World economy set to lose up to 18% GDP from climate change if no action taken, reveals Swiss Re Institute's stress-test analysis New Climate Economics Index stress-tests how climate change will impact 48 countries, representing 90% of world economy, and ranks their overall climate resilience Expected global GDP impact by 2050 under different scenarios compared... Continue Reading →
Steven Donziger's legal saga has demonstrated deep-rooted conflicts of interest in the judicial system when it comes to climate justice. This story was originally published by Slate and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. After spending more than 700 days under house arrest, a human rights and environmental lawyer was found... Continue Reading →
This attorney took on Chevron. Then Chevron-linked judges and private prosecutors had him locked up.
This story includes details about the impacts of climate change that may be difficult for some readers. If you are feeling overwhelmed by this crisis situation here is a list of resources on how to cope with fears and feelings about the scope and pace of the climate crisis. Before [the recent] science assessment from the Intergovernmental... Continue Reading →
The Latest IPCC Report Is A Mental Health Minefield
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The world's children cannot afford more empty promises at this year's United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), youth activists including Greta Thunberg said, after a U.N. report found virtually no child will escape the impact of global warming. In the first index of its kind, published on Friday, U.N. children's agency UNICEF... Continue Reading →
World Leaders Out of Excuses on Climate Change…
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Texas’s oil regulator has a solution for those who fear the world is over-heating: “Turn the damn air conditioner up.” The sentiment was voiced at an energy conference Friday by Wayne Christian, a member of the Texas Railroad Commission, which oversees oil and gas drilling and transportation in the biggest producing state. The remarks came... Continue Reading →
A Texas Solution to Global Warming: Use More Air-Conditioning
Climate and environmental hazards are having devastating impacts on the well-being and future of children. 2020 was the hottest year on record. Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are the highest they have been in at least 3.5 million years. In many parts of the world, people are facing multiple climate-related impacts such as severe drought and... Continue Reading →
The impacts of climate change put almost every child at risk
The latest UN report is clear: Climate change is here, it’s a crisis, and it’s caused by fossil fuels. A new United Nations–led report from hundreds of climate scientists around the world makes it clear: The human-driven climate crisis is now well under way. Earth is likely hotter now than it has been at any... Continue Reading →
It’s Grim
Keeping New York Honest on Climate Progress
The state has adopted ambitious climate goals. But so far, there’s no real way to measure its progress. Governor Andrew Cuomo has called climate change an “existential threat,” but it remains in many ways a vague one. New York got a crash course in epidemiology last year, with coronavirus data starring daily in the governor’s... Continue Reading →
Canadian banks are playing a growing and globally significant role in fueling climate destruction and are more exposed to climate risk than they are telling their shareholders according to data in a new Greenpeace report. The report finds that prior to the pandemic, Canadian big 5 banks steadily increased their fossil fuel loans and investments since... Continue Reading →
Canadian Banks Are Fueling Climate Destruction
As oil majors exit the North Sea, the region’s new players bring a track record of lobbying against climate policy, polluting the environment, and committing alleged labour violations. Companies with histories of environmental abuses and alleged labour violations, backed by private equity and with ties to foreign governments, stand to profit from North Sea oil... Continue Reading →