Climate & Sustainability
The Perils of Plastic
Authors: Dr. Arshad M. Khan and Meena Miriam Yust
The ubiquitous plastic water bottle, crystal clear and shiny, can find its way into lakes, rivers...
A Heat Wave Grips India and Pakistan
Northern India and Pakistan are experiencing an unusual heat wave. It is unusual for two reasons. First, because it has happened early in the...
COP 15: Governments Roll Up Sleeves on Biodiversity
Big uncertainties hung over when the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity would be held. It had been...
Coral Bleaching and Climate Change Strategies
The phenomenon of coral bleaching is becoming increasingly common along the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. According to the Australian Institute of Marine Science...
Mitzi Jonelle Tan – Leading the youth climate movement in Philippines
Mitzi Jonelle Tan is a full-time climate justice activist based in Metro Manila, Philippines. She is the convenor and international spokesperson of Youth Advocates...
Energy, Climate, Dependencies
Climate change is all over the place across Europe and far beyond. Heatwaves have become more common in most parts of the world as...
Climate Pledges and Disclosures: Pressure Mounts for Companies
Climate change is becoming more regulated on a national and global level, carbon-pricing initiatives are gaining traction, and decarbonization is now a commonly used...
Some Thoughts On The Warmest Thirty Years On Record
The last thirty years, we are reliably informed, have been the warmest, a post-industrial record for earth, and the same goes for the past...
The environmental and climate crisis of armed conflict
Fighting climate change requires a basic condition: peace. Before the Russian invasion, Ukraine’s decarbonization efforts had progressed in the context of COP 26 as...
Water sources are disappearing. How can we adapt?
If forests are the ‘lungs’ of our planet; absorbing twice as much carbon as they emit each year, then we can think of water...