What is Climate messaging? This article features Chelsea Harvey & E&E News Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group Achim Steiner with an exclusive interview in Istanbul, Turkey on March 21, 2024.

A new U.N. program highlights the disconnect between climate messaging and the growing possibility of overshooting a key global warming threshold By Chelsea Harvey & E&E News Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group Achim Steiner speaks during an exclusive interview in Istanbul, Turkiye on March 21, 2024. […]

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As Climate Change continues to spread disasters around the world, it often burdens those least able to avoid suffering. The United Nations has established a fund to support refugees who find the only response is to leave their homes and seek safer environments. This article explains the purpose of the Climate Resilience Fund.

The fund will support support refugees, their host communities and countries of origin hardest hit by climate emergencies (SIMON MAINA) The United Nations said Wednesday it was launching a new Climate Resilience Fund aimed at boosting protections for “refugees and displaced communities” threatened by climate change. The UN refugee […]

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This Earth Day has both positive and negative points to be made. First, the bad news, we are not doing enough, quick enough, to combat Climate Change. However, it would be a mistake to not celebrate the cooperative efforts of many people and organizations who are earnestly doing something to change things for the better for all of us. May they serve as inspiration to motive more people to take real action to combat Climate Change. This is one story of many.

An electric vehicle charges at a station near Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Maryland is approaching 100,000 electric vehicles on the road — more than 50 times the number a decade ago. FILE (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun) Maryland is often referred to as the Old Line State. The story […]

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Do you find yourself comparing events of today with those you remember from the past ? If you do, you are not alone. It is hard to read the daily news and not read or see a video about some unfolding disaster, whether it is the spread of huge wildfires or the record temperatures recorded around the world. It seems more and more likely these tragic events are not isolated but are instead coming from the same cause. That cause appears to be Climate Change.

Scientists say climate change is unequivocally linked to the intensity, scale and frequency of natural disasters, such as heatwaves, wildfires, floods, tropical storms and hurricanes, all contributing to global humanitarian emergencies, including those in New York and New Jersey. Firefighters, police and operation teams are the first to assess […]

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What difference would electing one candidate over the other make when it comes to Climate Change. Turns out the answer is: It would make a BIG difference.

Donald Trump could cancel Joe Biden’s climate legislation, withdraw the US from the Paris agreement and push for more drilling for oil and gas if he is returned to the White House. Former UN climate chief warns of global impact of a possible regression in US green policies Victory […]

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With an upcoming Presidential Election in 2024, it is little wonder why so much of TV news coverage has to do with the election. But how much of the news that is broadcast concerns Climate Change? This article takes a look at how news about the Climate in general was covered last year in 2023. It also considers what should news outlets do to include what’s happening with Climate Change in 2024.

In 2023, broadcast TV news coverage of climate change decreased by 25% from the previous year, and discussion of climate change within the context of the 2024 election appeared in just a handful of segments on broadcast Sunday morning political shows and on PBS’ nightly news program, NewsHour . […]

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Here’s something relatively new to the Climate Crisis debate, talk about money. In fact, some economists are now talking about how Climate Change can affect one of the biggest economies in the world, that of the United States. Finally, the crisis may hit those on Wall Street as being relevant because it involves real dollars and cents.

Demonstrators protest the IMF and World Bank’s investments in fossil fuels and urge them to confront climate change as they march outside the World Bank and IMF Headquarters during the organizations, Annual Meetings in Washington, DC, October 18, 2019. As the climate crisis continues to pose a global threat, […]

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What does a decade of lower catches of lobsters off the coast of Maine tell us ? It has not happened before. Why is it happening now ?

(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File) PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — America’s lobster fishing business dipped in catch while grappling with challenges including a changing ocean environment and new rules designed to protect rare whales. The lobster industry, based mostly in Maine, has had an unprecedented decade in terms of the […]

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