By Sue Landau Even as President Donald Trump sets the United States back on a fossil fuel path, updated road maps from environmentalist groups say industrial economies can be weaned off carbon dependence by 2050 using energy savings and existing technology. For at...
We asked four experts — Carroll Bogert (human rights), Tom Burke (environment), Alan Wheatley (international economy) and Alex Nicoll (defense & security) — for their thoughts following Donald Trump’s shock victory in the U.S. presidential...
By Sue Landau History was made a year ago when 196 world leaders agreed in Paris on global action to rein in carbon emissions that cause climate change. Now, as leaders and diplomats prepare for the next climate conference in Marrakesh starting on November 7, the...
By Nelson Graves The world has all the technology it needs to prevent rising temperatures from destroying the earth, but societies around the world will have to demonstrate exceptional political courage to take steps that in the short term will punish some industries...
By Sue Landau Although there have been few headlines, Africa is facing its worst food shortage since 1985. And the culprit is not so much armed conflict as it is climate change. The United Nations has forecast that up to 50 million Africans could be hungry by...