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Politico: Macron’s Moment to Make the Planet Great Again

Sara Stefanini and Nicholas Vincour December 12, 2017
France’s President Emmanuel Macron is emerging as a global leader on climate change, spaking out and rallying on research and policies. An article in Politico describes him as the “world’s liberal foil to Donald Trump,” after the United States withdrew from the Paris climate agreement. The One Planet Summit in Paris marks the second anniversary and drew government leaders, philanthropists and...

The Ecologist: Leaders Must Look to Pacific Islands to Understand the Need for Building Water Resilience

Mark Fletcher November 15, 2017
Water is among nature’s most destructive forces. “Too little or too much - climate change will be felt most through its impact on the water cycle,” writes Mark Fletcher for the Ecologist. “I'm at COP23 to work with colleagues from around the world to continue to push for water to become an even greater priority. Addressing water issues across the water cycle is key to adapting to climate...

Project Syndicate: Climate Leadership Means Ending Fossil-Fuel Production

Tzeporah Berman and Lili Fuhr November 7, 2017
The technology behind renewable energies like solar and wind is improving, and communities that plan for the transition away from reliance on fossil fuels will be cleaner, healthier, less polarized and economically stronger. Some countries resist the notion of not using up every last bit of coal and oil. Canada and Norway should not try to hedge on energy – both investing in renewables while...

Inside Climate News: US Unprepared to Face Costs of Climate Change, GAO Says

Georgina Gustin October 25, 2017
The United States is not saving money by ignoring the risks of climate change. "The Government Accountability Office, in a report issued on Tuesday, cited a range of research concluding that the costs of worsening droughts, floods, wildfires, heat waves and storms will run into hundreds of billions of dollars and threaten many parts of the economy, while hitting some regions particularly...

The Guardian: Global Pollution Threatens Human Survival

Damian Carrington October 20, 2017
Humans tend to ignore threats that are slow emerging or ubiquitous – and pollution is such a threat. “Toxic air, water, soils and workplaces are responsible for the diseases that kill one in every six people around the world,” writes Damian Carrington for the Guardian. He describes a report by the Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health. “[T]he true total could be millions higher because the...

Fortune: Yellowstone Supervolcano Could Erupt Sooner Than We Thought

Grace Donnelly October 19, 2017
An eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano in the western United States may occur sooner rather than the centuries once assumed, suggest researchers at Arizona State University. They examined minerals of fossilized deposits that showed changes in temperature and composition from a previous eruption, and also found that the supervolcano’s magma reservoir is large and could fill more quickly than...

Deutsche Welle: Climate Change Sets the World on Fire

October 18, 2017
Fast-moving wildfires are striking densely populated communities throughout the Americas and Europe, resulting in mass evacuations, with dozens of deaths, thousands of homes destroyed, mass evacuations and disrupted businesses. “With global temperatures rising, scientists say wildfires are likely to become increasingly frequent and widespread,” reports Deutsche Welle. “Even Greenland, not known...