Climate: The usefulness of prophets of doom
More and more studies are predicting climate disaster. Will the prophesies of doom lead to action to curb global warming…
Why do we talk money when we talk climate change?
Have you ever noticed how people frame the debate about climate change in terms of dollars, jobs and the economy?…
Electric cars: the revolution is at hand
Electric cars are starting to challenge petrol-powered vehicles and could revolutionize our entire way of getting around while curbing climate…
On climate, Trump stirs global anxiety, miners’ hopes
The world anxiously awaits Donald Trump's decision whether to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord. But U.S.…
Climate change in the age of Trump
Donald Trump's election as U.S. president has cast a pall over efforts to curb global warming. Is there enough momentum…
Trump: Sobering thoughts on his policy agenda
Donald Trump elicits angst from four experts who reflect on his potentially destructive impact on human rights, the environment, the…
Burning climate issues face Marrakesh negotiators
Last year in Paris, world leaders agreed to curb climate change. Now at a global meeting in Marrakesh, the challenge…
“The fate of the earth is in our hands.”
We have technology to avert climate disaster. But do we have the political will? A leading environmentalist is cautiously optimistic…
Specter of climate change haunts Africa
Africa is facing its worst food shortage in three decades. And the driving force is not so much the usual…
Nuclear power: Is it a white knight?
Environmentalists have long denounced nuclear power as dangerous. But it could help us cut the use of fossil fuels and…