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The Politics of Climate Justice
Source: Factum In December 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concluded the oral hearings of a historic case on international...

What Is Direct Air Capture and How Does It Work?
How It Works The escalating climate crisis underscores the urgent need for transformative strategies to mitigate greenhouse gas...


Opinion: Superstition and Science in Governance and Global Health
Source: Factum Perspectives  (**)  By Gerard Dinith Mendis (*) In an age where scientific breakthroughs define the trajectory of human...


Debunking Myths About Climate Change and Urban Development
Fact vs. Fake In an era where disinformation and misinformation spread, myths surrounding climate change hinder informed policymaking and...


UK: New climate report finds time running out to save the Fens
Source: Tyndall Centre One of the UK’s most vital agricultural and ecological regions, the Fens, faces unprecedented threat due to...


Why Trust in Science Matters
Source: Union of Concerned Scientists Last month, the Pew Research Center released a report on public trust in scientists–overall and,...


Fossil fuel industry’s presence at COP
Source: Union of Concerned Scientists Five Ways the Fossil Fuel Industry Tries to Co-opt UN Climate COPs The fossil fuel industry’s...


National Climate Commitments Tracker
Source: World Resources Institute By early 2025, countries are due to unveil new national climate commitments, known as nationally...


The not-so-permanent frost
Source: Nepali Times Rapid thawing of the Himalayan ice-cap is compounded by little-studied melting of permafrost that destabilises peaks...


David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
What David Attenborough’s extraordinary life can teach us by Alberto Sclaverano for Citiplat Sir David Attenborough is a living legend....


New Study: Financing for Industrial Livestock Undermines U.S. Banks’ Climate Commitments
Source: FOE A new study conducted by the Netherlands-based research group Profundo and U.S.-based environmental organization Friends of...


Survey to assess the Safety of Environmental Journalists
UNESCO/Sudipta Chakraborty United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in partnership with the...


Breathing kills, even indoors
Source: Nepali Times Household air pollution is a silent killer in Nepal, disproportionately affecting women and children A middle-aged...


2023: the warmest year on record globally
Source: Tyndall Centre Globally 2023 was the warmest year in a series stretching back to 1850, according to figures released today by the...


Ask a Scientist
Fighting Big Ag Pollution with Maps and Math Source: Union of Concerned Scientists When I was living in Cleveland in 1969, the shores of...


Saving Kangchenjunga
Source: Nepali Times The biodiversity treasures of eastern Nepal are at risk from new roads, outmigration and climate change The...


Nepal’s citizen scientists track climate change
Source: Nepali Times The village of Phorste below Mt Everest has the highest number of high altitude guides who have died climbing in the...


The Malayan rainforest and its rare flower
Source: Nepali Times The Rafflesia is the largest flower in the world, growing in the jungles where Gurkhas fought a guerrilla war The...


Water Management in the States
Source: Union of Concerned Scientists We Reviewed More Than 150 Papers on Water Management. Here’s What We Learned. In my previous life...


In high places
Source: Nepali Times Comparing the impact of climate breakdown in the Alps and the Himalaya An exhibit at the Swiss Alpine Museum last...

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