Media 'impartiality' on climate change is ethically misguided and downright dangerous
Feb 03, 2020 12:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views
In September 2019, the editor of The Conversation, Misha Ketchell, declared The Conversations editorial team in Australia was henceforth taking what he called a zero-tolerance approach to climate change deniers and...
Climate change, pollution and urbanization threaten water in Canada
Feb 03, 2020 12:20 pm UTC| Nature
In recent years, the daily news has been flooded with stories of water woes from coast to coast to coast. There are melting glaciers and ice sheets in northern and western Canada and lead in drinking water in the older...
Why we should be wary of blaming 'overpopulation' for the climate crisis
Jan 29, 2020 07:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The annual World Economic Forum in Davos brought together representatives from government and business to deliberate how to solve the worsening climate and ecological crisis. The meeting came just as devastating bush fires...
UN ruling could be a game-changer for climate refugees and climate action
Jan 29, 2020 06:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The recent ruling by the United Nations that governments cannot return people to countries where their lives might be threatened by climate change is a potential game-changer not just for climate refugees, but also for...
Climate crisis: how to make space for 2 billion trees on a crowded island like the UK
Jan 29, 2020 06:14 am UTC| Nature
The UKs official climate advisor, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), recently published a report outlining how to reduce the 12% of greenhouse gas emissions that come from land use by two thirds by 2050. Alongside...
Jan 24, 2020 05:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Climate change no longer seems just a future threat. In 2019, major fires in Australia, Russia and California burned over 13.5 million hectares of land an area four times greater than the size of Belgium. Major floods and...
Climate-linked financial crises loom, but the fix isn't up to central banks
Jan 24, 2020 05:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The Bank for International Settlements the central bank for central banks made headlines this week with a report outlining how the next major financial crisis may come from unexpected climate risks. The book calls...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects