You can donate to environmental charities and even purchase carbon offsets, but not having an additional child typically has a much greater impact.
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Climate change – Analysis and Comment
Critics have described Ghana’s emissions tax as premature.
When we see false information circulating, we might move to debunk it. But prebunking lies and explaining manipulation techniques can work better.
With new insight into the genetic complexity of coffee crops, new, more climate-resilient varieties could be bred in the future.
Canada’s cities must be planned around resident
health and well-being, our research reveals the key barriers to developing truly healthy cities.
The event has prompted questions about the reliability of the state’s electricity grid. But it’s important to note these extreme winds would have seriously disrupted any power system.
Australian passenger cars on average use 20% more fuel than passenger in the US – which has had efficiency standards in place since 1975.
Integrating local and Indigenous knowledge into conservation can help to support diverse diets without compromising biodiversity goals.
Tobacco lobbyists are strongly regulated – could a ‘tobacco-style’ ban work for fossil fuel interests?
From making journeys more fuel-efficient to reducing food waste.
By allowing a case against local greenhouse gas emitters to go ahead, the Supreme Court of New Zealand has opened the door to a new front in climate law – one that takes tikanga Māori into account.
Scientists now have a better understanding of the risks ahead and a new early warning signal to watch for.
The US Department of Energy will review its process for approving new LNG projects.
It’s getting warmer, but there are bumps on the way.
This was no ‘natural disaster’. There are lessons to learn from areas that survived the fires.
Australia lags the US and Canada when it comes to involving Indigenous people in projects on their land. With the growth of renewable energy we have an opportunity to make a fresh start.
Most of the problems confronting the world come down to population growth. But where women are given the choice, they limit the number of children they have.
Environmental policymakers and scholars must listen to sub-Saharan Africans’ voices and recognize the importance of population for achieving sustainable development goals.
There’s grumbling in the bush about hosting big new renewable projects to power cities. We can do this smarter.
Governments and the media remain focused on responding to disasters, not preventing or preparing for them. Here’s what must change — and will and won’t work — as Canada faces increased disaster risks.
The road to fuel-efficiency reform in Australia is a bumpy one – and the Albanese government has hazards to negotiate before its proposal becomes law.
Labour’s ‘Adapt and Thrive’ plan for climate resilience is unlikely to survive the new government’s priorities. But the country cannot avoid addressing its urgent infrastructural deficit.
Researchers, managers and Traditional Owners are joining forces to understand and combat climate threats to Australia’s many unique World Heritage sites.
Crofters who have managed the land for centuries are being offered dubious rewards to risk their rights.
Keeping the average global temperature rise below 1.5°C since pre-industrial times is a goal of the 2015 Paris climate deal. New research suggests that opportunity has passed.