Climate

Written by: Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE I travel around the world 300 days a year, and everywhere, I meet young people who have lost hope. And we know that suicide rates are going up. If all our young people lose...

Written by: Samantha Harrington The scientific consensus that climate change is happening and that it is human-caused is strong. Scientific investigation of global warming began in the 19th century, and by the early 2000s, this research began to coalesce into confidence...

Written by: Kimberly White The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) has appointed climate law and policy expert Dr. Ian Fry as the world's first Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate...

Written by: Paulo Magalhães, Ana Barreira, Diana Chácon, Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, Earl James, Magnus Jiborn, Sara Moreno Pires, Richard Ponzio, Izabella Teixeira, and Will Steffen In Brief Climate change is widely acknowledged as the “ultimate tragedy of the commons” . Globally,...

Courtesy of Landscape News Written by: Augusta Dwyer A new report from The Economist Intelligence Unit is making some dire predictions about the effects of climate change on the global economy. Its writers say that, by 2050, they “expect the global economy to be 3...

Written by: Kimberly White Mayors from cities around the globe are joining together to support women climate leaders. The Mayors of Sydney, Australia; Lisbon, Portugal; Quito, Ecuador; Montreal, Canada, and Paris, France announced plans for new mentorship programs for current...

Written by: Annah Piggott-McKellar, Karen Elizabeth McNamara, and Patrick D. Nunn The original Fijian village of Vunidogoloa is abandoned. Houses, now dilapidated, remain overgrown with vegetation. Remnants of an old seawall built to protect the village is a stark reminder...

Written by: Kimberly White  Climate change is no longer some distant threat that will only affect future generations and faraway places. The climate emergency is here, it is happening right now, and it affects everyone, everywhere. However, one group of...

Written by: Mark Maslin and Simon Lewis Restoring the world’s forests on an unprecedented scale is “the best climate change solution available”, according to a new study. The researchers claim that covering 900m hectares of land – roughly the size of...

Written by: Kimberly White Climate Week NYC will take place as scheduled in September.  The Climate Group announced that despite COVID-19, Climate Week NYC will still take place as planned. However, The Climate Group plans to launch a virtual platform to...