Climate Change
2021: a year of climate crisis in review
A look back at 12 months of key summits, devastating weather and alarming discoveries
by Bibi van der Zee
Dec 31, 2021
January
The year began with a...
After summer’s extreme heat, now heavy snow is devastating Athens
Greece Snowstorm: Thousands of drivers left stranded as storm hits Athens
Jan 24 2022
Thousands of motorists left stranded on a motorway around the Greek capital...
Within Decade, Planet’s Natural World Facing Largest Mass Extinction Event Since...
Latest analysis by World Wildlife Fund warns humanity—possible "victim of it own lifestyle"—might ultimately be added to list of threatened species.
By Julia Conley
December 30, 2021...
Two ways ahead for Europe and the former USSR | By...
By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos
Today we publish the second and final part of the interview with Sergei Yurievich Glaziev (You can read the first part of...
1 in 3 Americans now ‘alarmed’ by climate change. Why aren’t...
Jan. 13, 2022
New results from a long-running public opinion survey show that about 1 in 3 Americans is now “alarmed” by global warming. Is...
“Don’t Look Up” Is as Funny and Terrifying About Global Warming...
Adam McKay’s new movie may be the first film in 57 years to equal the comedy and horror of Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece.
By Jon Schwarz
December...
As corporations fight to control the Pacific, Biden must act to...
By Andrea Folds and Jake Kornack,
Dec 6, 2021
Amid the global push for progress on climate change and the growing biodiversity crisis, the little-known International...
Updated Extinction Assessment Drives Fresh Call to ‘Save Life on Earth’
"Every new look at extinction shows that we're running out of time to save wildlife and ultimately ourselves."
By Andrea Germanos
December 9, 2021
The Biden administration...
Germany’s New Government Is in Thrall to Neoliberal Hawks
By Ines Schwerdtner
Dec.8,2021
Today, the Social Democrat Olaf Scholz became leader of Germany’s new government. But with fiscal hawk Christian Lindner in charge of the...
‘Lighting the Fuse on a Massive Carbon Bomb’: Biden Rebuked on...
"It's hard to imagine a more dangerous, hypocritical action in the aftermath of the climate summit."
By Brett Wilkins
November 16, 2021
photo: U.S. Coast Guard/Flickr/cc
Climate and environmental...