Why Renewables Are Key to COP28 Success
Fossil fuel companies aren’t the only industry at COP28—and renewable energy companies may be just as critical to the conference’s success.
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Canada, other countries failing to meet climate change targets: report
Canada and other major fossil-fuel-producing countries are failing to meet targets to keep climate change in check, a newly released major international report warned Wednesday.
Canada pouring $35.5 million into Canadian Foodgrains Bank new food security program
“Global food insecurity,” experienced by one-in-nine people, “not only leads to hunger, famine, and death,” but also “instability, conflict and war.”
John Kerry on Corporate Climate Finance: Money Always Behaves the Same Way
Ahead of COP28, Kerry said the key to getting private climate finance rests in finding ways for investors to profit.
Brazil’s Minister of Indigenous Peoples on Land Rights, the Climate Emergency and Empowering Women
Brazil’s first Minister of Indigenous Peoples Sonia Guajajara spoke about her progress so far, and what her priorities are looking ahead.
At Least 27 Dead After Destructive Hurricane Otis Hits Acapulco, Mexico
Hurricane Otis made landfall as a Category 5 storm along Mexico’s Pacific coast.
World is heading toward series of environmental ‘tipping points,’ UN warns
The Interconnected Disaster Risks report identified accelerating rates of extinction, groundwater depletion, glacial melt and extreme heat as the major interconnected threats.
As the Future of India’s Coal Is Decided, Life in a Mining District Hangs in the Balance
“’No new coal’ means you rush to complete all the mines that are already there,” one expert explains. “If you’re a villager in that coal mine, you’re screwed.”
How the Tiny Island City-State of Singapore Fights Rising Sea Levels
What the tiny but wealthy island city-state of Singapore does will be keenly watched by other populous coastal cities such as Bangkok, Miami, New York, and Shanghai.
Global temperatures smashed records in September, climate agency says
After a summer of record-smashing heat, warming somehow got even worse in September as Earth set a new mark for how far above normal temperatures were.