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Global use of coal hit record high in 2024
Bleak report finds greenhouse gas emissions are still rising despite ‘exponential’ growth of renewablesCoal use hit a record high around the world last year despite...
The State of Climate Action in 2025: 10 Key Findings
This article focuses on the 2025 findings of the State of Climate Action report series. View past articles here: 2023 2022 2021 2020Research contributions from...
Close Friend of JD Vance Skirts Normal Channels to Take Over NIH Environmental Health Institute
Despite a federal hiring freeze, the Trump administration just appointed a scientist who calls Vance one of his “closest friends” to head the nation’s key...
Waterborne diseases in flood compromised WASH conditions in Malaysia: a planetary health perspective
Floods are one of the major climate events that disrupt vital built systems such as water drainage and sanitation facilities. These conditions make it extremely...
Climate philanthropy as a catalyst for advancing the renewable energy transition and climate resilience in Africa
IntroductionAfrica faces the dual challenges of energy poverty and climate change, necessitating urgent solutions to ensure sustainable development. While renewable energy offers a viable alternative...
Africa’s regional and local climate response to stratospheric aerosol injection characteristics
Future climate projections indicate that Africa will experience significant increases in both mean and extreme temperature indices. These changes will be accompanied by notable shifts...
No major banks have yet committed to stop funding new oil, gas and coal, research finds
‘The objectives of the Paris agreement are slipping further out of reach,’ say researchers from LSENo major bank has yet committed to stop funding new...
‘I fear we are sitting on a time bomb.’ Scientists debate mass distribution of antibiotics in Africa
Prophylactic use of azithromycin saves vulnerable children’s lives, but could trigger antibiotic resistance
New York City Unveils Plan for Flood-Prone Neighborhood Nicknamed ‘The Hole’
A small neighborhood on the border of Brooklyn and Queens floods often. The city has finally mapped out a solution to the problem.By Lauren DalbanIt...
Evacuating Remote Alaska Was Hard. Rebuilding Will Be Even Harder.
Villages in Western Alaska were hit by the remnants of a violent typhoon last week. Many survivors are unlikely to return home for more than...
‘It’s like a horror movie pregnancy.’ Researcher studies maggots—by letting them eat him
Science chats with wildlife epidemiologist Tony Goldberg about what he’s learned from becoming a meal for parasites
Climate-Warming Methane Emissions from the World’s Biggest Livestock Companies Are Bigger Than From Major Oil and Gas Companies
Ahead of the United Nations climate talks in Brazil, advocacy groups are pushing for companies and governments to set meaningful emissions targets to lower emissions...
JD Vance officiated the wedding of new head of NIH environmental institute
Unusual hiring process raises fears of political favoritism
STATEMENT: European Commission Protects EUDR’s Core Principles
Brussels (October 21, 2025) — The European Commission today put forward a formal proposal to simplify the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) for micro and small...
For New Global Forest Pledges to Succeed, They Must Center Forest Communities
Forests are among our most powerful allies in the fight against climate change. As the world races to halt and reverse deforestation globally by 2030,...
Trump Targets Federal Employees Working on Conservation and Environmental Protection
The Trump administration issued a new round of furlough notices to EPA employees on Monday while the Interior Department disclosed plans to cut 2,050 positions...
Improving Air Quality in Bogotá, Colombia, from the Ground Up
In Bogotá, WRI Colombia led efforts to improve the city’s air quality alert system and reduce pollution in key neighborhoods across the city. From 2020...
Scientists say dimming the sun could spark global chaos
Scientists are taking the once-radical concept of dimming the sun through stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI) seriously, but a Columbia University team warns that reality is...
Ahead of COP30, Brazil grants Petrobras a licence to drill for oil in Amazon region
Two weeks before Brazil hosts the COP30 summit in the Amazon city of Belém, its state-run oil firm Petrobras has been granted a licence to...
Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country
Three specimens discovered in what was previously one of the only places in the world without the insectsMosquitoes have been found in Iceland for the...
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