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Environment and Natural Resource Security
Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’, confirms IEA
The International Energy Agency's World Energy Outlook 2020 report has found that, in most major countries, solar power is now cheaper than coal and gas.
Antarctica
New predictions show Antarctica's ice sheets could melt far sooner than expected
New predictions by the journal Climate Dynamics have found that sea levels may rise far sooner than expected. The increasing melt is caused by weather extremes not previously accounted for.
SDG 13: Climate Action
Natural disasters are occurring more frequently with increased ferocity, UN says
Extreme weather events, including droughts, floods and fires are occurring more often, the United Nations has warned.
How to Save the Planet
Climate change hits the poor hardest. Here’s how to protect them
Acting now presents an opportunity to effectively manage the risks of a changing climate.
Climate Change
New England’s autumn foliage is under threat due to climate change
Climate Change
What has COVID-19 taught us about flattening the climate curve?
If we fail to heed the lessons of the pandemic, we will fail to prevent climate catastrophe. We need to prioritise prevention over recovery – starting now.
Climate Change
Emissions have fallen this year. Now we need to make it permanent
The pandemic has led to a fall of 8% in global emissions – and while this drop is welcome, a path to sustainable reductions is, as yet, missing.
Aviation, Travel and Tourism
Cars, planes, trains: where do transport CO2 emissions come from?
Road vehicles account for 74.5% of total CO2 emissions caused by the travel industry, with aviation accounting for 11.6%, the International Energy Agency (IEA) reveals.
Climate Change
Ozone hole over Antarctica is one of the biggest in 15 years
According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) the ozone layer hole over Antarctica is one of the largest and deepest in the past 15 years.
COVID-19
3 ways COVID-19 has changed youth activism
From digital climate strikes to Black Lives Matter online, here's how youth activists have kept protest movements marching during COVID-19
Future of Economic Progress
This plan could save the planet and help the economic recovery from COVID-19
The IMF say that the right economic policies tools can pave the way toward net zero emissions by 2050 and can be incorporated successfully into the economic recovery from COVID-19.
Climate Change
Last Month Was The Hottest September On Record
Climate Change
Climate activism has gone virtual - and it's thriving
Climate activism has gone virtual. This month, join leading Al Gore and other leading activists for a series of online discussions on saving our planet.
Norway
60% of cars sold in Norway last month were electric
Incentives and tax breaks have driven an electric car boom in Norway –and it is showing no signs of dropping pace.
Environment and Natural Resource Security
It's not just humans hit by California's wildfires. Rescue teams are saving animals too
California has suffered some of its worst wildfires on record, killing and injuring an unknown number of animals, but teams have been hard at work trying to help them.