Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
A human rights-based approach to cultural heritage protection is an essential cornerstone for climate justice and just resilience, but it often seems completely missing from the climate policy equation. Cultural heritage is under immediate and urgent threat from climate change worldwide.
Legal Planet
APRIL 13, 2023
A new wave of cases differs from traditional environmental lawsuits by highlighting the connections between preserving the Amazon and the climate, the grave risk of greenhouse gas emissions caused by deforestation, and the critical role of the forest as a major global carbon sink. The timing of these climate disputes is not accidental.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 20, 2023
They combined their expertise in climate science, science history, and document analysis to create a perfect blend of scientific analysis and socially relevant research. The lightest lines are from the earliest projections, the lightest grey being from 1977, and the darker colors are later with the black line being from 2003.
A Greener Life
DECEMBER 17, 2021
Climate privilege is the luxury of being unconcerned about climate change. For some people, the climate crisis is life and death. Climate privilege overlaps with other forms of privilege, just as vulnerability to climate change overlaps with other forms of marginalisation. By Jeremy Williams.
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
At the evening seafood reception that year, in a corner near the fresh oysters, a board member of the Maine Lobstermen’s Association remarked to me, “Everyone blames everything on climate change, but they blame the Right Whale on lobstering.” His remark has remained with me ever since.
A Greener Life
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
As the impacts of climate change are felt more acutely with each passing year, new research suggests that the future costs of emitting CO2 today may be much higher than previously calculated. The implications for the US federal government’s climate change policies are potentially wide-ranging. By James Norris.
Acoel
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
In 2003, Greenpeace and the Tasmanian Wilderness Society launched what they called the “Global Rescue Station” – an international team of tree sitters who would live on a platform high up on Gandalf’s Staff in an effort to prevent loggers from harvesting the tree. This old growth forest was slated to be logged for paper mills.
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