Climate
North India chokes as farmers set stubble ablaze
Prasanna Mohanty In the afternoon of October 20, a 40-year-old farmer in Sangrur district of Punjab torched his four-acre field covered with paddy stubble […]
Category: Climate
Aid
World Bank, Asian Development Bank, still pouring billions into fossil fuels in climate-vulnerable
World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank are investing almost $5 billion in fossil fuels in 10 Asian countries. […]
Climate
Comptroller DiNapoli cost New Yorkers over $22 billion for refusing fossil fuel divestment
With NYS Comptroller’s office mired in controversy, New Yorkers escalate call for fossil fuel divestment The New York State Common Retirement Fund could have […]
Climate
CAN CHINA REALLY LEAD THE WAY TO AN “ECOLOGICAL CIVILIZATION”?
Jeremy Lent If president Xi Jinping’s ecological vision turns out to be more than mere rhetoric, it could have a profound effect on humanity’s […]
Climate
Partnership Campaign to Save the Paris Agreement
Climate Scorecard has launched a Partnership Campaign to save the Paris Agreement and are inviting all concerned organizations to join the Campaign. This Campaign […]
Climate
Progress Urged As Bangkok Climate Talks Open To Prepare Paris Agreement Implementation
Against the backdrop of severe and record heatwaves, bushfires, droughts and floods across the world, governments are convening a supplementary meeting in Bangkok to […]
Climate
Brazil hits emissions target early, but rising deforestation risks reversal
John C. Cannon The decline in deforestation between 2016 and 2017 saved emissions of the equivalent of 610 million metric tons (672 million tons) […]
Climate
Fiery summer a gauge of our planet’s health
According to the #World #Resources #Institute, by #2040, 33 #countries – including #Greece – will be severely #water-#stressed.
Climate
Global mobilisation for Rise for Climate Action
Ongoing Rise for #Climate #movement #mobilisation; join the movement; #Global #Climate #Action #Summit
Climate
Extreme weather renews focus on adaptation
Countries need to recognise that the climate impacts they are beginning to experience now are only the start
Biodiversity
Strengthen local forest rights for best climate solutions
Ranjan K Panda India needs to proactively include indigenous communities and forest dwellers in its efforts to restore and expand forest cover to sequester […]
Aid
World Meteorological Organization steps up action on water
The World Meteorological Organization is revamping its strategy on water in order to face up to the unprecedented challenges posed by water stress, floods […]
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