Since 2015 policies to insulate Britain’s homes and diversify our energy supply have stalledEd Davey is leader of the Liberal Democrats and former energy and climate change secretaryRocketing heating bills owing to dramatic gas price rises are just the…
Urgent climate action is getting lost in the heat of Germany’s election campaign | Hanna Gersmann
Despite the summer’s floods, frontrunner Olaf Scholz’s ‘moderate’ climate message is holding out against the GreensForty years ago, Germans loved to make fun of eco-types who ate muesli, wore shapeless knitted sweaters and packed their groceries in jut…
Carmichael Roberts, Sean O’Sullivan will share insights into climate tech and investing at Disrupt
The effects of a warming planet, from frequent and extreme flooding to hurricanes and drought, has prompted activists and governments to take action. It’s also spurred a growing number of entrepreneurs to launch technology startups focused on the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. At the center of this activity are the venture capitalists deciding which […]
World’s largest chip foundry TSMC sets 2050 deadline to go carbon neutral
World’s third-largest chipmaker emits more carbon than many countries.
Fire weather is getting worse in the American West
Climate change is driving more days that are hot, dry, and windy
Ed Miliband: honour promises on jabs to poor countries to save Cop26 deal
Labour’s shadow business secretary says the government must ‘rebuild trust’ after a series of missteps on way to climate summitBoris Johnson should set out plans to provide Covid-19 vaccinations to all developing countries to achieve a global climate d…
36,000 gigatons of carbon heralded history’s biggest mass extinction
New insights into the end-Permian mass extinction 252 million years ago.
母なる「海」の救済：サンゴ礁の復活を支える人工の「木」
海底面積の0.2％未満を領するサンゴは、海洋生物全体の約25％の生存を支える縁の下の力持ちだ。そんな海の名バイプレイヤーがいま、温暖化や汚染により死の危機に瀕している。こうした状況を覆すべく、海底に人工の「木」を植えてサンゴを養殖するという、地球を地球たらしめる海の再生プロジェクトに迫った。（雑誌『 WIRED』日本版VOL.42より転載）
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Governments falling woefully short of Paris climate pledges, study finds
As Cop26 meeting approaches, analysis shows world is on track for 3C temperature increase if present trends continueEvery one of the world’s leading economies, including all the countries that make up the G20, is failing to meet commitments made in the…
Globally, climate change drives a willingness to change lifestyles
In most countries, partisan and age differences shape attitudes.