“It polarizes the public and then that makes it harder to get consensus and progress.”