Climate

Written by: Kimberly White  The City of Austin has called for a global phase-out of fossil fuels and a just transition to renewable energy.  Citing the health and safety risks of fossil fuel expansion, the Texas capital formally endorsed the Fossil...

Courtesy of Forests News Written by: Julie Mollins Indigenous Peoples have had a track record of managing landscapes sustainably for millennia. However, incursions into their territories, often by settlers involved in natural resource extraction or agriculture, have fractured historic tenure...

Written by: Mauricio Rodas As climate change increasingly threatens populated urban areas, cities need to be at the forefront of pioneering sustainable urban development and nature-positive transitions to mitigate environmental challenges. Projects crucial for protecting growing urban centres from the...

The countdown is on for the Exponential Climate Action Summit: Circularity and The Race to Zero, a global broadcast focused on the challenges, opportunities, and solutions regarding circularity and resource efficiency. The broadcast premieres on September 23rd at 8 am...

Courtesy of Yale Climate Connections Written by: Jeffrey T. Kiehl, PhD ‘Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.’ – George Santayana Our planet’s climate recently achieved a disturbing milestone in history, with atmospheric carbon dioxide levels reaching 415...

Written by: Kimberly White  Endurance athlete Michael Haddad has set out to highlight the devastating impacts of climate change in the Arctic. Haddad is attempting to walk 100 kilometers across the North Pole.  Paralyzed from the chest down, he will...

Written by: Kimberly White New research spearheaded by Conservation International has identified key land areas in need of protection to avoid catastrophic climate change. Published in the journal Nature Climate Change, the study examined fourteen major ecosystems. Made up of mangroves,...

Courtesy of Yale Climate Connections Written by: Daniel Grossman Barry Sinervo and two dozen coauthors in 2010 published a scientific paper that dismayed wildlife experts. A biologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Sinervo had developed a model for predicting...

Written by: YCC Team More than 25 million children in the U.S. ride school buses. And most of those buses spew diesel fumes that can worsen asthma and other conditions. “We’re literally making kids sick by sending them to school in...

Written by: Sergio Henriques Is climate change making spiders more aggressive? A recent scientific study suggests so, as the researchers link aggressiveness to tropical cyclones, events that are expected to become more frequent and powerful with climate change. Unsurprisingly, the findings got...