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Since the Guardian pledged a year ago to give the climate crisis even greater priority, we have published a piece of environmental journalism on average every three hours. Greenhouse gas emissions, heatwaves, wildfires, melting polar ice, floods, droughts, the annihilation of wildlife, air pollution … the problems grow more severe every year. Of course, 2020...Read More

Trees are the Earth’s lungs – it’s well understood they drawdown and lock up vast amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But emerging research is showing trees can also emit methane, and it’s currently unknown just how much. This could be a major problem, given methane is a greenhouse gas about 45 times more...Read More

Tipping points could fundamentally disrupt the planet and produce abrupt change in the climate.A mass methane release could put us on an irreversible path to full land-ice melt, causing sea levels to rise by up to 30 metres.We must take immediate action to reduce global warming and build resilience with these tipping points in mind....Read More

Any kind of environmental problem deserves far more attention in terms of solving the same. Of course, more data are available today than ever before. However, too often policymakers and business leaders have been unable to access all the data they need to make legitimate environmental decisions. Thanks to dozens of good environmental information platforms,...Read More

Any kind of environmental problem deserves far more attention in terms of solving the same. Of course, more data are available today than ever before. However, too often policymakers and business leaders have been unable to access all the data they need to make legitimate environmental decisions. Thanks to dozens of good environmental information platforms,...Read More

The Parliament of the Federation sends a strong message to all seeking to destroy rivers in Bosnia and Herzegovina – small hydro is dangerous, unnecessary, and comes at a huge social, environmental and financial cost.The Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has adopted the Declaration on the Protection of Rivers and voted for a...Read More

Heavy air pollution is emanating from a Chinese factory smokestack GETTY Country-wide lockdowns and quarantine acted to temporarily decrease emissions of global greenhouse gas. However, as the yearly May benchmark was released it appears to have done little to slow the ever-increasing rise in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. May 2020 hit a record high, 417...Read More

Large events during COVID-19 - World Health Organization.Read More

Any kind of environmental problem deserves far more attention in terms of solving the same. Of course, more data are available today than ever before. However, too often policymakers and business leaders have been unable to access all the data they need to make legitimate environmental decisions. Thanks to dozens of good environmental information platforms,...Read More

Any kind of environmental problem deserves far more attention in terms of solving the same. Of course, more data are available today than ever before. However, too often policymakers and business leaders have been unable to access all the data they need to make legitimate environmental decisions. Thanks to dozens of good environmental information platforms,...Read More

Any kind of environmental problem deserves far more attention in terms of solving the same. Of course, more data are available today than ever before. However, too often policymakers and business leaders have been unable to access all the data they need to make legitimate environmental decisions. Thanks to dozens of good environmental information platforms,...Read More

The effort could be a key tool in the fight against climate change. A new Google-backed initiative seeks to use satellite data and artificial intelligence to map out global emissions from power plants to help ordinary people hold major drivers of climate change accountable. Satellites positioned around the world will use infrared sensors and other forms of...Read More

Any kind of environmental problem deserves far more attention in terms of solving the same. Of course, more data are available today than ever before. However, too often policymakers and business leaders have been unable to access all the data they need to make legitimate environmental decisions. Thanks to dozens of good environmental information platforms,...Read More

Any kind of environmental problem deserves far more attention in terms of solving the same. Of course, more data are available today than ever before. However, too often policymakers and business leaders have been unable to access all the data they need to make legitimate environmental decisions. Thanks to dozens of good environmental information platforms,...Read More

Any kind of environmental problem deserves far more attention in terms of solving the same. Of course, more data are available today than ever before. However, too often policymakers and business leaders have been unable to access all the data they need to make legitimate environmental decisions. Thanks to dozens of good environmental information platforms,...Read More

Any kind of environmental problem deserves far more attention in terms of solving the same. Of course, more data are available today than ever before. However, too often policymakers and business leaders have been unable to access all the data they need to make legitimate environmental decisions. Thanks to dozens of good environmental information platforms,...Read More

Any kind of environmental problem deserves far more attention in terms of solving the same. Of course, more data are available today than ever before. However, too often policymakers and business leaders have been unable to access all the data they need to make legitimate environmental decisions. Thanks to dozens of good environmental information platforms,...Read More

Any kind of environmental problem deserves far more attention in terms of solving the same. Of course, more data are available today than ever before. However, too often policymakers and business leaders have been unable to access all the data they need to make legitimate environmental decisions. Thanks to dozens of good environmental information platforms,...Read More