A final look at the UN climate conference in Bonn: a Canadian writer explains...
A key takeaway from this year’s United Nations climate change conference (COP 23) is that, when it comes to putting a practical foundation under...
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...
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...
Geo-engineering can stop the Earth warming, at least in theory
Climate scientists now know that geo-engineering – in principle at least – would halt global warming and keep the world at the temperatures it will reach...
Earth bears massive human load
Gross up the mass of all life on Earth, with its disproportionate human load, and the answer is staggeringly heavy. But the uncertainties are...
Climate Change impact on health in Small Island Developing States
Today, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP23), the World Health Organization, in collaboration with the UN Climate Change secretariat and in partnership...