Climate inaction is fueling 'eco-anxiety' in children
These feelings of anger, fear and powerlessness are less concerned with the damage itself than with the unwillingness of adults to stop it.
EU funding boost, 216 million migrants and human rights risks: What to know about the planet this week
Top stories: EU pledges increased climate funds for poorer nations; Climate change could trigger internal migration of 216 million people; Warning on human rights risk posed by climate ch...
What are natural climate solutions?
Here's how the World Economic Forum is working to make natural climate solutions part of the COP26 agenda and unlock the finance needed to scale them up.
SDIS21: Better Business - What are the challenges in making business more sustainable?
During the pandemic, business worked towards more sustainable, inclusive business models. Now, we need to apply the lessons learned to the climate crisis.
This is how New Zealand is tackling plastic pollution
New Zealand is proposing to regulate single-use plastic packaging and to ban various hard-to-recycle plastics and single-use plastic items.
Data project backed by Al Gore aims for real-time emissions monitoring
A new set of previously unrecorded fossil fuel and emissions data is set to be released by a climate coalition backed by Al Gore, ahead of Glasgow's COP26.
A race against time: Scientists are rushing to collect ice cores before glaciers melt
Scientists are racing to collect ice cores, containing critical climate information, before global warming melts glaciers and ice sheets around the world.
SDIS21: How to Save the Planet - What are the challenges in making the planet more sustainable?
To stop global warming and achieve all 17 SDGs, urgent action is needed to reduce emissions, reverse biodiversity loss and invest in renewable energy.
How to ease suffering and save the lives of migrants and refugees
Hundreds of people die every year trying to cross the US southern border, and the tragedy unfolding there is just one aspect of a worsening global dilemma.
How AI is transforming, decarbonising and 'cleaning up' the grid
Increases in renewables are set to slash electric sector emissions. But to make this new reality possible, the grid must first undergo profound changes.
First-ever coral reef world map in high-resolution is ready
Have a look at the coral reef world map. The mapping tool allows policymakers, conservationists, and the public to understand the coral reef map across the world, with the aim of protecti...
How can we decarbonise the mining and cement industries?
While new solutions to decarbonise the industry are becoming available to reduce CO₂ emissions in cement production, this is not enough.