PRESS RELEASE: Close to $1 billion approved for environment and climate action at GEF meetings
Governments have approved programmes and projects worth almost $1 billion to tackle growing threats to the natural world - and to help...
Let’s secure Africa’s soils to tackle climate change and hunger
Soils hold 70 percent of the planet’s land-based carbon — three times the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. Not only is...
Build science in Africa
Africa’s population is projected to nearly quadruple over the next century1. And that is following a staggering increase over just seven...
British minister suspended for manhandling protester
A British minister was suspended on Friday after he was filmed physically removing a climate change protester from a dinner in London....
Himalayan glaciers are melting twice as fast as last century
Climate change is eating away Himalayan glaciers at a dramatic rate, a new study has revealed. Spanning 2,000 kilometers and harboring...
Israel is joining forces with Arab states to save coral from climate change destruction
Scientists from Israel and neighbouring Arab countries are joining forces to save Red Sea coral reefs from the threat of climate change....
EPA rolls back Obama-era plan limiting coal-fired power plant emissions
The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday said states can set their own carbon emissions standards for coal-fired power plants --...
12 Ways the Progressive Takeover Is Transforming New York
At 7:20 a.m., after an all-night marathon marked by the passage of dozens of bills and a rubber-band fight on the floor of the chamber,...
David Gilmour auctioned his guitars and raised $21M for a climate change charity
Floyd's David Gilmour auctioned 126 of his guitars for a record-breaking $21 million at a New York charity auction Thursday to fight...
Blue States Roll Out Aggressive Climate Strategies. Red States Keep to the Sidelines.
At a time when the country is already deeply fractured along partisan lines, individual states are starting to pursue vastly different...