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10 09 2020 | 11:18

United in Science report: Climate Change has not stopped for COVID19

New York/Geneva - Climate change has not stopped for COVID19. Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere are at record levels and continue to increase. Emissions are heading in the direction of…

09 09 2020 | 11:00

"Adopt A Tree Initiative"

Dorcas Wakio Mugo is a student of Marine Resource Management at Technical University of Mombasa in Kenya. She is consigned to the fight against climate change, as a result she has opted to take a…

07 09 2020 | 11:09

145 Progressive Groups Urge Biden to Shun Fossil Fuel Execs and Lobbyists.

A diverse coalition of nearly 150 progressive advocacy groups is demanding that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden ban fossil fuel executives and lobbyists from his 2020 campaign and commit to…

07 09 2020 | 10:45

Literary figures join Extinction Rebellion campaign against thinktanks.

Margaret Atwood among those supporting Writers Rebel group set to protest in London. A number of famous novelists, poets and playwrights including Margaret Atwood and Zadie Smith have lent their…

07 09 2020 | 10:17

BFI study calls on film industry to urgently reduce emissions.

Big-budget blockbusters produce 2,840 tonnes of CO2, though their environmental impact is often ‘underreported’, study reveals. A landmark BFI study has called for the film industry to step up…

07 09 2020 | 09:30

Meet the 'Women Warriors' Protecting the Amazon Forest.

On an early December morning last year in the state of Maranhão, Brazil, half a dozen members of the Indigenous Guajajara people packed their bags with food, maps and drone equipment to get ready for…

07 09 2020 | 09:22

HSBC and Pollination Group partner for first large-scale investment opportunity to protect nature.

HSBC Global Asset Management and Pollination have partnered with the ambition to create the world’s largest dedicated natural capital asset management company. HSBC Global Asset Management Limited…

31 08 2020 | 08:19

Omission of climate crisis at RNC risks losing voters, some conservatives warn.

The Republican national convention, dominated by veneration of Donald Trump and bleak warnings of the dangers of socialism, has completely ignored the climate crisis, an omission that has disturbed…

31 08 2020 | 07:47

U.S. Voters Increasingly Concerned About Climate Crisis.

The dangers of climate chaos are conspicuous across the country as wildfiresrage in the West where prolonged drought has turned some forests into a tinderbox, the Gulf Coast braces for back-to-back…

31 08 2020 | 07:14

Fight Climate Change With Your Undies — A Hang Drying Manifesto.

Hang drying clothes is a simple practice that holds nothing short of immense power and pollution-saving potential. This most humdrumiest of daily chores, in which we simply hang damp clothes over a…

25 08 2020 | 09:13

Democrats’ climate plan takes aim at the fossil fuel industry’s political power.

A three-part plan aims to expose the industry’s efforts to conceal the scale of the climate crisis, reform laws and sway support. Senate Democrats are set to release a 200-page plan arguing that…

23 08 2020 | 07:31

How Vancouver plans to cool down the hottest parts of the city amid global climate change.

Volunteers will take to the streets to measure temperatures in neighbourhoods across Vancouver A horde of cyclists and electric vehicle drivers will soon take to the streets of Vancouver to map out…

14 08 2020 | 09:32

With the Biden-Harris Ticket, Environmental Justice Is a Focus.

Climate change leaders said the choice of Harris signaled that Democrats will try to ensure that communities burdened by pollution would benefit from a transition to clean energy. WASHINGTON — Just…

13 08 2020 | 17:00

The state climate deniers: which countries have not ratified the Paris climate agreement?

The 7 climate deniers: Iran, Turkey, Iraq, Eritrea, Libya, South Sudan and Yemen. More than four years after the Paris Agreement was adopted, eight of 197 signatories have not formally backed the…

10 08 2020 | 07:53

In tackling the global climate crisis, doom and optimism are both dangerous traps.

Overheated polemics won’t solve this emergency – and the apocalypse is a needlessly high bar for action.

10 08 2020 | 07:22

Report: Existing solutions could prevent catastrophic climate change.

The nonprofit Project Drawdown analyzed the potential impact of a range of technologies and practices. It’s possible to avoid catastrophic climate change by ramping up solutions that already exist…

10 08 2020 | 07:00

GREENPEACE AFRICA: Activism is a risky business

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04 08 2020 | 06:33

Fridays for Future Announces Next Global Climate Strike Date.

This Autumn, the school strike movement Fridays For Future calls for a global climate action day. On September 25th, demonstrations and manifestations will take place all across the globe, all…

23 07 2020 | 19:36

Queensland moves to ban single-use plastic straws and plates in bid to save marine life.

Plan to stamp out ‘lethal’ plastic, which gets stuck in airways of wildlife and pollutes waterways, follows South Australia’s proposal. The Queensland government will move to ban plastic straws,…

23 07 2020 | 18:53

Aldi commits to removing over 2 billion pieces of plastic by 2025.

By 2020 Aldi aims for 100% of all of their own label packaging to be recyclable, reusable or compositable and across all products by 2025. Last year’s report by Environmental Investigation Agency (…