Browsing: Climate & Environment

As clean power scales, investment pivots from oilfields to gigafactories, rewiring trade, jobs, and geopolitics. Nations racing on solar, wind, and batteries face supply-chain strains-and new industrial alliances.

Global pacts are reshaping the climate fight as nations lock in tougher emissions targets, finance for adaptation, and clean-tech standards. Yet gaps in accountability and equity threaten to blunt promised gains.

From electric buses to hydrogen freight and micromobility, green transport is shifting fast as cities set stricter targets, investors fund charging networks, and regulators push cleaner supply chains.

Governments accelerate EV incentives as automakers race to cut tailpipe emissions. Yet battery supply chains and grid mix cloud the carbon math. Experts weigh costs, life-cycle impacts, and what’s needed to hit 2030 targets.

From the food we buy to the routes we drive, routine decisions add up. New data show household habits shape a large share of emissions, spotlighting practical steps residents and cities can take daily.

Wetlands, long overlooked, are emerging as frontline climate assets. Scientists say they store vast carbon, blunt floods, and protect coasts-making conservation a low-cost tool in national climate plans.

As rising seas, droughts, and extreme heat upend livelihoods, climate-driven migration is accelerating, reshaping populations and pressuring borders, services, and economies, officials and aid groups warn.

Experts say sustainable forest management is critical to meeting climate targets, curbing emissions, and protecting biodiversity, as governments weigh policy tools and funding to scale restoration and prevent deforestation.

From flooded deltas to drought-stricken farmlands, climate shocks are pushing millions to move. Authorities face mounting pressure to adapt infrastructure, migration policy, and aid as weather extremes intensify.

As nations race to cut emissions, sustainable agriculture emerges as a key lever, with regenerative practices boosting soil carbon, reducing fertilizer use, and safeguarding food security amid a warming climate.