Top news of the week: 12.05.2021.
Climate
Fossil Fuels, Climate Change and India's COVID-19 Crisis
What role is India's notorious urban air pollution playing in the country's unfolding COVID-19 catastrophe?
It’s Climate Week for Latin America and the Caribbean
Join people across the region to find out what’s happening to keep a livable planet. Check our page on the week for a quick glance at ideas, actions, science and ambitious plans to move ...
How to spot the difference between a real climate policy and greenwashing guff
Unless actions by governments and corporations cut emissions here and now, a dose of scepticism is in order, says Guardian environment editor Damian Carrington
French Senate seeks to weaken constitutional pledge on climate change
Right-wing lawmakers expressed concerns that a state guarantee might become an obstacle to innovation and French businesses
How climate change skepticism held a government captive
In her new book, reporter Marian Wilkinson uncovers the network of politicians, business leaders and others who have wielded huge influence over Australia’s climate policy for more than two ...
A Science-Fiction Solution to Climate Change?
Dr. Peter Frumhoff weighs in on a controversial idea for slowing down global warming: shooting particles into the atmosphere to cool the planet.
Climate Change: The world depends on a low-carbon India
As the world confronts a changing climate, India is a crucial unknown, and its decisions could either doom global efforts to curb climate emissions or jumpstart them
The world needs to dramatically cut methane emissions to avoid worst of climate change, UN says
The world could slash human-caused methane emissions by up to 45% this decade, according to the U.N.'s Global Methane Assessment.