Climate

Written by: Richard Hodgkins COP26, which is taking place in Glasgow, is the latest in a series of meetings through which the world’s governments attempt to deal with climate change. COP stands for “Conference of the Parties”: these 197 parties are...

Written by: Kimberly White Pink Floyd guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour has lent his voice and his guitar collection to raising awareness of the climate crisis. On June 20th, Gilmour auctioned off his guitar collection in New York City. The...

Written by: Enric Sala 2021 ought to be the “super year” for nature, where we collectively agree on how to deal with the greatest risk to humanity: we have become totally out of balance with nature. But there is a solution that...

Written by: Annie Ropeik From spring to fall, Michael Dennett spends his days transporting sheep from his family’s homestead in Jefferson, Maine, to graze at nearby solar farms. The flock that began as a gift for his wife — “really...

Written by: Johnny Wood How do you safeguard a culture that’s disappearing? This question sits at the heart of a new video game that’s helping to preserve an endangered indigenous Nordic culture. Skábma: Snowfall is a first-of-its-kind video game based around...

Written by: Sunil Kaushal The urgency of addressing climate change has driven investors to put sustainability and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices at the heart of their business strategies. Both regulators and government authorities have also started a series...

Written by: Kimberly White  The UN Climate Change Conference, COP25, has officially been moved to Spain. Initially set to take place in Santiago, Chile, COP25 will take place at the scheduled time from December 2nd-13th in Madrid. “We are pleased to...

Written by: Kimberly White The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a summary of the Special Report on Climate Change and Land (SRCCL) on August 8th. The summary is a result of a two-year analysis conducted by more than...

Written by: Kimberly White The United States has pledged to double its international climate finance contribution.  The U.S. initially committed to a contribution of $5.7 billion annually at President Biden's Leaders Summit on Climate in April. Environmentalists criticized the contribution as...

Written by: YCC Team Fort Liberty — the North Carolina Army installation formerly known as Fort Bragg — is going solar in an unconventional way. The Army has put 2,700 solar panels on a lake at nearby Camp Mackall. The panels...