One hundred years ago, 1919 was a really big year: Countries signed the Treaty of Versailles to end World War I, Mahatma Gandhi began his nonviolent resistance against British rule, the Grand Canyon became a national park. And on a lighter note, pop-up toasters entered kitchens for the first time!
The current state of global climate policies has the world on a path to 3.0˚C of warming by 2100, twice the 1.5˚C limit agreed upon in Paris three years ago, according to the Climate Action Tracker’s annual update which was published on Wednesday at the COP24 United Nations climate change talks currently underway in Katowice, Poland.
The European Union could reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by up to 52% below 1990 levels by 2030 if they were to take action in three key sectors — electricity supply, residential buildings and passenger road transport — according to new research published by the Climate Action Tracker.
The World Bank Group announced on Monday a new set of climate targets for 2021-25 and that it was doubling its current five-year investments to around $200 billion in support of countries taking ambitious climate action.
For Helen Clarkson, CEO of The Climate Group, taking climate action is not a moral/tree-hugging position, it is good business.
Why coal jobs are never coming back: in the face of an existential threat from climate change, global corporate titans are juicing demand for clean power.
A new landmark report published by the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate shows that governments and the private sector are “significantly” underestimating the benefits of cleaner and climate-smart growth, and claimed that “bold climate action” could drive at minimum $26 trillion in economic benefits through 2030.
Six deeply engaging and thought-provoking films shine a light on the realities of the climate crisis today – and imagine what it means for our tomorrow.
One year ago this week, President Donald Trump announced his intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change. The president claimed that the Agreement was a bad deal for America. The reality is that his disavowal of the treaty is putting the United States increasingly at odds with the rest of the world and harming the American people.
The Paris Agreement adopted in 2015 was lauded as a turning point in the global fight against climate change. The question today is: Are countries responding to it?
