More: Climate Crisis
Cities can fight climate change and improve lives by finding new ways to be cool
Life has always been hotter in cities. Concrete soaking up and radiating
sunlight, and the concentration of people, cars and machinery crank up the
temperatures, making...
Non-traditional energy companies lead a record year for corporate investment in energy start-ups
More money than ever is going to energy venture
capital deals, but spread across fewer start-ups. This needs to change if
venture capital is to have...
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...
Decade of the Battery: Sustainable Batteries Represent the Best Prospect for Meeting Paris Climate Goals
Advances in the production, use and reuse of batteries
mean that the technology could become the most significant intervention to keep
global warming within the limits...
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,...
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...