How A.S. Byatt’s northern identity and anger over climate change informed her fiction: A.S. Byatt’s highbrow fiction has a vast, international appeal. The writer, who died in November, was known for her voracious appetite for knowledge and her insatiable curiosity. Inspiration for her work draws from as diverse sources as Elizabeth I, Norse mythology, Amazonian …
Tackling climate change can improve public health in Africa – new report highlights how: African countries can simultaneously address climate change and improve public health by reducing air pollution. In many cases these actions also have other societal, economic, environment or health benefits. Addressing these together is challenging because they are often the responsibility of …
Why are people still flying to climate conferences by private jet?: Rishi Sunak, David Cameron and King Charles are just three of the more than 70,000 delegates from nearly 200 countries at the latest UN climate summit in Dubai, COP28. But they are among hundreds who will have travelled there by private jet. In fact, …
Doctor Who: what the show gets wrong about climate change and energy justice ? new research: Fans across the globe have been celebrating 60 years of Doctor Who – the world’s longest-running science fiction series. It may at times seem silly and childish, but people’s ideas of how the world works, could work and should …
Why renewed China-US cooperation bodes well for climate action: Melnikov Dmitriy / Shutterstock The relationship between the US and China is the most important in the world, and it has been unstable and sometimes under extreme stress in recent years. But a recent meeting between presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping in California may bring …
Building African cities that cope with climate shocks – experts outline what it will take: The international climate change negotiations began almost three decades ago when many were still hesitant to accept that human activities were changing the planet. Now the scientific evidence is unequivocal. Climate change is a major threat to our wellbeing, the …
COP28: how bad is climate change already and what do we need to do next to tackle it?: Olga Gordeeva/Shutterstock As the latest UN climate change summit (COP28) gets underway in Dubai, conversations around limiting global warming to 1.5°C will confront a harsh reality. Global temperatures have surged over the past year, with the monthly …
China is already paying substantial climate finance, while US is global laggard – new analysis: Finance is poisoning international cooperation on the climate crisis. There is no longer any credible debate about the need to act on climate change, but tensions are flaring around the question of who should make the immense investments necessary to …
COP28: four key issues that will dominate the latest UN climate summit: The summit is being held in Expo City Dubai, UAE. Kiara Worth / UNFCCC, CC BY-NC-SA The United Nations Environment Programme recently published a report with an unusually strong title for a UN body: “Emissions Gap Report 2023: Broken Record – Temperatures hit …
COP28: oil pushers scrape the barrel as critical climate talks begin in Dubai: Days before the latest climate summit is due to begin in Dubai, the first flight powered entirely by “sustainable aviation fuel” landed safely in New York. The twin engines of this Boeing 787 Dreamliner ran on farm waste and used cooking oil, …
Climate action for Africa in 2023: three big developments: 2023 is highly likely to be the hottest year ever recorded. And climate change is to blame for one-quarter of the global population being exposed to dangerous levels of extreme heat. We need signs that countries are taking steps to address this. Specifically, we need climate …
Climate change: 3 key goals Nigeria must focus on at COP28: Global environmental stakeholders will converge in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, from 30 November to 12 December 2023 for the UN Climate conference known as COP28. The conference aims to continue negotiations to address the global climate crisis. Nigeria’s main agenda in the conference …
Faith communities are rallying to check climate change – their size and influence counts: Green Anglicans at a Climate Justice March Cape Town. Author provided According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), more than 80% of the global population are motivated by a faith or spirituality. Faced with the triple planetary crises of pollution, …
Stones inside fish ears mark time like tree rings – and now they’re helping us learn about climate change: Dolores M. Harvey/Shutterstock As a marine biologist, I’ve always found it fascinating to learn about how animals adapt to their habitat. But climate change has made it more important than ever – wild animals’ futures may …
COP28: inside the United Arab Emirates, the oil giant hosting 2023 climate change summit: The United Arab Emirates (UAE), the world’s seventh largest oil producer, will host the 28th UN climate change summit (COP28) in Dubai from November 30 to December 12. Presiding over the conference will be the chief executive of the UAE state-owned …
A Peruvian farmer is trying to hold energy giant RWE responsible for climate change – the inside story of his groundbreaking court case: On a crisp, sunny day high in the Peruvian Andes, two German judges gaze across a mountain lake to the towering white glaciers in the distance. Dark spots are visible on the …
Climate adaptation funds are not reaching frontline communities: what needs to be done about it: Communities around the world face increasingly severe and frequent impacts from climate change. They are on the “frontlines” of droughts, flooding, desertification and sea level rise. International climate finance is supposed to help. In the 2015 Paris Agreement, the world’s …
Climate crisis: what to consider if you’re questioning whether to have children: pathdoc/Shutterstock The warnings about the disastrous impact we are having on our planet are becoming more dire. The UN Environment Programme’s most recent emissions gap report, which tracks our progress in limiting global warming, revealed that the world is on course for a …