News
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Where do renewables stand in a Covid-stricken world?The coronavirus is putting nations' clean energy commitments to the test. In the face of unprecedented strain on healthcare and a looming recession, can governments ensure renewables keep the wind in their sails? -
As climate heats up, planners urged to look beyond history to judge risksPredictions based on past weather extremes are dramatically underestimating growing threats of extreme heat and rain linked to warming, researchers find.
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Online classes, video meetings: Can coronavirus spur low-carbon habits?As a pandemic shuts down conferences, transport, schools and sporting events worldwide, it may nudge people toward new behaviors that could create lasting emissions cuts. -
Purpose over profit—are B-Corps the future of sustainable business?As more companies get certified as ethically-minded B Corporations, some experts doubt the trend will bring about change on a meaningful scale.
Opinion
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Covid-19 could affect cities for years. Here are 4 ways they’re coping now.– The Covid-19 pandemic lays bare two facets of our new reality: we are more interconnected than ever, and cities are at the front lines of this crisis and will be at the front lines of any similarly globalised crisis in the future. Cities are already in adaptation mode. -
What is the true cost of carbon?– For decades, economists have been wrestling with how best to weigh the current cost of emissions reductions against costs that will come years or even centuries from now. But a consensus has proved to be elusive, because traditional economic models don't treat atmospheric carbon like an asset. -
Can we protect nature by giving it legal rights?– Around the world, communities are using “Rights of Nature” laws to defend waterways, species and more from human threats.
Videos
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Meet RoboFly, the mechanical insect that could fly climate-saving missions– Researchers have invented a tiny, laser-powered bug that takes off, lands and aspires to hover wirelessly.
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Suddenly, solar energy plus storage is giving conventional fuels a run for their money– The increasingly competitive dynamic duo of solar photovoltaic plus battery storage is taking energy markets by storm.
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Rising temperatures imperil winter sports industry– Declining snowfall threatens billions in lost revenue.
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EVs abroad, pickups at home– Automakers are touting overseas investments in electric vehicles, even as they lobby for lower fuel standards in the United States.
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