By Brett Wilkins An international survey conducted by the University of Cambridge and YouGov ahead of this November’s COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference, and published on Monday, found overwhelming support around the world for governments taking more robust action to protect the environment amid the worsening climate crisis. The pollsters surveyed 14,627 adults in […]
By Brett Wilkins For the second time in as many years, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday rejected a landmark climate lawsuit brought by a group of young people — who say they will now take their case to the United States Supreme Court. Bloomberg Law reports the San Francisco-based federal appeals […]
Air quality scientist Tracey Holloway wants her children, nine month old Henry and 11 year old Peter, to be able to look back at the 2020s as the time when the U.S. and the world turned a corner on tackling climate change. That’s why she has joined forces with other climate scientists to launch Science […]
By Jake Johnson Setting out to rebut defeatist and cynical claims that transitioning the entire global energy system to 100% renewables by 2035 is infeasible, a group of dozens of leading scientists from around the world unveiled a joint declaration Tuesday arguing that such a transformation of the fossil fuel-dependent status quo is not only […]
By Maciej Kolaczkowski In 2015, Parties to the UNFCCC adopted the Paris Agreement, to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping the global temperature rise this century well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C. It was signed by 175 countries, […]
Denmark approved plans on Thursday to construct an artificial island in the North Sea and use it as clean energy hub. When built, the island will supply both clean power to homes and green hydrogen for use in shipping, aviation, industry and heavy transport. The decision came as the EU unveiled plans to transform the […]
“I am a technophile and an optimist, who is deeply concerned about restoring the mess we are leaving behind,” actor and producer Robert Downey Jr. told Euro News. Last week, the Ironman actor announced two new venture funds that aim to invest in sustainable technology. Their goal will be to address the climate crisis and […]
French environmental groups have won a landmark court case hailed as the “affair of the century.” The groups claimed that the French government did not act quickly enough to reduce its emissions, dragging its feet on actions such as improving buildings’ energy efficiency and developing renewable energy. French President Emmanuel Macron has advocated for climate […]
When we think of the Super Bowl — America’s most popular sporting event, according to Arcadia Publishing — ocean conservation and military veterans usually aren’t top of mind. But, for the last two years, a unique collaboration ahead of the annual game has placed coral restoration at the forefront of the world’s attention. For almost […]