Want to ensure the impact of COVID-19 on the environment slows climate change? Then be sure to vote, a top environmentalist tells a News Decoder webinar. Tom Burke (upper left) leads webinar on COVID-19 and climate change. What can young people do to ensure that...
COVID-19 has stifled economic activity, leading to a drop in carbon emissions and clearer skies. But don’t count on the pandemic saving our planet. India Gate in New Delhi, India, pictured on 28 October 2019 (top) and on 20 April 2020 (bottom), showing improved...
Global warming and its consequences can provoke anxiety in young people. Educators need to be trained on how best to teach about climate change. A student attends a climate strike protest in Canberra, Australia, 15 March 2019 (EPA-EFE/LUKAS COCH) “Are we going to...
Sea levels are rising quickly due to global warming. If the trend continues — or accelerates — entire coastlines will be threatened. Scientists walk on ice in Antarctica, 25 November 2018. (EPA-EFE/FELIPE TRUEBA) Sea levels are rising ever faster around...
A global climate conference faces a deepening crisis as nations renege on pledges made in Paris in 2015. Still, there are glimmers of hope at COP 25. Climate change activists lie in a fountain during a protest in Madrid, Spain, 3 December 2019 (AP Photo/Paul White)...