Written by: Kimberly White
Harvard University is moving away from the fossil fuel industry.
After years of pressure from activists, the Ivy League university will divest from the fossil fuel industry. The university joins more than 1,300 institutions controlling roughly $14.6...
Written by: Deepa Padmanaban
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A recent global study...
Written by: Kimberly White
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Written by: Johnny Wood
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Written by: Kimberly White
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The entertainment industry is coming together to address the climate emergency. The Hollywood Climate Summit has officially kicked off its four-day interactive conference.
Presented by Netflix and NYU Los Angeles and produced by YEA! Impact, the summit aims to spur...
Written by: Stephanie Parker
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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: Kimberly White
The government of Vanuatu has launched an international campaign to seek an advisory opinion on the issue of climate change and human rights from the world's highest court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
The Pacific island...
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