Top news of the week: 22.12.2022.
What’s this unfamiliar feeling I have after the Cop15 meeting? It might just be hope
The Montreal biodiversity conference set some ambitious targets, says Craig Bennett, chief executive of the Wildlife Trusts
Big oil is behind conspiracy to deceive public, first climate racketeering lawsuit says
Lawyer in a civil lawsuit launched by towns in hurricane-hit Puerto Rico describes why it is using laws used to target mob bosses
Almost 8,000 US shootings attributed to unseasonable heat – study
Research suggests climate crisis may contribute to increased gun violence by pushing temperatures beyond normal range
More than 1 in 10 species could be lost by end of century, study warns
Modelling shows that if we continue on current trajectory, global heating will drive a cascade of extinctions in plants and animals
Climate change is transforming the Arctic
A typhoon, smoke from wildfires and increasing rain are not what most imagine when thinking of the Arctic. Yet these are some of the climate-driven events included in a detailed annual ...
A wintery avalanche of climate misinformation
Bob Ward debunks yet more false claims on climate change being spread in the UK by certain public figures as they exploit Twitter’s lack of rules against misinformation.
‘We’ll be hated, but it will stir things up’: Insulate Britain on what happened next – and being right all along
Their sit-down protests caused chaos on roads and made them a target for tabloid ire and drivers’ fury. Then an energy crisis hit – and now the government is playing catchup as we shiver in ...
US International Climate Finance Fails Again to Meet Moment
Congress unveiled a spending package for fiscal year 2023 that fails to deliver on the U.S.’s international climate finance commitments. This year’s bill includes slightly over $1 billion ...