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‘We’re Not Going to Be Placated.’ Young Activists at COP26 Are Refusing to Settle
You won’t fool the children of the revolution. British glam rock band T-Rex issued this warning in a single back in 1972 (just five years before oil company Exxon quietly received its first report about the warming impact of fossil fuels). But it has rarely felt as relevant as it does at COP26. Today’s young…
Vulnerable Countries Haven’t Had Equal Access to COP26. Can They Still Shape the Talks?
On Monday, U.S. President Joe Biden, French President Emanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi all sat down in a large convention room with more than 100 of their counterparts from around the world. But, despite the wealth and geopolitical clout of these nations, Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of tiny Barbados, was the first…
Nuclear Power Is COP26’s Quiet Controversy
In the midst of the COP26 climate talks yesterday, U.S. and Romanian officials stepped aside for a closed-door session in the conference’s Blue Zone, establishing an agreement for U.S. company NuScale to build a new kind of modular nuclear power plant in the southeastern European country. The company’s plants—designed to be quickly scaled up or…
We Can Beat Climate Change If We Do One Thing Fast
Now, finally, much of the world has become convinced, first-hand, that global warming is not only real but heating up more rapidly than we expected, unleashing irreversible impacts. Many people feel despair and helplessness in the face of doomsday predictions already in evidence. And yet, I’m optimistic that we can solve this problem in time…
The World’s Top Carbon Emitters Now All Have Net Zero Pledges. Most of Them Are Too Vague
In a surprise announcement on Monday, India, the world’s third largest emitter of greenhouse gases, pledged to reach net zero emissions by 2070. The news, delivered at COP26, the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, means that all of the world’s major emitters now have a net zero target— a date by which they will add…
Global Carbon Emissions Have Returned to Pre-Pandemic Levels
GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — The dramatic drop in carbon dioxide emissions from the pandemic lockdown has pretty much disappeared in a puff of coal-fired smoke, much of it from China, a new scientific study found. A group of scientists who track heat-trapping gases that cause climate change said the first nine months of this year…
’Green Swan’ Climate Events Can Rock the World’s Economies. How Banks Prepare for Them Could Save More Than Dollars
One Friday afternoon a decade ago, crisis struck Japan. First came a 9.1-magnitude earthquake, the country’s largest ever recorded. That triggered a massive tsunami, which washed away entire towns. The tsunami then caused a meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, 150 miles north of Tokyo. Immediate human toll aside, the disasters also threatened…
7 Resources to Help You Cope With Climate Anxiety
Coping, caring, and healing is an essential part of climate work
Investors Bet Big on Climate Fight—But Activists Call for Scrutiny of Their Motives
(GLASGOW, Scotland) — Governments and big investors announced fresh steps Wednesday to pour trillions of dollars into curbing global warming, reflecting the financial world’s growing embrace of efforts to fight climate change as both a business necessity and opportunity. But some social justice activists called for scrutiny of investors’ motives, warning that the same financial…
Greenwashing on Facebook: How the World’s Biggest Polluters Use Social Media to Obfuscate on Climate Change
Darren Woods carefully read his opening statement when he testified via video link in U.S. Congress last week, only occasionally looking up to make eye contact. Later that day, the ExxonMobil CEO made headlines when he stated that the company “does not spread disinformation regarding climate change.″ Speaking under oath before a House Oversight Committee…
Leonardo DiCaprio, Camila Cabello, Cher Lend Voices to Climate Action Campaign
Social media campaign aims to push world leaders to accelerate goals of Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
Ten Reasons for Optimism on Climate Change
These are dark times, but hope is not lost nor foolish, and change has already begun