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At the Crossroads: A Dire Yet Encouraging Climate Report From the United Nations

At the Crossroads: A Dire Yet Encouraging Climate Report From the United Nations

“Climate change is a threat to human well-being and planetary health,” the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) wrote in a new report. The report issued a dire warning about the pace of global warming but acknowledges that humans are making progress toward reversing climate change. “There is a rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a livable […]

Analysis: Coal returns to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

Analysis: Coal returns to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

Photo credit: Jeff Zehnder / Alamy. By Zofeen Ebrahim Progress towards the construction of a China-funded coal power plant in Gwadar raises questions about the climate pledges of both China and Pakistan. News that the Pakistan government plans to secure financing and start construction on a long-stalled 300-megawatt coal-fired power plant in the port city of Gwadar has triggered a […]

President Biden accused of ignoring the climate crisis, as he approves an oil and gas project in the Arctic

President Biden accused of ignoring the climate crisis, as he approves an oil and gas project in the Arctic

An oil drilling rig in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Photo credit: Reuters / Lucas Jackson. By Anders Lorenzen On Monday, US president Joe Biden approved the controversial $7 billion oil and gas drilling Willow project in the Alaskan Arctic. The US government said the approval was a scaled-back version of ConocoPhillips’ original proposal.  But this is unlikely to please climate advocates […]

Book review: Five Times Faster, by Simon Sharpe

Book review: Five Times Faster, by Simon Sharpe

By Jeremy Williams Every week there are steps forward on climate change to report. There is movement. Things are happening. “The problem,” writes Simon Sharpe, “is the pace of change.” It’s all moving too slowly, bogged down in glacial decision-making processes, held back by institutional inertia and the power of vested interests. The carbon intensity of the global economy is […]

Earth Action: Visit the (Video) Library

Earth Action: Visit the (Video) Library

Earth911 is honoring the 52 years of Earth Day with 52 Actions for the Earth. Each week through Earth Day 2023, we will share an action you can take to invest in the Earth and make your own life more sustainable. Climate literacy is a prerequisite for climate action, but few of us really understand how the climate works. It’s […]

Less than half of extreme weather events are covered by insurance 

Less than half of extreme weather events are covered by insurance 

A man and a girl use a makeshift raft as they cross a flooded street, following rains during the monsoon season in Hyderabad, Pakistan on August 24 the 24th 2022. Photo credit: Reuters / Yasir Rajput. By Anders Lorenzen As the amount of climate-fueled extreme weather events increase, attention has turned to mitigating the consequences through insurance. In 2022 extreme […]

Troubled waters ahead as BP lowers its climate ambition

Troubled waters ahead as BP lowers its climate ambition

The CEO of BP Bernard Looney. Photo credit: BP / Graham Trott. By Anders Lorenzen When Bernard Looney took over the helm of oil and gas giant BP (British Petroleum) in 2020 it was with the objective to, once and for all, change its image to one without hydrocarbons. The net-zero strategy unveiled under the leadership of Looney was largely […]

EU’s carbon price surging towards an all-time high

EU’s carbon price surging towards an all-time high

Photo credit: Reuters / Peter Andrews. By Anders Lorenzen The price of carbon pollution in the EU is nearing record-high levels. In the EU’s carbon market, EU ETS, the cost of emitting a tonne of CO2 on Monday the 20th of February, became close to breaching 100 euros at 98.30 euros. Forecasts of cool weather and expectations of lower wind […]