Climate change is making pesticides more harmful to farmworkers
Climate change intensifies pesticide drift, putting farmworkers at greater risk, as the EPA faces calls for stronger protective measures. As this year’s temperatures continue to break records, farmworkers who toil in the heat remain one of the groups most vulnerable...
Amazon deforestation – how we got here and what we can do
Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest is at a six-year low, but factory farming continues to drive destruction. Here’s how we got here, and what can be done. The truth sounds unbelievable, and certainly counterintuitive, when talking about what should be the...
Extreme heat at Paris Olympics due to climate change
Climate change-influenced heat is forecasted to impact at least 20 million city residents, tourists and athletes during the final days of the Paris Olympics. Temperatures are expected to peak on Sunday at 35°C. The Climate Shift Index shows that forecasted...
Overfishing is depleting our oceans while fuelling climate change
Overfishing isn’t just depleting our oceans; it’s also fuelling climate change with its hefty emissions footprint. In the search for winning climate solutions, the world’s oceans are an undisputed powerhouse. Oceans absorb around 31 percent of our carbon dioxide...
Rising temperatures threaten to destroy the Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is facing unprecedented heat and without rapid cuts to greenhouse gases we will likely be witness to the demise of one of the Earth’s natural wonders. Ocean temperatures in the Great Barrier Reef are now the hottest in at least 400 years and are...
