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Gina Ziervogel, Margaret Angula, Salma Hegga The world may still argue about whether or not climate change is for real. But in vast expanses of arid southern Africa, the daily struggle to cope with a changed climate is well under way. The lessons being learnt here on a small scale could pro

Business , Climate , Data & Reports , Energy , Environment , Featured , Sustainable Development / 06/01/2016

A Record Breaking Year for Renewable Energy: New Installations, Policy Targets, Investment and Jobs

The Renewables 2016 Global Status Report reveals that renewables are now firmly established as competitive, mainstream sources of energy in many countries around the world. REN21 published the most comprehensive annual overview of the state of renewable energy. 2015 was a record year for renewable

Climate , Energy , Environment , Featured , Sustainable Development , Videos , Water / 05/31/2016

Ten years on: how Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth made its mark

John Cook But has the film achieved what it set out to do – raise public awareness and change people’s behaviour in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions? Ten years ago, An Inconvenient Truth opened in cinemas in the United States. Starring former US vice president Al Gore, the documen

Aid , Business , Climate , Environment , Sustainable Development / 05/22/2016

What the Green Climate Fund really means for international development

Marc Gunther In its seventh year, progress for the fund has been slow. What will it take to fulfill the GCF’s promise? When the world’s poor countries demanded action during the failing United Nations–led climate negotiations in Copenhagen in 2009, the U.S. government responded with a promise:

Biodiversity , Climate , Environment , Forests , Resources , Sustainable Development , Water / 05/08/2016

Great Barrier Reef bleaching is just one symptom of ecosystem collapse across Australia

Dale Nimmo, David Lindenmayer, John Woinarski, Ralph Mac Nally, Shaun Cunningham Coral bleaching is not surprising: it is consistent with many changes that are occurring now across Australia’s natural environments Media reports around the world have brought the mass coral bleaching of A

Climate , Data & Reports , Environment , Resources , SDGs , Sustainable Development , Water / 05/03/2016

Climate-Driven Water Scarcity Could Hit Economic Growth

Water scarcity, exacerbated by climate change, could cost some regions up to 6 percent of their GDP, spur migration, and spark conflict, according to a new World Bank report High and Dry: Climate Change, Water and the Economy, says the combined effects of growing populations, rising incomes, and exp

Climate , Education , Energy , Environment , Science & Technology , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 03/20/2016

Can low-income housing be energy efficient and affordable?

Sophia V. Schweitzer Residents of low-income housing need energy efficiency more than others, but are less likely to be able to afford it. How to escape the Catch-22? In Ann Arbor, Michigan, the local housing commission is completing floor-by-floor renovations in the five-story Baker Commons public

Business , Climate , Energy , Environment , Science & Technology , Sustainable Development / 03/04/2016

Climate change adaptation in global megacities protects wealth – not people

Lucien Georgeson and Mark Maslin Cities across the world are increasingly at risk from climate change. People living in extreme poverty are especially vulnerable, both because global warming will tend to hit developing countries the hardest, and because they have less money to throw at the p

Business , Climate , Energy , Environment , Science & Technology , Solutions , Sustainable Development , Transport / 02/17/2016

The global bike sharing boom – why cities love a cycling scheme

Alexandros Nikitas The benefits of bike sharing schemes include transport flexibility, reductions to vehicle emissions, health benefits, reduced congestion and fuel consumption, and financial savings for individuals. As urbanisation and modernisation reach unprecedented levels, road congestion has b

Climate , Data & Reports , Disasters , Environment , Science & Technology / 01/28/2016

We just had the hottest year on record – where does that leave climate denial?

Stephan Lewandowsky People who deny climate science do not put their money where their mouth is. And when they very occasionally do, they lose. At a news conference announcing that 2015 broke all previous heat records by a wide margin, one journalist started a question with “If this trend continue

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