This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In recent years, a growing movement to achieve climate justice has connected the root cause of climate change not just with greenhouse gases but also with a more entrenched, insidious…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Pay-as-you-throw is a policy that charges people for the amount of trash they toss out. It’s also sometimes called variable-rate pricing or pay-as-you-waste. Many cities and towns around the world,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With climate change on our radar more than ever, retail is under scrutiny for its contributions to carbon emissions, water pollution and waste in its drive to inspire relentless consumption. And while many heavy-polluting industries,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The prolonged coronavirus pandemic continued to force seismic shifts in public policy and company behaviour. It brought about important fixes in the financial system and altered how businesses reacted to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new, Yale-led study suggests the 21st century will see an expansion of hurricanes and typhoons into mid-latitude regions, which includes major cities such as New York, Boston, Beijing, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Andrew J. Whelton, Purdue University and Caitlin R. Proctor, Purdue University In recent years wildfires have entered urban areas, causing breathtaking destruction. The 2018 Camp Fire in Paradise and Butte…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Alongside a lingering global pandemic, the year 2021 was filled with climate disasters, some so intense they surprised even the scientists who study them. Extreme rainstorms turned to raging flash…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the world settles uncomfortably into year three of the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic, environmental, and social volatility of this era are coming into clearer focus. Stock market tickers have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Front and center at COP26, carbon markets 2.0 seemed to be finally taking off. Net-zero corporate commitments are fueling demand as firms clamor to offset their hard-to-abate emissions with “high quality”…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For the study in Nature Food, researchers conducted a statistical analysis of pollution exposure and yields from 1980 to 2015 on a key sector making up about 38% of the…
In this sixth interview of the “17 Rooms” podcast, Amar Bhattacharya and John Podesta discuss a “breakthrough” agenda on climate finance, which is necessary to deliver on greater climate ambition and ensure synergy with the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s no secret that the diversity of life around us is plummeting fast. In 2020 alone, scientists declared more than 100 species to be extinct. And that’s bad news not only…