Santa Marta: what can we expect from the climate summit in Colombia?
Santa Marta climate summit kicks off: the “coalition of the willing” responds to COP deadlock — but without the US and China, it’s an uphill battle
Renewables: the astonishing growth in low-income countries
A report by the think tank Ember highlights the true boom of renewable energy in the 74 countries of the Climate Vulnerable Forum.
Climate: heatwaves will kill ten times more people in poorer countries
A study shows that by 2050, the increase in heatwave-related deaths will be significantly higher in the world’s poorest countries.
Renewables surpass fossil fuels in Europe for the first time
A report by Ember explains that in 2025 electricity generation from renewables (solar, wind and hydropower) surpassed that from fossil fuel sources.
Majuli the world’s largest river island on the verge of extinction
Majuli, the world’s largest river island in Assam State of India is quickly disappearing into the Brahmaputra river due to soil erosion.
Nzambi Matee: turning plastic waste into sustainable solutions
Nzambi Matee is a Kenyan engineer who produces sustainable low-cost construction materials made of recycled plastic waste with the aim of addressing plastic pollution and affordable housing.
Midlatitude winter anomalies could become less predictable, study shows
The Arctic-midlatitude teleconnection will become a less reliable predictor of midlatitude winter anomalies in a warmer future.
UN Secretary-General warns of the “era of global boiling”
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said the era of global warming has ended and “the era of global boiling has arrived.”
The Arctic sea might be seasonally ice-free earlier than we thought
The Arctic sea ice’s near future might look different than we thought. A new study focused on the near future of the ice in the Arctic region.
This Canada’s wildfire season is record-breaking and set to continue
Canada’s wildfire season this year is impacting air quality way beyond the borders of the North American state, reaching as far as Europe.