climate change

When he cofounded the startup Helios four years ago, Jonathan Geifman was focused on space travel, not climate change. But as his team worked on one challenge—how to produce oxygen on the moon—they…

The Egyptian capital celebrates launching the country’s first bike sharing system which will be in force in July. Dubbed as “Cairo Bike,” this national venture aims to encourage people to use…

Human beings like to believe that they are the Earth’s finest and wisest living creatures, and also the most beneficial to the universe because they are the creature most capable of investing and…

Climate change has become a major concern for many governments, as scientists and civil societies keep raising alarms of its irreversible life-threatening effects every new day. While preparations…

In retrospect, the most significant outcome of COP26—the UN Conference on Climate Change that convened in Glasgow on October 31, after a year-long postponement—may not have been the formal agreement…

The Paris climate agreement global warming target is “well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees…

Greta Thunberg was not satisfied with COP26. At the end of an epic week that saw world leaders and activists deliver inspirational talks, she called the event a failure. Is she right? Thunberg…

Africa is experiencing the world’s worst vaccine deficit. Only a minority of countries—mostly those where vaccines are manufactured—are approaching adequate levels of vaccination. But Africa is…

Two important events hosted by the United Nations are coming up that are widely hoped to help address what the U.N. calls the “dual challenge”—fighting climate change and ensuring that poorer…

Journalist Ginia Bellafante hit the nail on the headwhen she tweeted that the overused phrase “historic weather event” must be retired. “It gives the ongoing climate catastrophe the hint of…