From Siberia, an Unlikely Cry: ‘We Need Greenpeace Out Here!’
At a truck stop at the northern terminus of the Vilyui ice highway in northeastern Siberia, drivers make small talk not about life on the...
Global Military Spending Has Doubled but the World Is No Safer
Sixty-five years ago, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower lamented the hidden human costs of the Cold War arms race: “Every gun that is...
Reforming Africa’s fossil fuel subsidies
On the African continent, the low level of electricity access remains a major development constraint and under a business as usual...
After Cape Town, Ivory Coast city feels the thirst
Earlier this year, Cape Town grabbed the world's headlines as it careened towards a water armageddon. Crippled by a three-year-long...
Groundswell: Preparing for Internal Climate Migration
Internal climate migrants are rapidly becoming the human face of climate change. According to the new World Bank report "Groundswell -...
Solar panels have gotten thinner than a human hair. Soon they’ll be everywhere.
One of the reasons I think solar photovoltaic power is going to take over the world is that it is scalable in a way no other power source...
The military paid for a study on sea level rise. The results were scary.
More than a thousand low-lying tropical islands risk becoming “uninhabitable” by the middle of the century — or possibly sooner — because...
'We're doomed': Mayer Hillman on the climate reality no one else will dare mention
We’re doomed,” says Mayer Hillman with such a beaming smile that it takes a moment for the words to sink in. “The outcome is death, and...
Commonwealth leaders express ‘grave concern’ about climate change impacts
Climate change risks are pushing millions of people worldwide into poverty, heads of government from the 53-strong Commonwealth warned on...
Today Is World Malaria Day
ClimateChange is projected to alter the distribution of vector borne diseases & malaria is no exception. #malaria