By Fighting the Ozone Hole, We Accidentally Saved Ourselves
With the Montreal Protocol, life on Earth dodged a bullet we didn’t even know was headed our way.
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Inside the United Nations’ Water Week
Over 2 billion people lack access to safe drinking water, and around 4.2 billion people–more than half of the world's population–experience severe water scarcity for at least one month per year.
Banking on the Seaweed Rush
Seaweed farmers promise to feed us, combat climate change, support coastal communities, provide wildlife habitat, and more. Can seaweed do it all?
How Do My — and Your — Greenhouse Gas Emissions Threaten Biodiversity?
It is time for journalists to pay attention to the other climate crisis: species extinction.
Seven Ways to Include Biodiversity in Economic Choices
Guy Dauncey’s Big Solutions: The COP15 biodiversity conference in Montreal has ambitious goals. Here’s how we could embed these goals into our economies.
EU Proposes Immediate Loss and Damage Fund, Emissions Peak Before 2025
A dramatic new offer from the plenary floor at COP 27, in which rich countries would immediately set up a loss and damage fund in exchange for a pledge to peak greenhouse gas emissions before...
‘Explosion’ in Number of Fossil Fuel Lobbyists at Cop27 Climate Summit
Oil and gas industries have 636 representatives at Egypt conference – a rise of more than 25% on previous year.
UN Experts Demand Crackdown on Greenwashing of Net Zero Pledges
High level group releases report at Cop27 saying policies should be ‘about cutting emissions, not corners’.
10 Science Insights for COP27
As nations convene in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, leading climate scientists share a new report to support more effective policy.
