Climate Change

On Wednesday evening, as millions of Texans were without power during a historic and catastrophic cold spell, the state’s junior senator was on his way to Cancun, where it was 84 degrees and sunny, no chance of rain. What was Ted Cruz thinking? A less well-known (or less Very Online)…

Key Takeaways: Sustainability-linked loans (SLLs), created in 2017, and sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs), started in 2020, belong to a broader spectrum of financing tools that have recently been rising. Though the sustainable finance trend hasn’t attracted the same media attention as green marketing campaigns, it speaks to a growing need for…

Economists are urging the U.S. government to adopt a higher number for the social cost of carbon emissions. Why it matters: The social cost of carbon might be the single most important number on climate change, one that helps decide how much we're willing to invest to slow global warming…

Author of the article: Megan Gillis Publishing date: Feb 17, 2021  •  1 hour ago  •  1 minute read Ottawa digs out from a snowstorm. Photo by Tony Caldwell /Postmedia Wednesday starts out pretty chilly with a morning low of -20 C but we’re headed to -6 C with plenty of…

February 16, 2021 Bill Gates, philanthropist and founder of Microsoft, argues that, even as we work to end the global pandemic, we can’t lose sight of another existential threat:  climate change. He says that we need to take aggressive action to get to net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and…

Ledyard King   | USA TODAY WASHINGTON – Bill Gates is an optimist when it comes to climate change. Yes, the Microsoft co-founder and global health philanthropist said, the last four years have been a wasted opportunity to combat the threat of a warming planet and U.S. leadership on the issue waned under Donald…

The effects of unchecked CO2 emissions on global climate change are increasingly seen and felt worldwide. Global climate change related to CO2 emissions is one of the most significant challenges for the future of human life on Earth. There are many potential options for reducing or even eliminating atmospheric CO2…

BILL Gates has issued a stark warning about climate change, claiming that the world needs to take action now to avoid a human catastrophe.PUBLISHED: 01:06, Sun, Feb 14, 2021 | UPDATED: 07:20, Sun, Feb 14, 2021 Bill Gates says he’s ‘surprised’ by Covid-19 conspiracies Sign up for FREE now and…

Forest conversion from 1986 to 2000. Percentage of forest pixels converted, mapped at a 990 m x 990 m resolution. All cities with a population greater than 250,000 are displayed as black dots. Credit: Clark University Professor Christopher A. Williams New research by Christopher A. Williams, an environmental scientist and…

If climate change threatens human life as we know it, so does another potential form of “fire”—nuclear weaponry. February 12, 2021 EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch. If you live in…