We have technology to avert climate disaster. But do we have the political will? A leading environmentalist is cautiously optimistic we can save the earth. The world has all the technology it needs to prevent rising temperatures from destroying the earth, but...
By Sue Landau Although there have been few headlines, Africa is facing its worst food shortage since 1985. And the culprit is not so much armed conflict as it is climate change. The United Nations has forecast that up to 50 million Africans could be hungry by...
By Mehdi Belayachi-Rigoreau and Céline Rottier Britain is at a crossroads: To approve a costly, new nuclear power plant as a less than perfect means of eventually ensuring a clean-energy future? Or to follow Germany and Japan’s lead by eschewing nuclear...
By Sue Landau Ever since negotiators clinched a global climate agreement in Paris late last year, the nuclear power industry has been vaunting its virtues as a low-carbon electricity source and alternative to fossil fuels threatening our planet. Now, energy experts...
By Nelson Graves Are you depressed by doomsday forecasts that see our planet and species hurtling irreversibly towards disaster? A French documentary to be featured soon in movie theaters around the world offers an antidote. “Demain” (Tomorrow) tackles...