6 things you should know about air pollution and your health
On International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, we're taking a close-up look at the air we breathe and its impact on our health.
COP26 Global Stocktake: How can the world measure progress on the Paris Agreement?
Global Stocktake reviews the impact of climate change actions. It monitors its implementation and evaluates collective progress made by different countries
What makes a good net zero target?
Measuring and evaluating government net zero targets is essential to achieving the real impact of climate actions by hundreds of countries across the globe
Energy needed for poverty eradication, that's also ‘compatible with climate goals’
A new study suggests that the need to provide decent living standards (DLS) for poverty eradication also aligns with climate mitigation action globally
This unassuming item releases 10.9 billion tonnes of carbon every year
A new study has found that deadwood releases 10.9 billion tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere and soil every year, and climate change could make it worse.
Millions of green jobs can be created by ending subsidies that harm nature, WWF says
The WWF say that 39 million new green jobs could be created globally if governments diverted their annual subsidies directed into planet-harming activities
Climate change is an infrastructure problem – map of electric vehicle chargers shows one reason why
Infrastructure, for example, electric vehicle charging, will be a vital part of electrification in the US and efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Forest wildfires could actually help combat climate change. Here’s how
A new approach to tackling the global wildfire crisis could help make forest ecosystems more resilient. A forestry expert explains.
This weather index measures climate-related risks. Here's how
E3CI is a new tool which uses AI to more accurately measure weather-related risks. Could it change the way financial and insurance markets operate?
3 steps towards making aviation and marine fuel cleaner
There is increasing onus on the aviation and shipping sectors to decarbonize – but more action is needed to make sustainable fuels viable
'Open sky' schools are helping Indian farmers adapt to climate change
'Open sky' schools serve as demonstration plots to help Indian farmers learn techniques to adapt to climate change, plus other recent farming advances.
What you need to know about the environment this week
Top stories: Hurricane Ida hits US Gulf Coast; Weather disasters becoming more costly and frequent; Almost a third of the world's tree species at risk of extinction.