Top news of the week: 16.02.2022.
Climate
US west ‘megadrought’ is worst in at least 1,200 years, new study says
Human-caused climate change significant driver of destructive conditions as even drier decades lay ahead, researchers say
Rising to the Climate Change Challenge
WRI helps policymakers, businesses and civil society at the local, national and international levels advance the systems change necessary for climate action.
Top environmental groups call on Biden to protect mature trees and forests on federal lands from logging
Environmentalists say there's a simple way to combat climate change and store carbon: protecting older trees.
Vanessa Nakate: Climate change is about the people
Vanessa Nakate started her journey as a climate activist in 2018. The climate crisis has been one of the greatest threats affecting the lives of many Ugandans - and she became increasingly ...
Germany appoints ex-Greenpeace chief as special climate envoy
Jennifer Morgan is first person to hold role and vows to put climate crisis at top of diplomatic agenda
Great Powers, Climate Change and Global Environmental Responsibilities
6.30pm Thurs 3 March | Alina Averchenkova, Barry Buzan, Kathy Hochstetler, Miriam Prys-Hansen, Stacy Vandeveer | Registration Required | Free event at LSE
Winter and summer mood, and a climate change interview on TRT World
I'm thinking about doing a long walk this summer in Europe, alternated with trips by public transport to historic cities close to the route. Such a trip would mean many weeks of travel ...
There’s an invisible ecosystem in the air — and climate change is disrupting it
New research shows warming could push atmospheric pathogens into new areas.