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SDG 13: Climate Action
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SDG 07: Affordable and Clean Energy
How affordable clean energy solutions can tackle energy poverty
Low-income countries, like Colombia, prove that low-cost modifications to existing infrastructure can reduce energy poverty and aid energy transition.
Climate Change
Investing in nature fights climate change – and saves us billions
The Global Commission on Adaptation says nature-based solutions to climate change can generate economic gains and deliver social and environmental benefits.
SDG 13: Climate Action
Shell middens: Underwater archaeological sites offer clues to ancient coastal communities
Evidence in undersea middens offers clues on how people adapted during times of sea-level rise and climate change, which can be applied to the present-day.
SDG 13: Climate Action
Sea levels are rising fastest in big cities – here’s why
Jakarta, Shanghai and New Orleans are some of the cities worst affected by sea-level rises. These sinking cities need new solutions to safeguard their future.
Climate Change
What a mile-deep soil sample can teach us about climate change
A long-forgotten soil sample from beneath the Greeland ice sheet could offer lessons for how our planet adapts to a changing climate.
COVID-19
COVID-19 one year on: This company is lifting the fortunes of those who have lost most
On the 1-year anniversary of the WHO’s assessment of COVID-19 as a pandemic, this climate innovation company says an equitable vaccine rollout and healthy environments – particularly in s...
Climate Change
Climate change: What is COP26 and why does it matter?
Delayed for a year by the COVID-19 pandemic, the latest United Nations climate summit is beginning to look like our last chance to arrest global warming.
Forests
Why the world’s tallest trees could be even bigger than we thought
Redwoods are the world’s oldest and biggest trees They capture more CO2 than any other species. Now scientists have discovered they are even bigger than we thought.
Circular Economy
The next decade is critical for the climate. Here’s how the circular economy can help
A more circular world will require new collaborations that can address stalemates, reshape standards and speed efforts to tackle the climate.
SDG 13: Climate Action
In Estonia volunteers are restoring their landscape to fight climate change
Oil and Gas
We can end routine gas flaring by 2030. Here's how
Gas flaring is an environmental disaster and a waste of precious resources. Here's how to meet the World Bank's goal to end routine flaring by 2030.
Agriculture, Food and Beverage
Farming emissions are threatening the Paris Agreement. Here’s why
Without substantial changes in farming practices, rising emissions from land-use will jeopardize the goals of the Paris Agreement, a new study has found.
Climate Change
Annual temperature is the highest in 10,000 years
A study published in Nature has discovered the annual global temperature today is the warmest of the past 10,000 years, contrary to previous thought.
Climate Indicators
Frozen soil is thawing and releasing particles which could affect the weather
A study shows that thawing permafrost contains lots of microscopic ice-nucleating particles that make it easier for water droplets to freeze.
Climate Change
Carbon capture: solution or sideshow? Episode 9 of the House On Fire podcast
Is direct air capture a surefire way to rid the atmosphere of pollution or an overpriced distraction? In this episode of House On Fire podcast, we talk to the people pioneering the techno...