climate change

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…

Before the COVID-19 pandemic began, Washington was coalescing around a new bipartisan consensus: great-power competition, especially with China, ought to be the main organizing principle of U.S…

When people used to ask me where I’m from, they would smile and shake their heads in disbelief when I said Paradise. “Paradise?” they would ask. “Where is that?” Now, when I tell them I’m from…

This summer is witnessing many fires and floods that strike many countries around the globe, and the intense heatwave, which scientists describe as “the most observed heatwave on the planet”, has…