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Strong Climate Action can Reduce Inequality and Alleviate Poverty

According to a Rutgers study, if all countries adopted the same tax on carbon emissions and returned the revenues to their citizens, it is possible to keep the global temperature from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius while also benefiting wellbeing, reducing inequality, and alleviating poverty.

30 Nov 2021

Carbon Gap Calls on European Policymakers to Provide Support for Carbon Removal Alongside Emission Reductions

Carbon Gap, an independent research and advocacy not-for-profit, has called on UK and European governments to lead on supporting and scaling up techniques to remove carbon directly from the air (referred to as carbon removal), alongside immediate and dramatic emissions cuts.

From Carbon Gap 30 Nov 2021

New Research Links Australia's Forest Fires to Climate Change

New research by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, shows climate change has driven a significant increase in Australia’s forest fire activity over the last three decades.

29 Nov 2021

Fire Activity Increased in the World’s Grasslands After the Megagrazer Extinctions

From 50,000 years to 6,000 years ago, many of the world’s largest animals, including such iconic grassland grazers as the woolly mammoth, giant bison, and ancient horses, went extinct.

26 Nov 2021

Collapse of Ancient Liangzhu Culture in Early China Attributed to Climate Change

"China's Venice of the Stone Age": The Liangzhu excavation location in eastern China is one of the most noteworthy pieces of evidence of Chinese civilization. Over 5000 years ago, the city had an intricate water management system.

25 Nov 2021

Arctic Ocean has Been Warming for Much Longer than Records Suggest

The Arctic Ocean has been getting warmer since the beginning of the 20th century – decades earlier than records suggest – due to warmer water flowing into the delicate polar ecosystem from the Atlantic Ocean.

25 Nov 2021

EU and ECB Devise Plan to Ensure Banks Adopt Climate Plans

Through a blog post from Executive Board member Frank Elderson, the European Central Bank warned on Monday that a majority of the lenders it oversees have not produced strategies to respond to climate change.

24 Nov 2021

Protium and Jericho Energy Ventures to Make Emissions-Free Distilling a Reality for Bruichladdich with £2.65m Green Hydrogen Project

Protium, the UK-based green hydrogen energy company, and project partner ITPEnergised (ITPE), have confirmed that the revolutionary hydrogen technology, called a Dynamic Combustion Chamber (DCC™), patented by Jericho Energy Ventures, will help to successfully decarbonise Bruichladdich Distillery’s (Bruichladdich) operations following an extensive feasibility study during Q1 2021.

From Protium 24 Nov 2021

Detailed Reconstruction of Climate in the Land of Israel at the End of Last Ice Age

Based on the identification of plant remains, Tel Aviv University and Tel-Hai College researchers provide the first detailed reconstruction of the climate in the Land of Israel at the end of the last ice age (20,000-10,000 years before present).

23 Nov 2021

Northeastern U.S. Cities may See Worsening Hurricane Outcomes, Causing Greater Damage

By the late 21st century, northeastern U.S. cities will see worsening hurricane outcomes, with storms arriving more quickly but slowing down once they've made landfall.

23 Nov 2021