World’s poorest people are being poisoned by their basic foods
As global temperatures creep inexorably upwards, the warming helps toxins to thrive, with dire consequences for human health. There are millions of stunted children...
Shell’s green plan underwhelms critics
A leading producer of fossil fuels, which last month announced its intention to reduce its contribution to the global warming stoked by society’s prodigal...
Ancient Antarctic explains today’s warming world
Deep in the last Ice Age, 17,700 years ago, the ancient Antarctic suddenly began to warm. Climate change, unexpectedly, made itself felt in the Southern...
Record climate heat means fiercer hurricanes
Fiercer hurricanes are rapidly becoming more frequent than they were 30 years ago. The cause may be entirely natural, scientists say.
But Hurricane Harvey, which in...
BROAD NGO ALLIANCE PRESENTS EQUITY APPROACH TO UNLOCK AMBITION IN UN CLIMATE TALKS
As social movements, environmental and development NGOs, trade unions, faith and other civil society groups, we have come together to assess the climate commitments...
Small global warming cuts offer huge savings
Everybody profits from a world that cuts global warming to only another half a degree. The challenge is to persuade nations to act.
Californian scientists...