UN urges leaders to deliver £72 billion for climate change fight
With COP26 just five months away, global leaders have yet to consolidate the funding they pledged for climate change. The money is essential for mapping the next steps towards climate action. We’re all familiar with the saying ‘money makes the world go round.’ As wealthy nations hold out on their promise...
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10,000 year-old ice preserved to show life before climate change
As part of an international project called Ice Memory, researchers have extracted and stored 10,000 year-old ice from the alps. Completely untouched by climate change, these samples are considered ancient natural artifacts. Apparently, it’s not just seeds being stashed away and preserved in one of a growing number of Arctic...
Everything you need to know about the G7 summit
World leaders met in Cornwall to discuss a variety of global issues, including climate change and the pandemic. Here are all the main talking points from this year’s G7 summit. Last weekend saw many world leaders - including Joe Biden and Boris Johnson - gather at Carbis Bay in...
How Dinder National Park highlights Africa’s conservation struggles
Humans and local wildlife continue to battle for land in Sudan’s Dinder National Park, contributing to a complex and widespread issue with African conservation. In most African nations, wildlife makes up a huge percentage of the economy and brings in substantial amounts of tourism. Over the last few decades, Africa...
Indigenous communities on the front line in climate change fight
Climate change is affecting all of us whether we feel it in our day-to-day or not. However, Indigenous peoples who depend on local ecosystems are speaking out more than ever. Indigenous people known as Aboriginals - or First Nations in Australia - are people who have lived in harmony...
Are living treehouse skyscrapers the future?
Many of us grew up wishing we could build our own fantasy tree houses. This year’s eVolo competition winner could soon make that a reality with these wild ‘treehouse skyscraper’ designs. What do you first think of when someone mentions a ‘treehouse skyscraper’? While it might initially conjure up images...
Climate change internally displaced more people than war in 2020
Intense storms, wildfires, and flooding - triggered by marked changes to our climate - were responsible for three times more internally displaced people than violent conflicts last year. Combined, the overall number of those displaced hit record numbers. Refugee organisations claim our emissions are worsening the refugee crisis significantly, leaving us tittering on the edge of a potential humanitarian nightmare. According to data published by the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement...
Coral reef restoration: helping ocean ecosystems survive
Human intervention is now being encouraged to aid in the rehabilitation of coral populations after long being dismissed. Coral gardening efforts and the creation of underwater nurseries are yielding promising results. Around the world, 362 reef restoration projects are working toward strengthening our ocean’s ecosystems – and exciting developments are underway. In a small number of ocean regions, coral reefs are continuing to thrive despite the fact that around 50%...
Gen Z taking on Brecon Beacons conservation project
The phrases ‘300’ and ‘dramatic last stand’ will receive new meaning as a group of 20 eco-warrior teens take over the management of a 300 acre estate in the Brecon Beacons. Climate change and the actions we take now will be a defining moment for mankind and Gen Z is at the beating heart of this struggle. It has been 2 years since Greta Thunberg angrily addressed world leaders who were...
Deb Haaland revokes Donald Trump-era energy orders
The Biden administration has repealed Trump-era energy orders that promoted fossil fuel development and oil drilling. Earlier this week, Biden’s Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced the revoking of a series of Trump-era energy policies that promoted the extraction of fossil fuels, and has launched a new directive prioritising climate change. Previous policies had promoted the leasing of coal, oil, and gas on public lands and water, and intended to...
