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Should We Have Impact Assessments for Disruptive Technologies?
If we don’t create basic assessment systems to make sure we’re using new technologies to advance carbon-neutrality and sustainability, we put our future at risk.
What is COP 25? Why is it blue? We have answers
Forget what COP stands for? Not sure what, exactly, happens at these events? We asked Reporting Services expert Dr. Jennifer Allan to give us some answers.
A make-or-break moment for sustainable, climate-friendly energy policy
The stated goal of the Energy Charter Treaty is to foster cooperation in the energy sector, but it's creating more problems than it's solving.
This is how climate science went mainstream
Climate science has become mainstream... but it wasn't always this way. In the 1960s, worrying about our impact on the Earth was perceived as a niche pursuit. So how did we get to where we are today?
How Reforming Fossil Fuel Subsidies Can Go Wrong
There must be a foundation of trust, along with a clear plan to protect vulnerable segments of the population and, ideally, to phase in the reforms gradually.
Indonesians Are Demanding Climate Action
Thousands of people, youth especially, are calling for Indonesia and countries around the world to live up to their commitments on climate change.
Climate Change Hits Vulnerable Communities First and Hardest
Will the 193 United Nations member states who pledged to “leave no one behind” live up to their promise?
Time to ACCTS? Five countries announce new initiative on trade and climate change
Costa Rica, Fiji, Iceland, New Zealand and Norway launched an initiative that firmly melds trade and climate change together.
Time to Trade Collective Inertia for Collective Action
To get where we need to on climate action, we need to do a lot of things. Here’s what we don’t need to do.
Adaptation to Climate Change: Putting people first
When we talk about solving the climate crisis, we should have more than just a technical lens; we should also be talking about compassion, grief, fear and hope.