Climate

India’s Supreme Court Expands ‘Right to Life’ to Include Protection Against Climate Change

India’s Supreme Court Expands ‘Right to Life’ to Include Protection Against Climate Change

In another landmark climate decision, the Supreme Court of India has ruled that an individual’s “right to life” includes protection against the impacts of climate change. The verdict reflects fundamental rights stated in Article 21 of the country’s constitution, reported The Independent. “Without a clean environment which is stable and unimpacted by the vagaries of […]

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    Africa’s Great Apes Are Already Feeling the Effects of Climate Change, First-of-Its-Kind Study Finds

    Africa’s Great Apes Are Already Feeling the Effects of Climate Change, First-of-Its-Kind Study Finds

    African great apes are some of the most iconic creatures on Earth. Humans’ closest living relative, these majestic primates are becoming increasingly impacted by climate change. In the next three decades, African apes will experience more extreme events such as heat waves, wildfires and flooding, according to a new study led by Razak Kiribou, a […]

    Report: U.S. Banks ‘Sabotaging’ Climate Targets by Financing Meat & Dairy Corporations

    Report: U.S. Banks ‘Sabotaging’ Climate Targets by Financing Meat & Dairy Corporations

    A new study has found that 58 banks in the United States are “sabotaging” their own net-zero commitments by providing financing to meat, dairy and animal feed corporations. Research for the report, Bull in the Climate Shop: Industrial livestock financing sabotages major U.S. banks’ climate commitments, was conducted by U.S. environmental nonprofit Friends of the […]

    More Than 80% of EU’s Agricultural Subsidies Goes to Animal Farming That Is ‘Driving Us to the Brink’

    More Than 80% of EU’s Agricultural Subsidies Goes to Animal Farming That Is ‘Driving Us to the Brink’

    The European Union has been investing four times the amount of money into animal agriculture — which makes “artificially cheap” diets that heavily pollute the planet —  than it has into plant-based farming, according to a new study. The European Union spends almost one-third of its budget on subsidizing its common agricultural policy (CAP), reported […]

    Zimbabwe Declares ‘State of Disaster’ as Drought Threatens Food Supply

    Zimbabwe Declares ‘State of Disaster’ as Drought Threatens Food Supply

    Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared the country’s ongoing drought a national disaster, with more than $2 billion needed to feed millions. Malawi and Zambia made similar announcements earlier this year, as an El Niño-fueled drought thrust southern Africa into a humanitarian emergency. Mnangagwa told reporters in Harare that this year more than 2.7 million […]

    New PBS Documentary Focuses on a More Hopeful Future

    New PBS Documentary Focuses on a More Hopeful Future

    The PBS documentary series A Brief History of the Future was an idea whose germination accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic.  “Right around the time that the pandemic was hitting us, I realized that most of the narratives and stories about the future were based in doom and gloom, right?” said Ari Wallach, co-executive producer and […]