Despite Africa showing significant signs of progress, the country still faces significant challenges from climate change to food security. The risks posed by environmental changes mean th...

Patrick Verkooijen · Global Center on Adaptation 06 Sep 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

The Amazon is burning. Who will save it?

Amazon fires in Brazil caused by farmers are intended to gain land for crops and cattle grazing, but bring dire consequences for our planet, writes executive director of the World Economi...

Justin Adams · Forbes 06 Sep 2019

Banking and Capital Markets

Central banks are finally taking action against climate change

Banks are facing increased reputational and financial risks from financing activities that contribute to climate change.

Danny Bradlow · The Conversation 05 Sep 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

This company helps women to become solar entrepreneurs

Solar Sister is empowering women in parts of rural Africa, not only to generate their own renewable energy, but also to sell it to others. And it’s creating a brighter future for business...

Emma Charlton 05 Sep 2019

Forests

Senegal is planting millions of mangrove trees to fight deforestation

A massive effort is underway to plant millions of trees in a country that has lost around a quarter of its mangrove forests in recent decades.

Sean Fleming 03 Sep 2019

Climate Change

Microplastics have been found in Rocky Mountain rainwater

Researchers studying Colorado’s rainwater found more than 90% of samples contained plastic, including those collected from high up in the Rocky Mountains.

Rosamond Hutt 02 Sep 2019

Climate Change

1 in 7 people would choose not to fly because of climate change

Travellers around the world are looking at the impact of their journeys, a new report shows.

Douglas Broom 30 Aug 2019

Climate Change

How LA plans to be 1.6°C cooler by 2050

Los Angeles is taking urgent action to curb rising heat levels by whitewashing its roads, planting more trees and installing reflective roofs.

Douglas Broom 30 Aug 2019

Climate Change

Climate change will cripple economies regardless of wealth, economists say

A recent study found that persistent temperature changes above or below a country's norm has adverse affects on economic growth.

Kate Ryan · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 29 Aug 2019

Climate Change

Climate change is reshaping 50% of the world’s coastlines

Climate change is not just causing sea levels to rise, it's also affecting ocean waves, which could cause significant changes on 50% of the world's coastline under a business-as-usual sce...

Mark Hemer, Ian Young, Joao Morim Nascimento, and Nobuhito Mori · The Conversation 29 Aug 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

What 100-year-old ships' logbooks tell us about the future of Arctic sea ice

Ships' logs from more than 100 years ago offer a historical perspective on Arctic sea volume, helping us understand the rapid changes that are occuring today.

Hannah Hickey · Futurity 29 Aug 2019

Oceans

Here are 5 reasons why the ocean is so important

5 reasons why the ocean is so important. The ocean produces half the air we breathe.

Sean Fleming 29 Aug 2019

Climate Change

Greta Thunberg has arrived in New York for the UN Climate Action Summit

After almost a fortnight at sea, teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg has arrived in New York for UN Climate Action Summit. Her yacht, the Malitzia II, had no toilets or showers...

Gabriella Borter · Reuters 29 Aug 2019

Global Health

Climate change is causing Dengue Fever to spread in Central America

Honduras is hit hardest by the Dengue outbreak. Scientists fear the disease is likely to become more frequent with climate change.

Anastasia Moloney · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 29 Aug 2019

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Climate Change

Ireland’s planning to make its Emerald Isle even greener

This is how we can make African agriculture more resilient to climate change

The Amazon is burning. Who will save it?

Central banks are finally taking action against climate change

This company helps women to become solar entrepreneurs

Senegal is planting millions of mangrove trees to fight deforestation

Microplastics have been found in Rocky Mountain rainwater

1 in 7 people would choose not to fly because of climate change

How LA plans to be 1.6°C cooler by 2050

Climate change will cripple economies regardless of wealth, economists say

Climate change is reshaping 50% of the world’s coastlines

What 100-year-old ships' logbooks tell us about the future of Arctic sea ice

Here are 5 reasons why the ocean is so important

Greta Thunberg has arrived in New York for the UN Climate Action Summit

Climate change is causing Dengue Fever to spread in Central America

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