There’s agreement greenhouse gases must be cut. But France has had to scrap a key tactic — a carbon tax — in its fight against climate change. Yellow Vest protesters demonstrate in Bordeaux, France, 8 December 2018 (EPA-EFE/Caroline Blumberg) France...
(All photos by Nick Trombola)By Nick Trombola Three out of four East Africans live in rural areas. For them, water is a necessity, but increasingly scarce. Finding water that is both abundant and drinkable is often a daily chore, especially for herders tending to...
By Joey Bowling Green roofs, sea walls, electric cars, new shower heads, solar panels — schools and local authorities are resorting to a vast range of strategies to reduce greenhouse emissions and brace for the potentially devastating effects of climate change....
This is part of a series of articles on climate change by students in News-Decoder’s global network. By Devin Friedrich and Clio Morrison Buildings produce two thirds of New York’s greenhouse gas emissions, and they hold the key to the city’s fight...
In this episode of “The Kids Are Alright” podcast, we learn how global warming is threatening crucial links in our ecosystem — sharks and coral reefs. In this episode of The Kids Are Alright podcast, Gabriella Iskra introduces listeners to marine...
By Daisy Lawrence What’s the size of two shoe boxes and costs $60 million? California’s newest effort to combat climate change. The U.S. state is teaming up with scientists and investors to build and launch a satellite that will pinpoint sources of...
Shareholder activists are not new. But increasingly these stockholders are focused on addressing social issues, from climate change to gun violence. Greenpeace activists demonstrate during a shareholders’ meeting of pharmaceutical and chemical giant Bayer in Cologne,...
Those of us suffering through heat waves in the Northern Hemisphere this summer may suspect climate change is here already. But it’s not all doom and gloom. A tiger in a zoo refreshes itself with ice blocks during a heat wave in Rome, Italy, 4 August 2017...
The electric car is here to stay. The shift from conventional vehicles will take time and not be an overnight revolution, but the tipping point will come. A man charges his electric car, Neuenstein, Germany, 4 May 2018 (Sina Schuldt/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images) The...
Pupils at a school in India have joined the fight against plastic pollution with an ad campaign aligned with the goals of UN World Environment Day. One of the ads that the students created. At Ascend International School in Mumbai, India, elementary school...