This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With buildings and construction making up nearly 40 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions, greening them is key to limiting climate change. In November last year, Los Angeles, Mexico City,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Analysse Humaran and Gianna Hutton are 11th graders representing Miami Palmetto Senior High School in this year’s Aspen Challenge. Living in Miami, the climate crisis is already at their doorstep. Analysse and Gianna want…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Almost three-quarters of Earth’s surface is covered by ocean. World leaders seeking to confront the climate crisis should understand that the ocean is being damaged by climate change – but…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Thousands of people worldwide are gardening to grow food and curb climate change as part of nonprofit Green America’s Climate Victory Gardens campaign. For centuries, gardeners across the globe have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s hard to imagine now, but there was a time when climate change was a bipartisan issue. George H. W. Bush’s administration was eager to work with Democrats on energy policy. But in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The European Union is considering a new tax on imports as it tries to fight climate change, and the U.S. is raising concerns about it. At issue is what’s known…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “We need to stop focusing on dates and numbers and actually accept and acknowledge the fact that we need to reduce our emissions right now. We can talk about 2030 or 2040…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As we emerge from the pandemic, we still face an existing and long-standing crisis — the effects of climate change on our planet. As Earth Day approaches, we must consider…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For decades, Europe has poured millions of tons of its trash into incinerators each year, often under the green-sounding label “waste to energy.” Now, concerns about incineration’s outsized carbon footprint…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Donors of Color Network has illuminated what BIPOC-led groups have always known: if philanthropy wants to save our planet, then we need to fund those who are being disproportionately harmed.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. All eyes are on the Biden administration as it prepares to announce its new 2030 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target ahead of convening world leaders around Earth Day on April…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In January, the World Economic Forum put climate change and related risks at the top of its long-term threat list, displacing old worries from cyberattacks to economic instability. Then a…