How climate change is impacting our health is under-researched
With 2024 marking record heat and 1.5°C of warming, the long-term health impacts of climate change, like kidney disease and cognitive decline, are urgent but under-researched. With 2024 marking the hottest year on record, and the planet for the first time breaching...
How the US will likely deal with food waste under Trump presidency
Inflation and the Trump administration will likely dictate how the US deals with food waste in 2025, according to ReFED, a leading non-profit. Last year was a big year for food waste policy in the US. The Biden White House introduced the first-ever strategy to fight...
Oil and gas drilling back as Trump rolls back climate laws
Donald Trump reiterates Paris withdrawal plan, overturns auto-emissions standards and rolls back restrictions on oil and gas expansion in Alaska. Donald Trump declared a national energy emergency on the first day of his new presidency, as part of a barrage of...
Melting ice in the Arctic now a huge source of carbon emissions
A third of the Arctic’s land now releases carbon, as thawing permafrost turns the region from a carbon sink into a source of emissions. A third of the Arctic’s tundra, forests and wetlands have become a source of carbon emissions, a new study has found, as...
Trump pulls out of the Paris Agreement – again
Trump’s second withdrawal from the Paris Agreement pushes the US further from climate action, despite growing calls for renewable energy and global efforts to curb emissions. In his first 24 hours in office, US President Donald Trump for a second time repealed...
