Climate & Sustainability
Global Waste Crisis: A Rising Threat to Environment
The global
waste crisis has become an issue of concern worldwide in an age of climate
change. The World Bank warns that global waste will increase...
Going Directionless: The Disease of Climate Dialogue
As weird as it may have
seemed, Greta Thunberg’s sea voyage from Europe to New York is the latest
environmental scandal for the irrationals. For the...
The European Green Deal: Our new growth strategy
Do we, humans, want to continue living well and safely on this planet?
Humanity faces an existential threat – the whole world is beginning to...
Earth in Extremis While Trump Plays Ostrich
Authors: Dr. Arshad M. Khan and Meena Miriam Yust
Storms are savaging East
Africa where rainfall in Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya,
Uganda and Tanzania is now over 300...
Thanksgiving Also Means Giving Thanks for Our Planet
It is Thanksgiving holiday in the
US. The Europeans do not celebrate Thanksgiving and the European
Parliament has held an election. It has chosen former German...
Venice Is Flooded: A Look at Our Coastal Future
Authors: Arshad M. Khan and Meena Miriam Yust
If humans have been lucky,
basking in the comforting warmth of an inter-glacial period for the last 10,000
years,...
Thirty years on, what is the Montreal Protocol doing to protect the ozone?
The Montreal Protocol to protect the
Earth’s ozone layer is to date the only United Nations
environmental agreement to be ratified by every country in the...
Consequences of U.S. formal exit from Paris climate pact: More isolation globally
The U.S. has formally begun to exit the Paris climate agreement.
Regardless of whether or not the Paris Agreement is legally binding, the U.S.
has committed...
Climate Risks: Wildfires, Glacier Melt, Coastal Flooding … A Beautiful Antelope
California
wildfires are again in the news as the Kincade Fire now raging risks 50,000
people, who have been evacuated. It might come as a surprise...
Satellites record second lowest Arctic sea ice extent since 1979
The polar oceans are among the most rapidly changing
oceans in the world. The yearly cycle of the build-up and melting of Arctic sea
ice is...