The climate crisis: A three-week masterclass with academics, journalists and activists

Explore the science, economics and politics of the climate crisis, and the actions we must take to protect our planet. In this comprehensive series of online classes, you will learn from leading scientists, economists, environmental activists, and award-winning journalists, who will convey what is really happening to our planet and what we must do to

The first half of May 2023 climatewise

Top, clockwise: An aerial view of the destruction caused by flooding and landslides in Bushushu, Democratic Republic of the Congo this week. A mourner lights a candle at a vigil for victims of the disaster; volunteers unload coffins brought by the central government after more than 400 people died (Reuters/AFP/EPA) Climate crisis 438 people are

After two underwhelming years, Biden and his EPA take drastic action on emissions

For those who missed it: 16/03/2023 The controversial Willow project is the latest big US oil bender – but may be one of its last Oliver Milman After weeks of fevered speculation, Joe Biden’s administration, almost sheepishly, announced on Monday that it will allow an enormous oil drilling project in the rapidly thawing tundra of

A selection of news on the earth

Looking back at 2022, what happened around our environment.

Composted Reads for February 2023

Story of the 1st week of February Anger as Shell makes ‘obscene’ $40bn in profits The good news US renewable energy farms outstrip 99% of coal plants economically – study ‘I use it because it’s better’: why chefs are embracing the electric stove The bad news ‘A serious threat’: calls grow for urgent review of

The Jordan Times: Africa’s climate crisis is a health crisis

Originally posted on Levant's Agora:
By Yacine Djibo. The planet is losing its ability to support life as we know it, and nowhere is this clearer than in Africa — the continent that is most vulnerable to climate change despite having contributed the least to atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse-gas emissions. Beyond the increasingly frequent…

Upside stories about customised wheelchairs, art in hospitals architecture education and rebuilding Ukraine

Good morning. If you have a spare five minutes today I urge you to read this piece that follows the story of Zahida Qureshi, a Pakistani woman who set up a charitable organisation that makes customised wheelchairs for children and adults. Qureshi herself became a wheelchair user after she contracted polio as a child, and

The hourglass of this world

We from our site of the West European continent also resolved to do everything possible to show what goes wrong in this world. To this end, we hope that readers who come here, shall appreciate our writings and shall take the necessary steps to help to share these articles with others.

Composted Reads for 17 November

Draft Cop27 agreement fails to call for ‘phase-down’ of all fossil fuels

‘Bleak’ findings come from report at Cop27

We are in the fight of our lives and we are losing. Our planet is fast approaching tipping points that will make climate chaos irreversible. We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator,