Climate & Sustainability
COP27: Will it live up to expectations?
As explained earlier, COP 27 held in Egypt this time started with a proposal for climate compensation.
This annual major conference is attended by 200...
‘Penny For The Guy’: Of Fireworks, Kings And Climate Change
In Great Britain, November 5th is Guy Fawkes Day. It commemorates the failed Gunpowder plot of 1605, when Catholics tried to blow up Parliament...
Countries’ climate promises still not enough to avoid catastrophic global warming
While plans submitted by most signatories of the Paris Agreement would reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, they are still not ambitious enough to limit...
5 ways countries can adapt to the climate crisis
The destructive impacts of the climate crisis are being felt around the world. This year, unprecedented floods have left one-third of Pakistan underwater, people...
Four ways the planetary crisis is impacting mental health
As the world grapples with the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste, there is a growing...
Climate Change challenging South Asia: A way forward to Adaptation and Mitigation
South Asian region is excessively wide-open to climate change effects; comprising higher temperatures, sea-level rise, inconsistent rainfall, amplified occurrence and harshness of extreme weather...
Climate Resilience through Collective Responsibility – A Reminder of Agenda 2030
“Climate change knows no borders. It will not stop before the Pacific islands and the whole of the international community here has to shoulder...
Summer of Discontent: Extreme Weather Events Kill
The common refrain in Florida seems to be one of living there for decades and never seeing anything like it. Hurricane Ian hit the...
Grey whale’s disappearance from Atlantic Ocean holds clues to possible return
By SOFIA STRODT
Youri van den Hurk is preparing for a possible big welcome-home event - the return of the grey whale to European waters after...
Five ways media and journalists can support climate action while tackling misinformation
It’s a fact: media shapes the public discourse about climate change and how to respond to it. Even the UN’s own Intergovernmental Panel of...