Colombia and its climate change challenges
The main areas of climate change concern in Colombia are droughts, wildfires, floods and deforestation. 2024 saw periods of intense…
Oil producing countries: The peaceful coexistence of fossil fuel and renewable energy
All major oil producing countries, except Iran, have ratified the Paris Agreement. This means that even though the use of…
Agriculture and climate change
An article written for the ‘United Nations Academic Impact’ (UNAI), by John Roy Porter, a professor of agriculture and climate…
Climate change and water in the Middle East and North Africa
The Middle East and North Africa region has long been considered the hottest in the world, and it’s therefore no…
Politics may be hampering efforts to adequately address climate change
The United Nations (UN) and others have been proclaiming loudly for many years, that carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere,…
Water and climate change
Lack of water causes droughts, and droughts are known to be responsible for wildfires. On the other hand, too much…
Climate change impacts on the Oceans
A large portion of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and heat is absorbed by the ocean. Therefore, the ocean plays…
Climate change mitigation and adaptation
Climate change mitigation means the employment of various methods to reduce the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, mainly carbon dioxide….
The financial cost of climate change adaptation.
Climate change effects like heatwaves, floods, wildfires, sea level rise, and others, put additional financial burdens on countries. They bring…
The logic and significance of biodiversity
In general terms, biodiversity refers to human beings and the variety of other living things or species that collectively live…
Ecosystems
In plain terms, an ecosystem is the combined diverse elements or systems that sustain the life of a living biological…
Glaciers and the fresh water they provide are threatened by climate change
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in courier.unesco.org, advised in January 2025 that “glaciers are melting at…
Countries that sign the Paris Agreement are required to work together
By ratifying the Paris Agreement, individual countries have acknowledged that climate change is real and is primarily caused by humanity’s…
Celebrities are playing an important role in combating climate change
Many celebrities are putting pressure on governments to do more to address the climate crisis, including demanding more legislative action…
Climate change: NGOs and the private sector
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and the private sector are playing a significant role in spreading climate change awareness, lobbying governments and…
Some big banks leaving the United Nations climate lending initiatives
On 21 April 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland, a United Nations financial program called the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net-Zero (GFANZ)…
Several storms and hurricanes are causing havoc in Hawaii so far this year
Hawaii is experiencing an unusual 2026 when it comes to rainstorms and hurricanes. In March Hawaii experienced two rainstorms; one…
Inconceivable floods in Nepal and China (Tibet) region are linked to climate change
A ‘never-seen-before’ type of flooding occurred on 26 August 2026 in the Nepal and China (Tibet) border region that shocked…