Climate

Private satellites give boost to public sector in climate fight

In both physical and figurative terms, the number of launches is surging, which has led to more collaboration between public and commercial space organisations

Shortages and Sickness: The alarming takeaways from UN's water report

The number of urban residents threatened by water scarcity is expected to rise from 933 million in 2016 to between 1.7 and 2.4 billion in 2050, according to a report published by the UN

‘Climate Time Bomb is Ticking’: The UN climate report and its findings explained

The IPCC, a UN-backed body of global scientists, has released its synthesis report that sums up the physical science, impacts, and mitigation of climate change. The report warns that the world is likely to miss the target of limiting temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius

How UK's new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero will affect the climate change battle

A smaller department with net zero in the title makes the issue more visible in Whitehall. It also means a secretary of state who can focus on climate change, and make arguments in Cabinet, without their brief being diluted by other issues such as business

Fight climate change without slowing growth, says UAE's COP28 chief

The Gulf monarchy is pushing the merits of carbon capture -- removing carbon dioxide as fuel is burned, or from the air

Cost-of-living crisis overshadows climate, says Davos report

Other aftershocks set off by the pandemic and the war have signaled a new and gloomier era for the global economy

Explained: How poetry can spark new ideas for dealing with the climate crisis

Poetry has a profound ability to help reframe global issues, take obscure concepts and couch them in language that is both intimate and familiar

India's G20 Presidency: Significance and challenges as world's biggest economic powers converge on Indian soil

The 18th G20 Summit will be held from September 9-10 next year in New Delhi. Together, the member nations of the G20 comprise over than 80% of global GDP, 75% of global trade and 60% of the world’s population

Explained: How World Cup host Qatar is relying on desalination to fulfil its water demand

The energy cost of desalination and Qatar’s heavy reliance on it add to questions about Qatar and FIFA’s promise that the World Cup will have almost no effect on the climate

War fallout, aid demands overshadow climate talks in Egypt

Scientists are more concerned about global warming than three decades ago, when governments first came together to discuss the problem because the pace of warming in the past decade is 33% faster than in the 1990s