Four crucial climate targets the new UK government should adopt immediately: Deemerwha studio / shutterstock The UK is not on track to meet its climate targets and has no credible pathway to get there. However, a new set of more specific targets would provide some clarity for the country’s new government and would ultimately help …
Senegal’s remote Bassari people talk about climate change, and how their local knowledge is key to coping strategies: The Bassari people, a farming community of about 20,000 people, live in an area between Senegal and Guinea. During French colonial rule, the Bassari lost part of their communal land to a national park and were subjected …
South African communities vs Shell: high court victories show that cultural beliefs and practices count in climate cases: Oyster gatherers on a Wild Coast beach at low tide. The sea is integral to these communities' lives and culture. PaulGregg When the Shell petroleum company announced in 2021 that it wanted to explore for fossil fuels …
Climate change may be fuelling a resurgence of piracy across Africa: In the churning waters off Nigeria, armed pirates in small skiffs speed towards a cargo ship. They clamber aboard, seizing control of the vessel and its valuable cargo. This isn’t a scene from a swashbuckling film; it’s a stark reality for seafarers in many …
Mapping malaria in Africa: climate change study predicts where mosquitoes will breed in future: Water bodies such as the Nile River, pictured here running through Juba in South Sudan, are included in the new model. Frontpage The relationship between climate and malaria transmission is complex and has been the subject of intense study for some …
Why climate change is making parasitic diseases harder to predict: mycteria/Shutterstock It’s a sunny day. Look out of your window. See anything unusual flying by? Look closely. There are midges, and they are not friendly. Some of them are carrying a virus of sheep and other animals called bluetongue. You are not personally at risk …
Plastic is climate change in a bottle – so let’s put a cap on it: Hedgehog94/Shutterstock Plastic pollution and climate change have common culprits – and similar solutions. The penultimate round of negotiations for a global pact on plastic ended yesterday in Ottawa. Nearly 200 countries have agreed that a treaty must tackle plastic pollution …
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Climate quitting: the people leaving their fossil fuel jobs because of climate change: Mayuree Moonhirun/Shutterstock As the climate crisis gets ever more severe, the fossil fuel industry is struggling to recruit new talent. And now a number of existing employees are deciding to leave their jobs, some quietly, some very publicly, because of concerns over …
Restoring reefs killed by climate change may simply put corals ‘back out to die’ – here’s how we can improve their chances: Coral bleaching in a shallow lagoon of French Polynesia. Damsea/Shutterstock Coral reefs, like sprawling cities of the sea, support an estimated 25% of all plants and animals in the ocean. Worldwide, 1 billion …
Climate change: alarming Africa-wide report predicts 30% drop in crop revenue, 50 million without water: African countries will suffer significant economic loss after 2050 if global warming is not limited to below 2°C, a new study by the Center for Global Development has found. Environment and energy economist Philip Kofi Adom is the author of …
Satellites are burning up in the upper atmosphere – and we still don’t know what impact this will have on the Earth’s climate: Paul Fleet / shutterstock Elon Musk’s SpaceX has announced it will dispose of 100 Starlink satellites over the next six months, after it discovered a design flaw that may cause them to …
Side-effects of expanding forests could limit their potential to tackle climate change – new study: The complex effects of planting more trees need to be taken into consideration. Mikai/Shutterstock Tackling climate change by planting trees has an intuitive appeal. They absorb the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from the atmosphere without using expensive technology. The suggestion …
Central banks should be fighting the climate crisis – here’s why: Climate finance was a major focus at the recent COP28 summit, but one set of game-changing institutions remains largely missing in such conversations: central banks. Central banks are public institutions, charged with maintaining economic stability through controlling the supply of money in an economy. …
The meat and dairy industry is not ‘climate neutral’, despite some eye-catching claims: Cows and sheep produce lots of the greenhouse gas methane. Christian L Sweden / shutterstock Imagine a house is on fire, and someone is actively pouring gas on the fire. They then pour a little less gas and want credit for doing …
Four good news climate stories from 2023: We don’t want to give you the wrong idea: things are bad. Antarctic ice sheets are melting, the fossil fuel lobby was everywhere at the COP talks, and even solutions like electric cars have their problems. And that just covers the past few weeks of this newsletter. But …
Vaccinating livestock against common diseases is a form of direct climate action: PERO studio/Shutterstock Animal diseases have a devastating impact on livestock production. In 2022, for example, 131 million domestic poultry died or were culled as a result of avian influenza (also called “bird flu”). Yet the cost of livestock disease goes beyond a shortage …
UK government facing legal action for failing to tackle climate change – but it could backfire: The parish of Whimpell once stood on the Norfolk coast between the village of Happisburgh and the sea. Whimpell disappeared into the sea centuries ago thanks to coastal erosion. And now Happisburgh is facing a similar threat. Some, however, …