Emily Armistead is Interim Executive Director at Madre Brava. One of the most striking, and widely shared, images of the recent catastrophic California fires was of a McDonald’s restaurant in Pasadena engulfed…
Category: Earth
Colombia’s COP16 presidency in suspense as minister resigns
Susana Muhamad, Colombia’s minister of environment since 2022 and president of the COP16 UN biodiversity negotiations, has announced she will step down from government, but has asked President Gustavo Petro…
How to resuscitate 1.5°C by identifying accountable countries
Thomas Hahn is associate professor at the Stockholm Resilience Centre and Stockholm University research leader for FAIRTRANS. Robert Höglund is a carbon removal advisor with Marginal Carbon. Mikael Karlsson is associate professor…
When is the deadline for countries to submit 2035 climate plans?
China, the EU and India are among big polluters set to miss this month’s deadline for new targets as concerns grow of a “softening” in climate ambition The head of…
Global conflicts put pressure on climate adaptation
Climate funds are learning how to keep projects running when conflict breaks out by being flexible and working closely with communities In recent years, fresh conflicts have erupted across the…
Climate projects face existential threat after Trump halts aid
The Trump administration’s attack on USAID puts at risk close to $500 million a year in grant-based climate funding for developing countries A new programme to boost the climate resilience…
Elevating women can bridge India’s green skills shortage
Comment: The government and business can do much more to improve training in sectors such as renewables to include more women and help meet climate goals Vaishali Nigam Sinha is…
African governments opt for gas-run cars over EVs to drive down transport emissions Africans choose gas-run cars over electric vehicles
Countries like Nigeria, Egypt and Tanzania are promoting CNG as a cheaper, cleaner fuel than petrol – but using gas could hold back a green transition When Jimoh Abeeb first…
Arctic geoengineering experiment shut due to environmental impact
US-based nonprofit Arctic Ice Project has cancelled tests in Alaska because of potential disruption to the food chain A US research non-profit called the Arctic Ice Project (AIP) is closing…
Shell dodges paying compensation for sham carbon credits in China
The energy giant exited the failed projects after Verra asked for redress, but a legal expert says Shell should be held responsible Shell has avoided paying compensation for nearly 2…
