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Saudi Arabia’s Solar Energy Investment
Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest exporter of crude oil, is moving ahead of most of the world in another important area: renewable energy sources. Embracing renewable energy is seen by most observers...
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Divestment from Fossil Fuels is Our Only Hope
Fossil fuel divestment is one of the fastest growing movements on Earth and it continues to gain momentum. Since the divestment movement was launched three years ago, more than 650 individuals and 180...
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Final Climate Negotiations Before COP 20 Underway in Bonn
The final round of negotiations in preparation for the COP 20 climate conference got underway yesterday at UNFCCC headquarters in Bonn, Germany. Set for December in Lima, Peru, COP 20 is an important...
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Task Force Sees Great Value in Smart Submarine Cables
The globe-straddling network of submarine fiber optic cables that bring broadband Internet and voice communications to billions could easily be equipped with a variety of inexpensive sensors capable of...
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EarthTalk: Sweden’s Environmental Leadership
EarthTalk® is a weekly environmental column made available to our readers from the editors of E/The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: I recently heard that Sweden is the greenest country in the...
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First High-Fidelity Maps of Carbon Stocks in Mexico, Peru
Recently developed remote sensing tools and geographical information system (GIS) strategies are enabling researchers and governments to map and inventory national carbon stocks quickly, cheaply and at...
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U.S Commits $3 Billion to Green Climate Fund
Last week signaled two potentially significant advances in the international effort to deal with climate change. On Wednesday China and the United States, the world’s two largest greenhouse gas...
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COP 20 Underway in Lima
The 20th Conference of the Parties – COP 20 – opened yesterday in Lima, Peru. The meeting builds on the work done over the past 5 years in the aftermath of the disappointing Copenhagen Accord of COP 15...
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Video: Climate Change Adaptation
As Cop 20 wraps up its negotiations in Lima, Peru in hopes of securing an international climate treaty in Paris next year, the need for adaptation to a climate changed world becomes abundantly clear....
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Lima Call For Climate Action: The Long Road to Paris Begins
The long road to Paris begins - It seems little has changed in the negotiating process at the latest Conference of the Parties in Lima, Peru. Negotiations spilled into a marathon extended session at...
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IUCN: Value of Natural World Heritage Sites Goes Far Beyond Monetary Gain
Shining a light on the tremendous “life-supporting role” natural ecosystems and biodiversity provide societies, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) held its annual World Parks...
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Environmental Migration Highlights Socioeconomic Costs of Climate Change
Environmental degradation, climate change and natural disasters are uprooting increasing numbers of people around the world. An estimated 22 million people were newly forced to up and move as a result...
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Solar Sector Investment Soars 175 Percent Higher in 2014
A surge in solar sector investment- Global private-sector investment in the solar industry soared 175 percent higher year-over-year in 2014, according to Mercom Capital Group’s “2014 Solar Q4 and...
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People Powered Mass Extinction
The world is losing its wildlife at a rate not seen in 65 million years. We are in the midst of its sixth mass extinction of plants and animals in the past half-billion years. What makes this...
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South Dakota Project Reveals Benefits of Healthy Soils
International Year of Healthy Soils - Effectively all the food we humans consume grows from soil, yet we still are largely ignorant of the rich, wildly diverse ecosystems that exist beneath our feet...
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30 Recent Wildlife Success Stories
Thanks to conservation efforts from organizations like WWF and the David Suzuki Foundation, there were a number of recent wildlife success stories. The combined efforts of governments, organizations...
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Progress on the Road to Paris: Negotiating Text for COP 21 Agreement Published
A first step on the road to Paris - Last week the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) announced that important progress had been won on the road to Paris, where, at the COP...
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Lofty Agricultural Ambitions Fall in Face of Political-Economic Realities
In the World Bank’s 2008 Global Report: Agriculture at a Crossroads, experts from 110 countries advocated, and the leaders of 58 nations agreed, to take “grass roots” approaches to crafting...
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Extreme Weather, Climate Controversy Set the Political Stage
A strong and steady flow of climate change news is crossing news sites and blogs this week. With the advent of fall in the Southern Hemisphere, Northern Australia is experiencing a record-setting heat...
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EarthTalk: COP 21 – Prospects for a Climate Agreement in Paris
EarthTalk® is a weekly environmental column made available to our readers from the editors of E/The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: What are the prospects for reaching an international agreement...
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