This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The U.S. and European Union are pledging to cut methane emissions by at least 30% this decade, President Joe Biden announced on Sept. 17, 2021, and he urged countries around…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A few days ago someone posted a question on Reddit: How do we save this planet? As the Amazon burns, and CO2 levels in the atmosphere hit record highs, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Girls’ education has been deemed a ‘silver bullet’ for some of the biggest development challenges. It has been likened to a Swiss army knife because of the range of tools it offers…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I am deputy director of Green 2.0 and a Latina. I am also an exception to the rule. From 2017 to 2020, major environmental organizations added just two people of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Two important events hosted by the United Nations are coming up that are widely hoped to help address what the U.N. calls the “dual challenge” – fighting climate change and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In early 2020, the COVID-19 global pandemic was touted as “the great equalizer.” As COVID-19 cases rose and the global death toll dominated daily headlines, things never seemed so daunting. Nobody…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Tropical Storm Nicholas made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane in Texas early on Tuesday morning, bringing high winds and torrential rainfall to the state’s coastal communities. The storm has weakened into…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Colombia is the world’s most dangerous country for environmental defenders, a report published on Monday by Global Witness, an international human rights group, highlighted. For the second year in a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After Superstorm Sandy hit New York in 2012, the city and state spent billions recovering from the storm and building new storm surge protections for its subway system. Seven years after the storm, a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. People’s views about climate change, from how worried they are about it affecting them to how willing they are to do something about it, have shifted in developed countries around…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Western U.S. is experiencing another severe fire season, and a recent study shows that even high mountain areas once considered too wet to burn are at increasing risk as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, countries will likely need to set hard limits on the extraction of fossil fuels in addition to supporting the deployment of clean…