By Alana Westwood, Manjulika Robertson and Samantha Chu, Corporate Knights A survey of more than 700 environmental researchers reveals that 92% experienced interference with their ability to communicate or conduct their work. Environmental scientists in Canada continue to be stifled in their ability to conduct and communicate their research. Interference …
‘I’ve Never Seen Anything Like This’: Japan Says Reason Behind 1,200 Tonnes of Fish Washing Ashore is Unknown
By Justin McCurry, The Guardian The sardines and mackerel were found floating on the surface of the sea near the fishing port of Hakodate in Hokkaido. Sardines and mackerels are seen washed up on a beach in Hakodate, Hokkaido, northern Japan. Photograph: AP Officials in Japan have admitted they are struggling to determine …
Cop28: Second Draft Text of Climate Deal Calls for ‘Transitioning Away’ from Fossil Fuels
By Adam Morton, The Guardian Latest draft does not include a commitment to phase out or phase down fossil fuels, as many countries, civil society groups and scientists have urged. A new draft climate agreement released at the Cop28 climate summit in the United Arab Emirates has for the first time explicitly …
James Robertson Obituary
By Ed Mayo, The Guardian Writer, thinker and champion of green economics, monetary reform and new ways of looking at employment. James Robertson, who has died aged 95, was a writer and thinker at the centre of a growing movement around a green and people-centred economics. An associate of radical …
A Locally Grown Solution for Period Poverty
By Diana Gitig, Ars Technica A Kenyan tinkerer and Stanford engineer team up to make maxi pads from agave fibers. Women and girls across much of the developing world lack access to menstrual products. This means that for at least a week or so every month, many girls don’t go to …
It’s One of the Biggest Experiments in Fighting Global Poverty. Now the Results are In.
By Nurith Aizenman, NPR It’s an unprecedented – and massive – experiment: Since 2017 the U.S.-based charity GiveDirectly has been providing thousands of villagers in Kenya what’s called a “universal basic income” – a cash grant of about $50, delivered every month, with the commitment to keep the payments coming …
Navajo Nation Faces Possible New Threats After Decades of Uranium Mining
By Kate Holland and Tenzin Shakya, ABC News A Canadian company is working to move forward with uranium extraction. Just miles from the site of the 1979 Church Rock Mill spill, the largest nuclear disaster in American history, uranium extraction operations could resume near the Navajo Nation. Now, Navajo leaders …
‘Phaseout’ or ‘Phasedown’? Why UN Climate Negotiators Obsess Over Language
By Akielly Hu, Grist Expect heated debates over single words — and even commas — at COP28. In recent years, environmental activists have lambasted annual United Nations climate conferences for producing “empty words” and “hollow promises” instead of concrete actions to slow global warming. Many of those critics argue that follow-through — actually implementing commitments …
Climate Finance Takes Center Stage at COP28 Climate Talks
By Simon Jessop, Maha El Dahan, and Hadeel Al Sayegh, Reuters DUBAI, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Money pledges grabbed the spotlight again at COP28 in Dubai on Monday as delegates turned their focus to the yawning gap in the need for climate finance and what’s on offer. The United Arab Emirates, the …
COP28: What UN reports say about global action on climate change
By Gloria Dickie, Susanna Twidale, and David Stanway, Reuters Nov 29 (Reuters) – Ahead of this year’s COP28 climate summit in Dubai, U.N. agencies have released several reports offering updates on global progress in limiting climate change. Here are some of the most important findings: GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GASES ARE STILL RISING Global …