Climate

Written by: Megan Valère Sossou In the locality of Ouèssè, an isolated commune in Benin, a man in his twenties is harnessing renewable energy to create jobs and solve a big problem. Dieudonné Mahuwêna Setonde was working as an electrical installation...

Written by: Kathleen Simpson When it comes to the role of philanthropy in the fight against climate change, grant-making features front and centre. Grants can be nimble and risk-tolerant in spurring climate solutions, as highlighted in a recent report by...

Written by: YCC Team Corner stores, daycares, auto mechanics … small businesses provide vital services to communities. But many are vulnerable to increasingly extreme weather as the climate warms. Moritz-Chapelliquen: “As more and more disruptions end up happening … they have to...

Written by: YCC Team The Pérez Art Museum Miami sits alongside Florida’s Biscayne Bay, where sea levels are rising fast. Sirmans: “Our whole location is defined by its relationship to the water.” So museum director Franklin Sirmans says the museum can help get people...

A.J. Jacobs has authored 11 books and four best-sellers, including his latest, "The Year of Living Constitutionally." He has long been an Editor-at-Large for Esquire Magazine. He finds humor in much of what he does. He once outsourced his...

Written by: Kimberly White The City of Newcastle has called for a global phase-out of fossil fuels.  In a recent vote, Newcastle formally endorsed the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty proposal, aligning itself with 110 other local governments across the globe urging...

Written by: Britt Wray and Kyle McKinley The fear of our once relatively stable climate breaking down is threatening people’s emotional and mental well-being all around the world. In the largest survey of climate anxiety, conducted in 2022, climate anxiety was associated with...

Written by: YCC Team Neddy Astudillo, an ordained Presbyterian pastor based in Florida, says the scriptures of the Bible celebrate the Earth as God’s creation and call upon people to care for it. So as a Christian, she feels called to...

Rosie Bell once earned her living on the opera stage. Now a writer working primarily in public climate narrative and inner-outer transformation for sustainability, she collaborates regularly with the Climate Majority Project, the Inner Development Goals Initiative, and the...

Bob Douglas is a retired Australian Medical Public Health Academic. He has spent much of the past 24 years, since his retirement, contemplating the future of humanity and the dangers and possibilities facing his children and future generations. In...