In Guatemala’s southwest region lies a large lake with a storied history. Lake Atitlán is one of Central America’s most critical local sources of drinking water, and is surrounded by…
Category: Earth
Can giant batteries unlock Africa’s green industrial future?
When Tropical Storm Ana made landfall in Malawi in 2022, it hit the landlocked country’s electricity system hard, destroying a third of its hydropower capacity and causing nationwide system shutdowns.…
With extreme heat now a public health crisis, local data can save lives
Eric Mackres is senior manager of urban analytics for the WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities and attended London Climate Action Week during the June 2026 heatwave. Usama Bilal is…
We need no-go mining zones for the energy transition to be just: Here’s how it could work
Perrine Fournier is a trade, mining, and forest campaigner at Fern. The threat that mining critical raw materials poses to some of the planet’s most important ecosystems is beyond dispute. To prevent it,…
Got pesky, invasive corals? Blast ‘em away with air guns
Invasive corals are getting blown out of the water — with undersea air guns. While corals around the world are dying in vast numbers due to ocean acidification, climate change,…
Hidden tree bark microbes munch on important climate gases
Trees are known for capturing carbon dioxide as they grow. But they also soak up other gases implicated in climate change through microbes in their bark. The tree bark microbes…
Deep-sea mining might feed plankton a diet of junk food
Mining the seafloor for valuable metals could send dangerous ripples through ocean food webs. Tiny floating plankton, the base of the food web, can accidentally ingest particles of sediment kicked…
China on course to peak fossil fuel power as soon as this year, reports say
China’s fossil fuel use in the energy sector could soon peak, together with related emissions as clean power surges and electrification spreads across the country, two separate reports said on…
African leaders call for a bigger role in energy transition
African leaders called for regional cooperation and more climate investments, as the second Africa Climate Summit opened this Monday in Addis Ababa. Heads of state urged the continent to play…
Second Africa Climate Summit seeks to jump hurdles to green industrialisation
As the second Africa Climate Summit began in Ethiopia on Monday, a progress report launched by Kenya’s president highlighted how shortfalls in clean energy and infrastructure, a decline in manufacturing…
