This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Of all the creatures on Earth, humans manipulate their environments the most. But, how far can we push it before something drastic happens? Scientists are calling for a better understanding…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Green recovery – a COVID era buzz-phrase – has achieved instant stardom. It creeps into every discourse on the economy and the post-COVID state of the world. Although its definition…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In recent weeks, catastrophic floods overwhelmed towns in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, inundated subway tunnels in China, swept through northwestern Africa and triggered deadly landslides in India and Japan.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Efforts to push low-carbon lifestyles and green energy to curb climate change will fail unless many people see benefits — and the poorest and most vulnerable should get the biggest gains,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Economic growth plays a critical role in raising living standards and enabling human progress. However, economic growth needs to decouple from negative environmental consequences, as these, in turn, degrade the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Around the country, global heating is increasing the frequency, intensity, and duration of summer heat waves. The recent triple-digit temperatures across the Pacific Northwest, where air conditioning in homes isn’t…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mudslides and flooding triggered by torrential rains hit towns surrounding Lake Como in northern Italy this week, blocking roads and trapping dozens of people inside their homes. With more rains…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After a year of prolonged school closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic, California’s educators have been hard at work readying to open to full-time, in-person learning across the state. Schools…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With all the extreme weather events that are happening in the world today, it can feel like the environmental changes that climate scientists have long warned us about are suddenly…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Laudes Foundation launched in 2020 with the aim to address the dual crises of climate breakdown and challenge industries to implement business practices that ‘regenerate and restore nature.’ The new…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. 2021 is a pivotal year for global action on the climate crisis. Heat waves, rising seas, and more severe storms are battering every region of the world. It is against…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Can slicing a 100-mile-long trench into the bed of the Columbia River — the iconic giant whose flow binds British Columbia, Washington and Oregon — be good for the environment?…