Vernon Rive, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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.
A heat exchanger and transfer pipes at Dominion Energy’s Cove Point LNG Terminal in Lusby, Md.
AP Photo/Cliff Owen
The US, a minor liquefied natural gas supplier a decade ago, now is the world’s top source. That’s good for energy security, but bad for Earth’s climate. An energy scholar explains the trade-offs.
We don’t yet fully understand what global climate tipping points mean for Australia. But we know enough to conclude the impacts of passing one or more tipping points must now be considered.
People run from a bushfire in Uruguay in January 2023.
FEDERICO GUTIERREZ/EPA
Without urgent action, Earth is heading for climate catastrophe. Yet there are reasons for hope in 2024 – including a possible peak in global greenhouse gas emissions.
Recycling construction materials and water can make urban agriculture more sustainable.
Lauren Moore/USDA
A study of dozens of city gardens and urban farms across the US and Europe found several ways to boost their benefits, not just for their neighborhoods, but for the planet.
The impacts of record heat on the global water cycle were severe and wide-ranging – and the trend will continue in 2024.
A worker lifts a solar panel to the roof of a home in Frankfort, Ky. Small-scale solar infrastructure can deliver green energy at a fraction of the life-cycle emissions as large solar farms.
(AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Looking to go solar? While small-scale solar delivers the best results with the least life-cycle impact, a mixed approach offers the best long-term path towards an all-electric future.
The wine industry is both highly vulnerable to climate change and a global source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Southbrook Organic Vineyards in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nick Iwanyshyn
Vaccinating livestock against common disease not only improves animal welfare, it’s good for the planet too.
U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and his Chinese counterpart, Xie Zhenhua, had front-row seats at COP28’s final session.
Kiara Worth/UN Climate Change via Flickr,
The UN climate conference brought some progress. A former UN official who has been involved in international climate policy for years explains what has to happen now for that progress to pay off.
The most comprehensive Australian carbon budget assessment completed to date shows the nation flip-flops from source to sink of carbon emissions, depending on the prevailing conditions.
Birds fly past at sunset as smoke emits from a chimney at a factory in Ahmadabad, India, on Dec. 8, 2014.
(AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Carbon pricing can be a powerful tool to combat climate change and reduce emissions, but it needs to be accompanied by improved regulations, clean technology subsidies and financing mechanisms.
A wildfire burns a section of forest in the Grande Prairie district of Alberta.
(Government of Alberta Fire Service/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
Current greenhouse gas inventories in Canada only consider “managed” lands. This must change before we can truly understand the scale of Canada’s carbon emissions.
Planting trees on deforested lands in Panama.
Jorge Aleman/Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
It might seem counterintuitive to suggest timber harvesting when the goal is to restore forests, but that gives landholders the economic incentive to protect and manage forests over time.
The deal is a global aspiration, not a legally binding agreement. But it should end the idea that burning carbon – in Australia and elsewhere – can continue on a significant scale beyond 2050.