This island nation in the Pacific Ocean is on its way to becoming the world’s first carbon-neutral tourist destination for 2021 with citizens and visitors alike pledging to live eco-consciously.
Carbon pricing has become a polarizing tactic in the fight against the climate crisis and emissions. Some governments promote the “tax” as a way to deter polluters and penalize those who contaminate the environment free of charge. While some opponents view the levy as an easy way to […]
Speaking to the United Nations General Assembly via video on Tuesday, President Xi Jinping announced that China plans to have its carbon emissions peak before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060. Climate experts are expressing cautious optimism about the announcement, which suggests a stronger ambition to reduce […]
A year ago in June and July wildfires in the Arctic had released as much carbon as Belgium does in an entire year — an unprecedented summertime burn that would amplify the region’s climate change–fueled fever. But everything, apparently, is worse in 2020, including the climate toll of this year’s Arctic […]
First of all we hope you are all safe! We wanted to share this positive message amidst a challenging and fear heavy period of 2020. Greenhouse gas emissions from commercial air travel was growing at a faster clip than predicted in previous, already dire, projections, according to recent […]
The report concludes that permafrost ecosystems could be releasing as much as 1.1 to 2.2 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year — almost as much as the 2018 annual emissions of Japan and Russia, respectively The Arctic is undergoing a profound, rapid and unmitigated shift into a […]
During the past few weeks, the top of the world has been burning. Vast swaths of the Arctic, from Alaska to Siberia, are on fire, with scientific agencies breaking out the term “unprecedented” to describe the situation. To the ecologists who work in the Arctic, this pyrotechnic summer is both […]
Top investors know a thing or two about money. And they say it’s INACTION that’s going to cost us. The most recent, compelling point to the ‘environment or economy’ discussion comes via a coalition of gigantic investors who collectively manage $32 trillion in assets. Under the banner of […]
Canada contains less than 0.5 per cent of the world’s population, yet it contains 18 per cent of the cities which promise to ensure new buildings operate at net-zero carbon by 2030. A view of downtown Toronto. With Vancouver and Montreal, Toronto has signed on to a global net-zero […]
In estimations of ocean heat content—important when assessing and predicting the effects of climate change—calculations have often presented the rate of warming as a gradual rise from the mid-20th century to today. However, new research from UC Santa Barbara scientists Timothy DeVries and Aaron Bagnell could overturn that […]
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