This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Extreme urban heat exposure has dramatically increased since the early 1980s, with the total exposure tripling over the past 35 years. Today, about 1.7 billion people, nearly one-quarter of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Funding for climate action still sits at less than two percent of all philanthropic funding, ClimateWorks’ annual funding trends report has found. In 2020, ClimateWorks estimates that giving for climate change mitigation…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution are just some of the issues facing the world’s rapidly growing cities as urban populations swell. Now, with 70 percent of carbon dioxide emissions emanating from cities, a new initiative…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Water for human consumption is increasingly inaccessible, due to poor management, degradation of water sources, the effects of climate change and more. Marginalized groups — such as rural communities and women — are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last month, the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe sued Seattle City Light, which calls itself the “nation’s greenest utility,” claiming that the public electric utility’s environmental claims were untruthful. Despite generating 80…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Land–based heatwaves have a less obvious though equally important sibling: marine heatwaves. In 2013, the largest marine heatwave on record began when an unusually warm mass of water formed in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The most comprehensive study of the health of the world’s coral reefs to date shows that warming temperatures driven by the human-caused climate crisis wiped out a staggering 14% of the diverse…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At the UN General Assembly, leaders finally woke up to the plight of the COVID-19 generation, but young people still wait for action. Youth-led groups came together to launch the Unlock…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Extreme heat already affects almost two billion urban residents around the world, according to a new study. The new research is the first to examine in fine detail global trends…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As a child, Preston J. Arrow-weed lived near a stretch of the Colorado River that traced a wide, sweeping curve through the Fort Yuma-Quechan Reservation, which straddles the border of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Rural communities are some of the most politically disenfranchised when it comes to climate policy, and last year’s National Climate Change Report showed they’re also among the most at risk…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In Myanmar, one startup is using drones to quickly replant a massive mangrove forest. In the U.S., a third startup is replanting abandoned farmland with pongamia, a type of tree that needs little…