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Opinion: At COP28, climate finance takes centre stage

Opinion: At COP28, climate finance takes centre stage

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE),  site of the COP28 conference at the end of the month, where government representatives from all UN countries will discuss global efforts to limit climate change and adapt to its effects. Photo credit: Frank Peters / Alamy. By Kashmala Kakakhel COP28 will be judged on its solutions to questions of climate finance – for mitigation, […]

Why We Won’t Know When We’ve Passed the 1.5-Degree Threshold

While the Paris Agreement aims to limit warming to 1.5 degrees C, experts won’t know when we have surpassed this threshold, a fact that could undermine global efforts to tackle climate change, scientists say. Temperatures are creeping upwards, but they are doing so unevenly. Not every year is hotter than the last, meaning warming could reach 1.5 degrees before falling […]

Earth911 Inspiration: Quality of Life

Earth911 Inspiration: Quality of Life

Everything is connected. One change leads to 10,000 others. When we talk about quality of life, it’s not just about one of us or our communities, but the entire world. Today’s quote comes from English-American stage actor George Holland, “Where the quality of life goes down for the environment, the quality of life goes down for humans.” Earth911 inspiration posters: […]

As Temperatures Rise, Dengue Fever Spreads and Cases Rise

As Temperatures Rise, Dengue Fever Spreads and Cases Rise

The monsoon season in Bangladesh typically runs from May to September, with rainfall peaking in July and sputtering out in early October. This year, however, there was more rain than usual in October and even some showers in normally dry November. The extra rain, along with overall warmer temperatures, contributed to a surge in cases of dengue fever, prolonging the […]

Conservationists Sue to Stop the Planting of Giant Sequoias

The National Park Service is working to replant several groves of giant sequoias devastated by recent wildfires. But some conservationists say planting is unneeded and could damage forests. Severe wildfires in 2020 and 2021 killed as many as 19 percent of all giant sequoias, the largest trees in the world, which grow only in scattered groves in the Sierra Nevada […]

Clearing Skies: Opening a New Path on Climate and the Future

Clearing Skies: Opening a New Path on Climate and the Future

Of the many climate struggles going on today, the great one, played out in hundreds of arenas around the world, is the struggle to rein in and then halt the buildup of greenhouse gases. Gaining ever-more attention is the struggle to adapt to the climate impacts already upon us. But there is a new struggle that needs to be joined […]

World Appears on Track to Triple Renewable Power by 2030

At the forthcoming UN climate talks, diplomats will push for a tripling of renewable power by 2030. A new analysis finds the world is likely already on track to hit this goal. Emissions must drop nearly in half by the end of this decade to have a shot at keeping warming to 1.5 degrees C. As part of that, analysts […]