THORIQ IBRAHIM, the Maldives Minister of Environment and Energy and chair of the Alliance of Small Island States, argues for optimism at COP23 and asks fellow leaders to make it into a 'joyous occasion'.
… Nigeria; and an unyielding drought in East Africa - will, I hope, give the issue renewed …
The theory of cap-and-trade is brilliantly simple; in practice, however, it's just not moving fast enough, says Alison Smith. A runner-up in the Ecologist/nef essay competition...
… investing in an energy efficient factory in Africa or a wind farm in India, companies can …
How much of the mainstream media coverage given to COP21 and the Paris Agreement mentioned the mysterious exemption given to the US's massive military and security machine? None, writes Joyce Nelson. Not only are these emissions entirely outside the UNFCCC process, but a 'cone of sillence' somehow prevents them from even forming part of the climate change discourse.
… the US military alliance now blanketing Africa." [5] Flounders noted that these 1998 …
By working together and caring for those in need we can show that human kindness and global cooperation are stronger than competition and fear, writes Matt Mellen, and essential to building the better world we seek. Let's begin by recognising the humanity of the refugees washing up on Europe's shores.
… ruinous state of the Middle East and North Africa is essentially down to 'us' - UK, …
Climate negotiations are always a balancing act. But the global atmosphere is not a politician, and it won't forgive us if we get this wrong
… controversial concessions has come from the African Union delegation, whose leader for the … know my proposal today will disappoint some Africans, who from the point-of-view of … that funding targets would be met, and no, Africa should not have to trade off on vital …
The Aedes mosquitos that carry the Zika virus and dengue fever are not just perfectly adapted to life in cities, writes Nadia Pontes. They are also being helped along by warming climates which increase their range. It's time to get serious about the health implications of a hotter planet.
… The Zika virus was discovered in Uganda, Africa in 1947, but the first outbreak in …
A report published ahead of tomorrow's UN Climate Summit shows that we can meet all our energy needs from renewables, writes Paul Brown - poor nations and prosperous, tiny islands and great cities, in any part of the globe. And some are doing it already ....
… in the US, Cape Verde island in West Africa, Bangladesh, Costa Rica, and Tuvalu …
Analysis showing lower greenhouse gas emissions associated with intensive livestock production could pose a challenge to our views on best farming practice
… ‘The current systems in Brazil, sub-Saharan Africa and Asia are very land-hungry because …
Limiting climate change is just the start of what we need to do to forestall a runaway cascade of species extinctions, write Bill Laurance & Paul Ehrlich. We must also reverse the destruction and fragmentation of key wildlife habitats, constrain our over-consumption of natural resources, stabilise human numbers - and elect leaders determined to prioritise these issues.
… giant ground sloths - as they migrated from Africa to the other continents. In Australia, …
How do displacement and migration relate to natural disasters and climate change? Today, there is little clarity about their inter-relationship. ARTHUR WYNS debunks three common misconceptions and offers a fresh perspective to frame the subject of 'climate migration'
… affected by climate change: local farmers in Africa and Asia. Misunderstanding No.3: "Those …
As COP21 reaches its endgame, there are plans to build 2,440 coal-fired power plants around the world, write Mowdud Rahman & Greig Aitken. Their completion would send global temperatures, and sea levels, soaring. Yet Bangladesh, the world's most 'climate vulnerable' large country, has plans for a 1.3GW coal power plant on the fringes of its World Heritage coastal wetlands.
… to import from, variously, Australia, South Africa, or Indonesia. India also could be …
Oxford researchers have quantified the benefits of the world becoming vegetarian, writes Marco Springmann. Their study shows that simple changes - like moving to diets low in meat and high in fruit and vegetables - could lead to significant reduction in mortality and health care costs, while cutting food sector greenhouse gas emissions by two thirds.
… would need to more than double in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia just to meet global …
The global homogenisation of food carries costs, writes Sayed Azam-Ali - notably the world's the increasing dependence on just a few 'elite crops', creating a precarious food system vulnerable to climate change. We must diversify our diets, and the crops that that feed us.
… ) is a highly nutritious, drought-tolerant African food legume. However, during Africa's colonial period it was increasingly …
At the New York Climate Summit, an international agreement has been struck to halve, then end deforestation around the world. It has the support of major forest countries, multinational corporations, forest campaign groups and indigenous peoples.
… , which is to become the first nation in Africa to completely stop cutting down its … aid. Norway will pay the Ebola-stricken West African country $150m (£91.4m) to stop …
With 80% of the world's fossil fuel reserves 'unburnable' if the world is to meet its climate targets, writes Melanie Mattauch, the divestment movement is moving from strength to strength. As investor confidence in fossil energy ebbs away, 2015 is where the endgame for a dying industry begins.
… divestment campaigns have started in South Africa and the Pacific Islands. On 13-14 …
Biogas digesters are a key technology for global sustainable development, writes John M. Hawdon. They simultaneously combat parasites that infect a billion people, reduce deforestation and methane emissions, and deliver vital energy to rural communities.
… in China and other countries in Asia and Africa. The technology is also coming of age …
Climatologists have spotted an 'easy hit' to reduce global warming by cutting emissions of short lived forcing agents like soot from dirty power plants, 2-stroke engines and cooking fires, writes Miles Allen. But while we should take action on these pollutants, it must not come at the expense of holding back on cutting emissions of the big long term climate forcer: carbon dioxide.
… clean and efficient wood-stoves in East Africa. I well recall the infernal conditions …
Increasing numbers of investors are waking up to the reality that the fossil fuel era is coming to an end, writes Yossi Cadan. But there's one sector that hasn't yet got the message: the fossil fuel industry itself is determined to keep on piling good money after bad. So join the worldwide divestment party this weekend and help ram the message home!
… 58 countries across 6 continents. From South Africa to USA, Bangladesh to Berlin, people …
Promises made by governments to cut their greenhouse emissions come nowhere near stopping global warming rising above the 2C danger level, writes Alex Kirby. And in many cases the laws and policies needed to deliver them are absent.
… long-term (2050) goals." The INDCs of two African countries, Ethiopia and Morocco, are … Brazil, Iran, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, and …