Climate Change

Jordan Peele and Riz Ahmed are set to executive produce Nuhash Humayun’s live-action short film “Moshari,” Variety can reveal. The Oscar winners have boarded Humayun’s exploration of climate change in Bangladesh, which has caused both personal and global tragedies. “The film follows two sisters forced together to survive in a…

Thirty-nine percent of U.S. citizens believe that we are living in the end times, a survey has found. These results come from a Pew Research Center survey of 10,156 adults on the Center's American Trends Panel that was conducted in April 2022 titled "How Religion Intersects With Americans' Views on…

It is now generally recognized that forest policy does not end at national borders: globalization and environmental challenges like climate change and threats to biodiversity demand an international approach. However, little is known about the forest policies regional organizations pursue, the scale on which they are implemented, and their effectiveness.…

With renewables, new technologies, and electrification, we can just stop buying them. Published November 25, 2022 01:00PM EST Everyone has been saying for some time that the 1.5-degree target is lost, especially after the failure of the latest United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP27, held in Sharm el-Sheikh,…

What we need in the U.S. is rapid, complete, fair, and equitable decarbonization. Published November 25, 2022 02:00PM EST The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) has drawn to a close, and there have been countless headlines about the wins (funding for climate victims), the losses (no agreement to…

Luv FM’s journalist, Emmanuel Bright Quaicoe is the only Ghanaian among ten journalists selected for the 2022 Climate Change Journalism (CCJF) of the Media Foundation For West Africa (MFWA). The maiden edition of the Fellowship received over 400 applications from 11 West African countries, of which five males and five…

The UN climate conference wrapped up over the weekend after marathon negotiations that ran way over. The most notable outcome was the establishment of a fund to help poor countries pay for climate damages, which was hailed as a win. Beyond that, some leaders are concerned there wasn’t enough progress at this year’s…

Unsustainable fishing practices are decimating the oceans. Close to 80% of the world’s fisheries are already fully exploited, over-exploited, depleted, or in a state of collapse. And yet, global fish consumption is on an upwards trajectory, having nearly doubled since 1998. Some researchers predict global fish consumption will increase a…

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 23 (Reuters) - The United States is looking to crack down on environmental criminals behind surging deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, using penalties such as Magnitsky sanctions to tackle climate change more aggressively, U.S. sources and officials told Reuters. The plan represents a major shift in…

The Colorado river is the lifeblood of the US Southwest, but today it is drastically depleted due to overuse, megadrought and climate change. Here’s how to rescue it Environment 22 November 2022 By Chelsea Whyte Water levels at Lake Powell, the second-largest reservoir in the US, are falling fast Michael…