Nitrogen pollution: the forgotten element of climate change
Dec 04, 2016 19:21 pm UTC| Nature
While carbon pollution gets all the headlines for its role in climate change, nitrogen pollution is arguably a more challenging problem. Somehow we need to grow more food to feed an expanding population while minimising...
How can the UK government meet its legal air pollution targets?
Dec 04, 2016 02:17 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Each year, air pollution contributes to around 25,000 deaths in the UK. Its a shocking statistic. By law, the government is obliged to cut high levels of harmful gases in the shortest possible time, yet in November the...
We can cut emissions in half by 2040 if we build smarter cities
Dec 01, 2016 19:24 pm UTC| Nature
As a planet, we have some serious climate targets to meet in the coming years. The Paris Agreement, signed by 192 countries, set an aspirational goal of limiting global warming to 1.5ᵒC. The United Nations Sustainable...
No politician can singlehandedly bring back coal – not even Donald Trump
Dec 01, 2016 02:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
On the night Donald Trump won the US election, one of the many jubilant supporters featured in the media coverage was 67-year-old Doug Ratliff of Richlands, Virginia. An owner of struggling shopping malls in a region hit...
Arctic Winter Cancelled, Temperatures Rise By 20°C
Nov 23, 2016 05:49 am UTC| Nature
Winter is almost here for the rest of the world, but in the Arctic, it was supposed to have already begun. However, thanks to a sudden rise in temperature, this timeline was interrupted. Rising by 20C, ice is having...
Trump Presidency Is Viewed As A Disaster For Paris Climate Agreement
Nov 22, 2016 12:25 pm UTC| Commentary
Even though Donald Trump has yet to assume the office of the President of the United States, many are already resigned to the huge possibility that his administration will be a disaster to a number of causes. These...
Will China lead on climate change as green technology booms?
Nov 21, 2016 09:55 am UTC| Insights & Views
The election of Donald Trump as president of the United States is bad news for the global environment. He has made it clear that he will not implement the steps required to meet the pledges to reduce emissions as part of...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
The Mattei Plan: why Giorgia Meloni is looking to Africa
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight