How Women Are Going From Climate Victims to Climate Leaders
Women are disproportionately affected by climate change across the globe. At COP22, they demanded the opportunity to be…
Browsing Tag
Environment
1444 posts
Fixing the Gender Imbalance in the Back Rooms of the U.N. Climate Talks
Women bear the harshest effects of climate change and also hold the keys to solving it. Yet at…
The World Unites Behind the Green Economy—Most of It Anyway
As President-elect Donald Trump seeks a quick exit from the Paris Climate Accord, the international community at the…
How Industrialization Brought About the Decline of Vertebrate Species
New research hints that contemporary habitat losses may have initiated population declines of around 95 percent in some…
Was Borneo Once a Land of Tigers?
Local indigenous peoples insist that it was. Should scientists pay them more attention? By Taufik Wijaya A clouded…
Liquid Gold: Why Flushing a Toilet Is a Colossal Waste
How many times did you flush a toilet today? It’s a query most of us never consider. Going…
‘He Who Shall Not Be Named’: Even In Absentia, Donald Trump Overshadows COP22
How this year’s climate talks became an ongoing press conference directed at Donald Trump.
COP22 in Review: We’ll Work Until We Drown
Berber-style tents in the Blue Zone at COP22 in Marrakech, Morocco, on November 17th, 2016. (Photo: Ted Scheinman/Pacific…
The Marrakech Proclamation and the ‘COP of Action’
The Marrakech Action Proclamation represents a crucial show of solidarity in uncertain times, but it won’t foot developing…
One Man’s Quest to Save the Forests of Tanzania
Tumaini Matinda sacrifices his personal time, money, and energy to patrol the forests in northern Tanzania for illegal…