AFP/Sharm El-Sheikh UN climate negotiations yesterday offered a sliver of hope and “solidarity” for developing countries battered by increasingly costly impacts of global warming, in agreeing to discuss the thorny issue of…
Category: climatechange
China is doubling down on coal despite its green ambitions
Bloomberg / Beijing China is building a vast array of new coal-fired power stations, potentially more than the operating capacity of the US, even though it knows the plants will probably never…
No net zero without nature
By Nigel Topping And Mahmoud Mohieldin/ London Businesses, investors, and governments that are serious about fulfilling net-zero emissions pledges before 2050 should be rushing to protect, conserve, and regenerate the natural resources…
Why Biden’s climate agenda has faltered
Instead, he has seen his legislative ambitions defeated by Congress, the Supreme Court has delivered a hammer blow to the federal government’s ability to regulate greenhouse gasses, and the Ukraine crisis has…
No trash goes to waste on recycling Greek islands
By Sebastien Malo/ Tilos Before the tiny Greek island of Tilos became a big name in recycling, taverna owner Aristoteles Chatzifountas knew that whenever he threw his restaurant’s trash into a municipal…
Double-edged sword: Global hunger and climate goals
Poor or rich, societies across the world are now suffering from an unprecedented food and hunger crisis. A United Nations gauge of world food prices has jumped more than 70% since mid-2020…
Crunch UN talks face pressure to land global nature pact in 2022 By Nita Bhalla and Michael Taylor
Mara Siana Conservancy, /Kenya/Kuala Lumpur A cross the endless savannah dotted with flat-topped acacia trees, Mara Siana Conservancy in western Kenya teems with elephants, giraffes, zebra and impala, alongside the Maasai people…
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