Climate & Sustainability
Dying Wildlife on a Warming Planet
Authors: Meena Miriam Yust and Arshad M. Khan
The emaciated polar bear, a sorry remnant of
magnificence, raiding garbage cans in an iconic, even infamous photo,...
The Climate Action Summit Fiasco
No one
could fail to be touched by the fear (for the future) and urgency in Greta
Thunberg's young voice as she broke down while addressing...
Actions not words: What was promised at the UN’s landmark climate summit?
UN Secretary-General warned leaders not to come to his
landmark Climate Action Summit with beautiful speeches, but to present concrete
plans for cutting harmful greenhouse gas...
Celebrating bold, young innovators acting on climate change
The seven Young Champions of the Earth gathered in New
York to talk at a series of events and attend a training before celebrating
their win...
Thank You Greta: The Young Lead in the Climate Crisis
To say
Greta Thunberg is a remarkable young girl is to understate her
accomplishments. She is phenomenal. She has successfully exploited social media
and through dogged persistence...
Is the world living up to its climate commitments?
As the United Nations gears up for the September Climate Action Summit in New
York, one of its most high-profile climate conferences in recent times,...
Towards a sustainable Blue economy: A Plan to restore the health of our oceans
Samba Lahy recalls the time when, as a young man, he used to go fishing
with his parents off the coast of Tampolove, one of...
Hurricanes, Melting Ice Sheets, Rising Sea Levels and A 16-Year Old’s Courage
When the Duke of Windsor, the former Edward
VIII, was made governor of the Bahamas in 1940, he and his wife Wallis Simpson
arrived to peaceful...
Extreme heating: Are we hot enough to act now on climate?
The cautionary tale of the boiling frog describes how a frog that jumps
into boiling water will save itself by jumping straight out, but the...
The transformers: UN Champions who dared to reimagine their worlds
A corporate titan with an unconventional agenda; the food specialists
who looked outside the (takeaway) box; the ocean explorer whose name has become
synonymous with conservation:...