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The war in Ukraine threatens to turn back the clock on Russia’s climate progress, with some calling on the country to leave the Paris Agreement and roll back environmental regulations.
Bitcoin has lost over half of its value since November 2021.
A traffic light labelling system and making sustainable dishes the default menu option boosted their popularity.
War, famine and an energy crunch are affecting the world’s response to climate change, but there are reasons for optimism.
Drained peatlands contribute five per cent of global carbon emissions. Paludiculture, or agriculture on wet peatlands, protects peatlands and allows farmers to maintain their livelihoods.
Designed by scientists, a comic book empowers the reader to become a pioneer of cutting-edge, agro-ecological farming in developing countries.
When groundwater comes to the surface, sunlight and air convert organic molecules to greenhouse gases. That’s going to be a problem as we will need this water more as the world warms.
It is time to acknowledge and address the rapid shifts in Canada’s oceans. To meet this challenge, Canada’s marine conservation toolbox — starting with the Oceans Act — needs an overhaul.
The Earth is a resilient planet, but people are altering it in ways that may take centuries to reverse.
Using our oceans as carbon sinks could help achieve climate goals set in the most recent IPCC report.
Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions decreased by only one per cent between 2005 and 2019. A new climate plan charts the path to deep cuts in carbon emissions in only eight years.
Technologies like biomass gasification can help tackle the growing global problem of food waste.
As climate change pressures intensify, ecosystems may lose their ability to bounce back from disasters.
The SEC’s proposal would require companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and other climate risks, but it’s not a done deal yet.
Some investors want publicly traded companies to disclose their full climate impact, including emissions from their supply chains and product use.
An author of the report explains the damaging effects climate change is already having and why adaptation is essential.
If estimates are grossly inaccurate, Australia’s emission reduction targets will not be grounded in a credible assessment of greenhouse gas outputs.
The urgency of the climate crisis was overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic for a while, but the South African government displayed a renewed climate focus over the past year.
Human behaviors shift. Policies change. New technology arrives and evolves. All those changes and more are hard to predict, and they affect tomorrow’s costs.
Top contributors
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Chief research scientist, Climate Science Centre, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere; and Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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Research Group Leader, CSIRO
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Associate Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Director, Queen's Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy, Queen's University, Ontario
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Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor, Melbourne Climate Futures initiative, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Fellow, CSIRO
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Head of Energy, Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Research Director, Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo
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Faculty of Law, The University of Western Australia
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Royal Society Research Professor of Climate Change Science, University of East Anglia
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Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University
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CEO, Climateworks Centre
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
