Brazil’s President Makes Good on Campaign Promise to Evict Miners from Indigenous Reserves in the Amazon

When President ‘Lula’ da Silva took office this year in Brazil, many environmental and indigenous rights groups hoped he would fulfill campaign promises of better protection for the Amazon rainforest and the people who live there. Nearly four months into his tenure and early signs are that Lula was telling the truth, as Brazilian police […]

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The state of the climate in 2023 – BBC

In the last few years, the world has experienced extreme weather, record temperatures and rapid ice melt. Where are we on key climate indicators? This week the UN’s climate science body is releasing a major report on the climate changes…

How to use free satellite data to monitor natural disasters and environmental changes

Increasing availability of open-access data from government satellites have made it possible for everyone to gain insight into environmental changes underway

We Face a Climate Abyss, But There Are Sparks of Hope, Robert Pollin Says – Truthout

The energy transition from fossil-based systems of energy production and consumption to renewable energy sources is moving slowly, and scores of global conferences on climate change over the past few decades have failed to produce the desired results. From the…

Warming beyond borders: Amazon deforestation heats up Tibet, says new study

There are no borders in the fight against climate change, cooperation is the key, says study published in Nature

Four possible consequences of El Niño returning in 2023

It’s possible that Earth’s rising temperature will temporarily exceed the 1.5°C threshold of the Paris agreement some time after the peak of the El Niño in 2024

Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2022 – Carbon Brief

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Snapshots, Hotshots and Moonshots: Images of Climate Change in … – InsideClimate News

Climate change and an environment in peril were visible in many of 2022’s defining moments: record-smashing heat waves in Europe and South Asia, droughts pushing the fragile global food system to its limit and energy and food markets shaken by…

Temporary warming over 2°C may cause cascading tipping events – Earth.com

The target of the United Nations Paris Agreement, signed by 196 parties in 2015, was to limit the global temperature rise to an average of between 1.5 and 2°C. Although some countries have made some progress towards reducing their greenhouse…

In 2023, we have many opportunities to build a better future

The coming year will be a turning point for the Amazon rainforest, artificial intelligence and even our diets. Let’s choose a more hopeful direction for humanity