Call for polluters to pay ‘climate damages tax’
Global civil society organizations are calling for a tax on fossil fuel supplies to fund support to people hit by climate change impacts.
Polluters should pay for...
No finance plan for climate change victims in draft UN decision
Countries battered by climate change face leaving UN talks in Bonn empty-handed, after a draft decision on Tuesday deferred key finance discussions to next year.
Vulnerable...
China’s plan to cut shipping emissions
Every year, over 60% of the world’s seaborne cargoes and 30% of the world’s shipping containers pass through China’s ports, creating an air pollution problem Beijing...
‘Sometimes I get intimidated’: first-timers at UN climate talks
Thirty young people from developing countries have won grants to attend UN climate change talks in Bonn, Germany, this year.
Funded by the German government, the Global...
Trump’s ‘top priority’ at climate talks: no soft option for China
The Trump administration’s priority at the UN climate talks in Bonn is to block developing countries like China from getting an easier ride.
That is what the US...
‘We are praying it rains soon’ – Nairobi on severe water rations
Four months of water rations and a prolonged drought have left residents of the Kenyan capital Nairobi grappling with dry taps in their homes and offices. Since 1...
‘Sometimes I get intimidated’: first-timers at UN climate talks
Thirty young people from developing countries have won grants to attend UN climate change talks in Bonn, Germany, this year.
Funded by the German government, the Global...
It’s war in the Amazon, says Brazil’s top environmental law enforcer
A war has been declared in the Amazon.
That is how Luciano Evaristo, director of Brazilian environmental law enforcement agency Ibama, described the latest developments in the...
Boko Haram terrorists thriving on climate crisis: report
Chronic drought around Lake Chad is reinforcing terrorist group Boko Haram’s stronghold on the region, a report commissioned by the German government has warned.Some...
Marshall Islands president says shipping registry supports climate action
The world’s second largest shipping registry backs its flag state’s calls for ambitious carbon cuts across the industry, the president of the Marshall Islands said...
Latest news
Popular Articles
Barcelona to ban old cars from roads to tackle air pollution.
Motorists will be prohibited from driving vehicles older than 20 years on weekdays from 2019 in effort to cut emissions
<!--><!--><!--><!-->
Barcelona city council says the...
All choked up: A plan to clean up Britain’s toxic air
GAZING out over London’s chimneys, Liverpool’s docks or Edinburgh’s spires can cloud a tourist’s judgment. Air pollution “plagues” Britain, says one UN official. The...
A look at how Trump's moves on coal will affect the industry.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Donald Trump's move to roll back Obama-era regulations aimed at curbing climate change comes as the coal industry is...
Forecasting societies' adaptive capacities through a demographic metabolism model
Regarding how precisely education contributes to vulnerability reduction, we build the argument upon a well-established causal link between education and health39, 40, 41, 42....
The religious case for caring about climate change
What makes a person decide if they want to take action on climate change? According to a Pew survey, Americans say they are most...