More: Climate Crisis
Just How Bad Are Airplanes?
With the COP26 concluded a little over a week ago (November 13), here is something to ponder. Must we travel as much as we do...
Results of the COP-26 conference – An analysis
The much-discussed COP-26 conference is over. The conference was scheduled to take place in Glasgow, Scotland from October 31 to November 12, but the...
COP26: We All Live On The Same Planet
Encomiums to Greta and plaudits to the COP26 delegates. She kept their feet to the fire and their efforts had at least one unexpected...
We, the People of the World
The festivity at Glasgow is all over. Having burnt the midnight oil and that too for squarely thirteen nights, the summit plummeted into watered...
COP26 closes with ‘compromise’ deal on climate, but it’s not enough
After extending the COP26 climate negotiations an extra day, nearly 200 countries meeting in Glasgow, Scotland, adopted on Saturday an outcome document that, according...
Top 10 Emerging Technologies to Watch in 2021
The World Economic Forum announced today its annual list of breakthrough technologies with the most significant potential to impact the world positively. From climate...
ADB, UK Join to Strengthen Urban Areas Against Climate Change
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has joined with the Government of the United Kingdom to launch the Urban Resilience Trust Fund (URTF), a partnership...
Strengthening resilience and raising climate ambition key for Asia-Pacific countries at COP26
A person in the Asia-Pacific region is four times more at risk of natural hazards than a person in Africa and sixteen times more...
Climate change increasing threats in southwest Pacific
From rising sea temperatures, to deadly and devastating storms and floods, climate change is increasing threats in the southwest Pacific, the World Meteorological Organization...
The Two Impossibles: Greta Thunberg’s Dream And Our Way Of Living
"Blah! Blah! Blah! And then they go back to making money." The 'blah' part of the quote from Greta Thunberg is now being carried...