by Robert Hart | 12 Nov 2019 | Climate decoders, Decoders, Environment
The next push to combat climate change comes soon in Spain, when more than 190 countries meet to tackle global warming. Here’s what to expect. Smoke rises behind a destroyed apartment complex, Ventura, California, 5 December 2017 (AP Photo/Noah Berger) At the...
by Jeremy Lovell | 17 Oct 2019 | Economy, Environment
Economic growth is the holy grail for most politicians. But it can boost carbon emissions and exacerbate the climate crisis. Time to adjust our goals? All alone, Greta Thunberg holds a placard reading ‘School strike for the climate’ outside the Swedish parliament in...
by Sarah Edmonds | 12 Sep 2019 | Environment, Personal Reflections
Ashamed of flying because it worsens your carbon footprint? You’re not alone if you want to ride the rails — as I recently did when my life took a turn. (French countryside viewed from a TGV fast train. Video and photo by Sarah Edmonds) I am suffering an...
by Bernd Debusmann | 28 Aug 2019 | Americas, Environment
The Amazon — the “lungs” of our planet — is burning. What to do? Punish Brazil with sanctions? Eat less meat? Or send in forces? Fire in the Amazon rainforest, Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil, 25 August 2019 (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Here are...
by Sue Landau | 26 Aug 2019 | Climate decoders, Environment
The climate crisis is everywhere now, but so are initiatives to cope with it and counter it. That is perhaps the biggest positive change since the 2015 Paris Climate Accord. You can see this just by watching television or Internet news, reading the most informative...