Hawaii is being seriously impacted by climate change
Heatwaves, droughts, wildfires, sea level rise, and floods are among the main effects of climate change in Hawaii. According to…
Hawaii marches big oil companies to court to recover costs due to climate change impact
A lawsuit by the city of Honolulu (together with some local agencies), seeking financial damages, was brought in March 2020…
What is climate change?
The United Nations (UN) was formed after World War 11 in 1945 by 50countries initially, today membership has grown to 193 countries, so basically all countries of the world are now members of the UN.
What is the Paris Agreement?
The Paris Agreement comes up in most conversations about climate change. For those who are just being introduced to climate…
UNFCCC and COP: The United Nations response to climate change
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is a treaty formulated by the United Nations (UN) and ratified…
The work of the IPCC is enough evidence that climate change is real
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was formed in 1988, it’s the agency within the United Nations (UN) that…
Small Island States are taking their climate change grievances to court
Small Island States took a case to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in The Hague, Netherlands, in December 2024,…
Small Island States are especially vulnerable to climate change
Small Island Developing States are impacted in many ways by the changing climate. They are impacted, for example, by heatwaves,…
5 sectors that are major contributors to climate change
Sectors such as Transportation, Electricity, Industry, Residential and Commercial properties and Agriculture are among the main greenhouse gas emitters. For…
The world experienced record-breaking heat in 2024
Since record keeping began, the world experienced its hottest year in 2024. Using figures from the Copernicus Climate Change Service…
If there is climate change why are we having cold snowy winters?
Carbon dioxide, methane and other gases are released into the world’s atmosphere when fossil fuels like oil, gas and coal…
The world’s youth and climate change activism
The world’s young people, by their activism, are playing one of the most important roles in fostering global climate awareness,…
Climate change and home insurance
Home insurance gives confidence to the homeowner that if the house is damaged or destroyed by events outside the homeowner’s…
The United States and climate change
Climate change events that present the most urgent and severe challenges for the United States (US) are heatwaves, wildfires, hurricanes…
The Trump Administration and climate change
President Trump withdrew from the Paris Agreement in January 2025, the same month he came back to office for a…
As US steps back China is asked to play a climate leadership role
China is far ahead of other countries in the manufacturing, export and use of renewable energy products, and in an…
China and climate change
China is the world’s second most populous country and it has a massive industrial manufacturing sector. It is considered by…
India: The air pollution, the heatwaves and the floods.
More human beings are living in India than in any other country, and it is probably among the top 5…