Climate-smart agriculture improves livelihoods of rural women in Mali
When Fatou Dembele’s plants first started dying, she thought the plot of land was ruined, and her livelihood was at risk. “We thought the...
Climate-smart agriculture is “common-sense agriculture”
According to a recent study published in Science Advances, climate change is projected to hit South Asia especially hard. Impacts will...
A eureka moment for the planet: we’re finally planting trees again
China plans to plant forests the size of Ireland. Latin American countries have pledged to restore 20m hectares of degraded forest and...
Climate change revealed this U.S. military secret
At the height of the Cold War in the 1950s, the Greenland ice sheet hosted a number of clandestine U.S. Army bases whose job it was to...
In Fiji, villages need to move due to climate change
Just a few metres from the shoreline, a slab of concrete indicates where Sailosi Ramatu's home once stood. The headman of Vunidogoloa...
Can polluters be held legally responsible for the damage wrought by climate change?
When Typhoon Haiyan made landfall on November 8, 2013, Joanna Sustento wasn’t all that worried. Tropical storms are common in the...
Climate change: using EU forests to offset carbon emissions
The EU boasts 182 million hectares of forest, covering 43% of its land area. Forest coverage can vary considerably from one member state...
Intelligence Agencies Warn of Climate Risks in Worldwide Threat Assessment
In their annual summary of global threats, the nation's intelligence agencies warned on Tuesday that climate change and other...
Satellite observations show sea levels rising, and climate change is accelerating it
Sea level rise is happening now, and the rate at which it is rising is increasing every year, according to a study released Monday in the...
The 22 agencies and programs Trump's budget would eliminate
President Trump on Monday unveiled his budget proposal for the 2019 fiscal year, which makes significant cuts to some federal agencies...