Soil scientist, H Henry Janzen has published a research paper rethinking how we talk about carbon in the ground. Instead of “sequestration,” which implies locking carbon away permanently, they’re proposing a shift to “stewardship” –… Read More »Nurturing Nature’s Carbon Cycle: The Case for Soil Carbon Stewardship
Just two weeks after the COP29 UN Climate Summit concluded with a global call for unity and accountability, Azerbaijan has come under intense scrutiny for escalating its crackdown on civil society and media. The United… Read More »Just weeks after COP29, Azerbaijan’s Crackdown on Civil Society Sparks Global Condemnation
“Our land systems are at a breaking point,” says Johan Rockström, lead author of the planetary boundaries framework. “We stand at a precipice and must decide whether to step back and take transformative action or… Read More »New Report: Urgent Action Needed to Transform Global Land Use and Combat Degradation
Director of Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) issues urgent warnings to stay within panetary boundaries by using this decade to get back on track to safe planetary health as new report by PIK… Read More »Professor Rockström issues warnings on crossing land-based planetary boundaries
I recorded this interview with Professor Kevin Anderson via Zoom from Baku in the last days of COP29. Kevin provides some critical insights into how the headlines we often see reported breakdown from a numerical… Read More »Prof. Kevin Anderson: COP failure crisis has led to large risks & dire consequences
Starting January 1, 2025, Italy will introduce mandatory climate insurance for all businesses—a groundbreaking policy designed to shield its economy from the escalating costs of climate-related disasters. This initiative comes at a critical moment, as… Read More »Can Italy’s businesses weather the storm? Mandatory climate insurance for all companies from jan 1st
In this Climategenn episode we hear two committed voices non different sides of the climate engineering debate, make their cases as to why we should or should not research geoengineering with the intention of deployment… Read More »Should we engineer the climate? Nick Breeze interviews Dr Heidi Sevestre and Herb Simmens
In this interview with the Vice Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Professor Diana Ürge-Vorsatz, gives her perspective on a range of critical issues – in part presenting a glass-half-full perspective, despite… Read More »Is the climate glass half full or half empty? IPCC Vice Chair Prof. Diana Ürge-Vorsatz
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Activists including Greta Thunberg have been arrested protesting in Brussels against the EU subsidies that are supporting the fossil fuel industry. With so much global destruction now underway as a consequence of greenhouse gas emissions,… Read More »“Our politicians have failed us.”
European Civil Society Urges Immediate End to Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Open Letter to EU Leaders A coalition of more than 30 major climate and social justice organisations under the United for Climate Justice (UCJ)… Read More »October 5th: The People of Europe rise against fossil subsidies in Brussels
The summer of 2024 brought some of the most extreme weather conditions Europe has ever seen, with record-breaking temperatures and highly uneven rainfall patterns depending on location. According to a preliminary analysis by the Copernicus… Read More »Record-breaking Heat Stress in Southeastern Europe During the Summer of 2024
As digital technologies rapidly advance and global demand for data and hardware surges, the carbon footprint of the tech sector is growing. This was revealed in a report co-authored by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)… Read More »New Report: Tech Industry’s Carbon Footprint escalating as climate impacts destroy lives
Imagine you could give Earth a physical, complete with diagnostic tools, lab results, and a concerned doctor ready to offer advice. Well, the newly launched *Planetary Health Check* (PHC) is basically that – but for… Read More »The First Planetary Health Check Report Issues Red Alert – Highlights interconnectedness
The Amazon rainforest is burning at an unprecedented scale, devastating biodiversity, Indigenous lands, and accelerating the global climate crisis. In Brazil alone, fires have already consumed 5.4 million hectares, with record-breaking blazes in Bolivia and… Read More »Amazon Fires: A Biodiversity and Climate Emergency
Portugal is experiencing a brutal wildfire season, with blazes in the north of the country breaking records for carbon emissions this September. According to the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), these fires have already released… Read More »Portugal’s Wildfires Set New Record for Carbon Emissions, Smoke Set to Spread Across Europe
