The next push to combat climate change comes soon in Spain, when more than 190 countries meet to tackle global warming. Here’s what to expect. Smoke rises behind a destroyed apartment complex, Ventura, California, 5 December 2017 (AP Photo/Noah Berger) At the...
Economic growth is the holy grail for most politicians. But it can boost carbon emissions and exacerbate the climate crisis. Time to adjust our goals? All alone, Greta Thunberg holds a placard reading ‘School strike for the climate’ outside the Swedish parliament in...
Ashamed of flying because it worsens your carbon footprint? You’re not alone if you want to ride the rails — as I recently did when my life took a turn. (French countryside viewed from a TGV fast train. Video and photo by Sarah Edmonds) I am suffering an...
The Amazon — the “lungs” of our planet — is burning. What to do? Punish Brazil with sanctions? Eat less meat? Or send in forces? Fire in the Amazon rainforest, Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil, 25 August 2019 (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Here are...
Record heat around the world. Wild fires in the Arctic. Greenland’s ice rapidly melting. Climate change is upon us. The situation is dire — but we can act. Satellite image shows winds carrying smoke from wildfires in Russia, center right, towards the southwest,...
Should central banks actively fight climate change? A UK non-profit disagrees with News-Decoder correspondents and says “absolutely!” Demonstrators in front of the European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany, 24 May 2019 (EPA-EFE/Armando Babani) In this...
Sue Landau reckons that “as long as there are humans, there will be some kind of news industry.” This is the fifth in a series of profiles of News-Decoder correspondents. Sue Landau reckons that “as long as there are humans, there will be some kind of news...
Central banks have clout. Why not fight climate change by steering private banks away from fossil fuels? News-Decoder writers tackle the question. Students demonstrate against climate change in front of the European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany, 24 May 2019...
The UN’s Green Climate Fund helps finance climate projects in poor countries. Most of its money goes to large international players. Is that right? Women walk on farmland destroyed by salt due to rising sea levels in Saloum Delta, Senegal, 19 October 2015 (AP...
The fire at Notre-Dame cathedral moved citizens in France. But an outpouring of donations to fund its reconstruction has stirred controversy. Notre-Dame Cathedral burns, 15 April 2019 (EPA-EFE/Ian Langsdon) I was meeting my parents at a restaurant near the...