President-elect Joe Biden is currently considering the former head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under former President Barack Obama to be the domestic “climate czar,” Reuters reported. The appointment of Gina McCarthy would put her in charge of federal policy on climate across agencies. Biden has made the climate crisis a main focus […]
The youth-led Mock COP26 virtual conference concluded Tuesday with a treaty they hope world leaders will sign ahead of the official COP26 in November 2021. Mock COP26 participants presented the 18-point treaty, which includes calls for climate education at all levels, a legally recognized crime of ecocide and a green recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, […]
By Dana Drugmand An unprecedented climate lawsuit brought by six Portuguese youths is to be fast-tracked at Europe’s highest court, it was announced today. The European Court of Human Rights said the case, which accuses 33 European nations of violating the applicants’ right to life by disregarding the climate emergency, would be granted priority status […]
The official 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) to discuss the international response to the climate crisis has been delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic. But young people aren’t letting that stop them from taking action. A group of 18 student staff members and 216 volunteers from 118 countries is launching an event today called Mock […]
By Martin Kuebler More than 700 climate lawsuits have been filed around the world since 2015, according to the Climate Change Litigation Databases. That’s a huge increase, considering there have only been about 1,700 of these types of cases since the late 1980s, most of them in the U.S. In a recent long-running case, the […]
By Jessica Corbett In a decision seen by some as a subtle acknowledgement of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory even as President Donald Trump still refuses to concede, the Federal Reserve has applied to join what Bloomberg called “the climate change club for central banks,” a group that requires participation in the Paris climate agreement. “We […]
The Dalia Lama really wants the world to act on the climate crisis. The Tibetan Bhuddist spiritual leader has co-written a book called Our Only Home: A Climate Appeal to the World, which urges world leaders and ordinary people to work together to stop global warming. “Buddha would be green,” he claims in the book, […]
If President-elect Joe Biden follows through on his plan to combat the climate crisis, it could put the world “within striking distance” of meeting the Paris agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. That’s according to new analysis from Climate Action Tracker (CAT), an independent scientific analysis of how […]
On Nov. 4, the U.S. officially left the Paris climate agreement, but its departure may be short lived. Former Vice President Joe Biden, who took the lead Friday morning in the crucial battleground state of Pennsylvania according to The Associated Press, has reaffirmed his commitment to immediately rejoining the accord if he wins the 2020 […]
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