Climate Change

A mangrove forest in Khao Lak, Phangnga province.  Kanchana Ayuwattanachai Climate change and environmental sustainability have been hot global issues in recent decades. The 2015 Paris Agreement set a target for 196 countries to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, in order to limit the rise in global temperatures to…

STAND OFF, Alta. — The Prairie Blood coulee winds through a property on the Kainai Nation, also known as the Blood Tribe, in southern Alberta. STAND OFF, Alta. — The Prairie Blood coulee winds through a property on the Kainai Nation, also known as the Blood Tribe, in southern Alberta.…

Data: NOAA; Map: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals The third straight La Niña winter in the U.S. is likely to cause drought to expand and deepen from California to the Plains, branching out across the Southeast, NOAA said Thursday. How it works: Currently, water levels along certain stretches of the Mississippi River…

Biting the Hand It hasn't been the best season for the invisible hand, the 18th century principle that the market be left to its own devices free of government intervention. In August, President Biden took his right hand and applied his signature to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) — signaling…

A huge opportunity exists to support small businesses to become more sustainable as they face mounting economic challenges, according to a new report from Oxford Brookes Business School and Small Business Britain. In findings that point to the ambition amongst small firms to take action on climate change, 71% of…

Employees fix the seats of a Volkswagen AG (VW) ID.5 electric sports utility vehicle (eSUV) on the assembly line at the automaker's electric automobile plant in Zwickau, Germany, on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. The Zwickau assembly lines are the centerpiece of a plan by VW, the world's biggest automaker, to…

The iconic trench coat has been gradually waning in popularity as fickle weather due to climate change makes autumnal temperatures either too balmy or too frigid to wear them. Seoul saw its first frost on Tuesday, 10 days sooner than in previous years, and in some parts of the country…

Research: Bitcoin mining could help slow climate change Andjela Radmilac · 1 day ago · 4 min read Using methane that would be burned or released into the atmosphere for crypto mining could not only make Bitcoin carbon-neutral, but also help it reduce global emissions by as much as 2%.…

Many solutions are being promoted for tackling climate change. They range through planting trees to wind power and soil carbon sequestration. Yet one of the most promising is found in the ocean rather than on land. It involves the growing, and sometimes harvesting, of seaweed. Seaweed is a type of…

“The challenge in all of this is that these things aren’t things that can be done overnight, be they carbon projects or even the industrial decarbonisation.” “So how do we manage that and take some responsibility for that.” Mr Connor acknowledged that debate over the credibility of ACCUs was also…