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Climate action


Military spending puts sustainable development choices under pressure
Rising defence budgets confront governments with competing demands for security, climate resilience and public services

Editorial Team SDG13
Oct 55 min read


Methane from rubbish: why landfills have become a climate target
Reducing landfill methane involves gas capture, food-waste prevention and reliable collection and treatment services

Editorial Team SDG13
Oct 25 min read


Enhanced rock weathering: can crushed stone become a climate solution?
Field trials show crop benefits, but mining demands and uncertain carbon accounting complicate climate assessments

Editorial Team SDG13
Sep 294 min read


The global race to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
Carbon removal is attracting investment, but costs, storage risks and limited capacity complicate its role alongside emissions cuts

Editorial Team SDG13
Sep 175 min read


Who owns the scientific data needed to protect the planet?
Satellite records, climate observations and genetic databases expose tensions over access, profit and public funding

Editorial Team SDG13
Sep 155 min read


Reforesting Iceland – The greening of shattered stone
How biological infrastructure is reversing a millennium of ecological collapse in Europe's least forested country

Till Heumann
Aug 225 min read


Debt-for-nature swaps face a test of lasting conservation
Debt relief can fund forests and oceans, but durable results depend on transparent finance and public consent

Editorial Team SDG14
Aug 105 min read


When climate risk makes insurance unaffordable
Repeated disasters are pushing insurance, mortgages and public budgets into a growing protection gap

Editorial Team SDG13
Jul 296 min read


What the evidence says about global warming — part three
What remains uncertain, what science says with confidence, and why evidence should guide the conversation more than ideology

Editorial Team SDG13
Jul 226 min read


What the evidence says about global warming — part two
How glaciers, polar ice and atmospheric chemistry reveal a coherent picture of climate change and help distinguish human influence from natural variability

Editorial Team SDG13
Jul 216 min read


What the evidence says about global warming — part one
How measurements from land, oceans and space transformed global warming from a scientific hypothesis into one of the best-documented changes in the modern Earth system

Editorial Team SDG13
Jul 207 min read


The ethics of climate adaptation and the question of who is protected first
As climate risks intensify, adaptation choices are becoming tests of fairness, power and public responsibility

Editorial Team SDG13
Jul 75 min read


Climate communication becomes a test of public trust
Climate Outreach highlights why public engagement now matters as much as policy design in climate action

Editorial Team SDG13
Jul 45 min read


Learners unite across continents for World Environment Day 2026
Global Society initiative connects students from Kenya and Spain to champion environmental action

Editorial
Jun 182 min read


Ashden, the public value of practical climate innovation
The charity supports climate and energy solutions led by communities, cities and social enterprises

Editorial Team SDG13
Jun 115 min read


Green infrastructure emerges as a new weapon against climate change
Renewable energy is strengthening Kenya’s climate resilience, but coastal communities warn that clean growth must not come at the expense of marine ecosystems

Clare Ochieng
May 304 min read


Mangrove restoration and blue carbon projects are reshaping climate finance, coastal protection and local livelihoods
Mangroves sit at the centre of climate action, coastal resilience, community rights and disputes over green finance

Editorial Team SDG13
May 216 min read


Accra under heat: rising temperatures trigger wider climate concern
Rising temperatures in Accra expose Ghana’s growing heat crisis, with health, economic and climate risks intensifying.

Richard Nutakor
May 134 min read


New satellite thermal imaging systems could redraw the world’s map of heat risk
Thermal satellites are making heat visible at field, street and neighbourhood scale, with major implications for climate adaptation

Editorial Team SDG13
May 16 min read


Urban heat is becoming a test of climate resilience for cities
Data tools can help cities target heat risks, but protection still depends on housing, health systems and local trust.

Editorial Team SDG13
Apr 275 min read


Environmental Performance Index offers a global scorecard of climate and nature progress
A Yale and Columbia-led index ranks 180 countries and updates its metrics, as governments face widening trade-offs and data gaps

Editorial Team SDG15
Mar 165 min read


Teacher training in climate literacy and critical thinking is becoming an education test
Schools are being asked to teach the climate crisis, but many teachers are still being left to improvise

Editorial Team SDG13
Mar 126 min read


Melting glaciers are rewiring water security
The slow loss of mountain ice is becoming one of the most underestimated risks to global stability

Editorial Team SDG13
Dec 24, 20253 min read


Zambian teachers lead climate action in Kafue biosphere reserve
Empowering educators to protect biodiversity and build resilient communities

Editorial Team SDG13
Dec 20, 20253 min read
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