This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than 100,000 tigers ranged across Asia a century ago, from the Indian subcontinent to the Russian Far East. Today they are endangered, with only about 4,000 tigers left in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a new paper in Ambio, published by the Royal Swedish Academy of Science in the leadup to the upcoming “Our Planet, Our Future” Nobel Prize Summit, a team of international scientists provides an overview…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. 2021 is a make or break year in the fight against climate change. This is the year in which countries need to deliver more ambitious commitments to cut their share…
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. The clean energy sector shed around 307,000 jobs last year amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to research released Monday by advocacy group Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), with the sector now employing around 3…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Renewable energy’s rapid growth is accelerating a national shift to a carbon-free electric power system. So far 17 states plus Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico have adopted laws or executive…
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. A new “water scarcity footprint” measures the water-use impacts of various United States diets. Meat consumption is the top contributor to the water scarcity footprint of the average US diet,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We’ve all found ourselves clutching that lonely can of forgotten pantry beans, thinking about how far past the “best by” date we can conscientiously donate the uneaten food. You might…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro confirmed his country’s participation in a virtual climate summit convened by the U.S. for April 22 and 23, vowing in a recent letter to U.S. President…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Environment charities have seen a significant loss of funding as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, and they are struggling to maintain their work programmes through lockdown. The economic disruption…
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…