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DARYL SWANEPOEL: Climate finance mechanisms must not deepen inequalities
It is becoming abundantly clear that the global community needs to reconsider its approach to climate finance to mitigate against the escalating effects of climate change. At the recent UN Climate Change Conference (COP29), wealthier nations made pledges
Community feedback requested on the 2025 Community Wildfire Protection Plan
Submitted by San Juan County The San Juan County Community Wildfire Protection Plan is being updated from its original 2012 version and is now open for public comment – community feedback is requested! Please view the latest draft online at
Trump takes aim at the people who protect national parks from climate change
Reporting for this story was supported by the Climate Equity Reporting Project at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and is part of a project on how the Trump administration’s funding cuts are affecting Californians. The last few months have been a
What ‘the world’s loneliest whale’ may be telling us about climate change
Almost 40 years ago, deep in the Pacific, a single voice called out a song unlike any other. The sound reverberated through the depths at 52 Hertz, puzzling those listening to this solo ringing out from the ocean’s symphony. The frequency was much higher than
Critics: Climate change lawsuits on tenuous legal grounds
The Advocate & Democrat | 2025-04-02, 09:23
(The Center Square) – A flurry of lawsuits have been filed around the country in recent years attempting to make oil and gas companies pay for the costs of climate change. But critics of these lawsuits say that they are ...
President Trump’s Energy Dominance Agenda Leaves Climate Juggernaut on Brink of Collapse
It has taken President Trump and his ‘energy dominance’ agenda less than 60 days to put the entire edifice of the climate juggernaut – over 30 years in the making – at risk of collapse. As with much of the President’s agenda in foreign policy,
How the Tea Board combated climate change impact on Darjeeling tea
As Darjeeling tea production is getting impacted by various factors, including climate change, the Tea Board has adopted measures like improving farm management practices, integrated
What is school for?
In 1939 the American educator Harold Benjamin published a book of satirical essays, The Sabre-Tooth Curriculum. One tells the story of a Stone Age man called “New-Fist-Hammer-Maker”. New-Fist sets up a school that teaches “fish-grabbing-with-the-bare-hands”,
The Nadir of the climate change movement
It is possible that the Trump Administration is going to deal the death blows to the long-running climate change hysteria and government hostility to... ...
Climate change is a real financial risk, Super Fund managers say
The managers of the New Zealand Super Fund say they apply a sustainable finance and climate lens to every activity they have. It comes after New Zealand First MP Andy Foster lodged a member's bill promising to end "woke ideologies", which leader Winston Peters
Water summit discusses climate change solutions
Speakers at the International Water Pioneers Summit 2025 held in Hong Kong on Tuesday stressed the urgent need for demand-side reforms and technology-driven solutions to address the growing pressures of climate change. Industrial leaders and government
How AI Is Transforming Climate Change Prediction And Mitigation
Discover how AI is transforming climate change prediction, risk modeling, and mitigation - while balancing energy use, equity, and transparency in deployment. ...
OKLAHOMA VOICE: Climate disasters are on the rise; these states want to make oil companies pay.
Tahlequah Daily Press | 2025-04-02, 02:25
For many California residents, the
ABC News Ignores Urban Heat Island Effect On Early Cherry Blossoms, Blames Climate Change
ABC News ran a story this week reporting on the early bloom of the cherry
Colombia’s coffee farmers try to balance innovation and tradition to adapt to climate change
CHINCHINA, Colombia — “Before, the seasons seemed etched into the calendar, with well-defined periods of drought and rain. Today, the climate has gone completely mad!” says coffee grower Oscar Gomez from his farm nestled in the mountains of Colombia’s Eje
This Jesuit priest picks prison over a fine for climate activism
A Jesuit priest says he prefers going to prison than paying a 500-euro ($541) fine for participating in a climate activists’ street blockade in the southern German city of Nuremberg. The Rev. Jörg Alt started serving his nearly month-long prison sentence
Rethinking carbon: The climate movement needs to be a human one, says Paul Hawken
Celebrated author, thinker and entrepreneur Paul Hawken joins Mongabay’s podcast to discuss his new book, Carbon: The Book of Life, and argues that the jargon and fear-based terms broadly used by the climate movement alienate the broader public
America First intel approach downplays Russia, ignores climate change
Recently appointed US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and other top intelligence officials appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee to discuss the US intelligence services’ (ATA). Most of the committee’s time and attention was focused
Tram joins Sundarbans’ climate-change fight
Kolkata: An increase of 1% in carbon emissions in Kolkata will reduce the photosynthesis of mangroves by 15%, Abhijit Chatterjee, an air pollution expert from Bose Institute, said on Tuesday to underline why trams remain central to the city's decarbonisation
Federal cuts could impact road and climate projects in Fort Collins. Here's a list
Who represents Larimer County at the Colorado Capitol, U.S. Capitol Here are Larimer County's elected officials at the Colorado Capitol, U.S. Capitol The city of Fort Collins estimates that $41 million in federal grants, primarily for climate and
How Just Stop Oil harnessed emotions to ignite public concern for climate change
The climate activist group Just Stop Oil (JSO) has announced the end of its campaign of direct action. Many will read the group’s legacy through the lens of public hostility: the frustration caused, the angry headlines, the outrage at its tactics. Not only
Charen: What happens when government reports ‘alternative facts’?
Courtesy Kendra Best Mona Charen Much has been written about the Trump team’s assault on civil society, universities, public health, the judiciary and our global alliances, and rightly so – but there is one danger that deserves more attention because our
Climate change blues
US President Donald Trump has pulled out the US from Paris agreement on global warming for the second time. Will the international climate diplomacy and global momentum to cut emissions get stalled once again, as has
Unsafe to Hold UN Climate Session in 'Toxic' Australia — Expert
It is unsafe to hold the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Australia, it is turning into a toxic country, Professor Alexei Martynov told Sputnik. ...
Can we stop plastics from seeping into farm fields, food and eventually human bodies?
By MELINA WALLING and RODNEY MUHUMUZA | Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — In Uganda’s Mbale district, famous for its production of arabica coffee, a plague of plastic bags locally known as buveera is creeping beyond the city. Related Articles California
Average Person Will Be 40% Poorer If World Warms By 4C, New Research Shows
Economic models have systematically underestimated how global heating will affect people's wealth, according to a new study that finds 4C warming will make the average person 40% poorer --
Heavy rain, floods force school closures on Greek islands
Athens, Apr. 1 (BNA): Torrential rain, flooding, and storms swept through the Aegean Sea on Tuesday, prompting the
A Jesuit priest prefers prison over a fine to draw attention to climate change
BERLIN — A Jesuit priest says he prefers going to prison than paying a 500-euro ($541) fine for participating in a climate activists' street blockade in the southern German city of Nuremberg. The Rev. Jörg Alt started serving his nearly monthlong prison
Les Leyne: Eby government abandons made-in-B.C. climate policy
Premier David Eby’s credibility is likely going to drop a lot further than the price of gas did overnight. A night full of argument in the legislature Monday was expected to end with passage of a bill that follows the federal lead in eliminating the
Global warming of more than 3C this century may wipe 40% off the world's economy, new analysis reveals
The damage climate change will inflict on the world's economy is likely to have been massively underestimated, according to new research by my colleagues and I which accounts for the full global reach of extreme weather and its aftermath. To date, projections
