More: Climate Crisis
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...
Human and food security in South Asia
Authors: Areeja Syed and Fatima Ahmed
This world in which we are living is a
very insecure and prone place where problems like poverty, crisis, conflicts,...
Renewable Energy is a Brewing Geopolitical Catastrophe
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA) “the world will spend $US 162 billion subsidizing renewable
energy (mainly solar and wind.” This money could be...
Climate change: UAE and Russia eye geopolitical and commercial mileage
Climate change, much like war, could prove to be a geopolitical and
commercial gold mine. At least, that is the take of DP World, Dubai’s...
Carbon market negotiations under the Paris Agreement
The world’s climate negotiators recently concluded two
weeks of discussions about the next steps for the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement,
with carbon market rules high on...