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As another record-breaking summer draws to a close in the northern hemisphere, we’re faced with an uncomfortable question: has our climate finally reached a tipping point?
In this Landscape News round-up, hear from over 40 climate scientists on where we stand right now, and learn what cities around the world are doing to adapt.
Heads up: next month, join us at the GLF Nairobi 2023 Hybrid Conference to help forge a new vision for Earth along with thousands of like-minded people from around the world. The event is free to attend online, with a wide range of discounts available to attend in person, so grab your ticket now!
Carbon capture and storage is attracting billions in new investment. Can it really help us solve the climate crisis?
As COP28 draws nearer, get ready to hear plenty about climate ‘loss and damage.’ Here’s all you need to know about the term.
Is this the future of food? Here are five things you need to know about regenerative agriculture.
In Papua New Guinea, carbon credits could be a win-win for the climate and one of the world’s most biodiverse countries, but not all is as it seems.
Speaking of biodiversity hotspots, our first-ever scrollytelling article looks at how to make wild meat sustainable in Guyana.
We also asked two of our Restoration Stewards to walk you virtually through the vast peatlands of the Colombian Andes and the mangroves off the coast of Kenya.
And to round off this month’s stories, here’s an interview with our new CEO, Éliane Ubalijoro, on how Africa’s people can join forces to demand climate justice.
From blistering heat to catastrophic wildfires across multiple continents, 2023 has been a rough year for climate disasters. But is the climate crisis really accelerating?
Wildfires have killed at least 115 people on the Hawaiian island of Maui and destroyed much of the island’s cultural heritage. Did U.S. colonialism make the fires worse?
Cities are fighting back: Seville is building a natural cooling system inspired by an ancient Persian technology, while Delhi is tapping into its restored lakes for its water supply.
And as the rising sea closes in around Tuvalu, the tiny Pacific island nation is getting ready to migrate to the metaverse.
Almost a million years ago, our ancestors came perilously close to extinction. Did climate change play a part?
As the climate crisis wreaks havoc on the global food supply, here’s how we can prevent food shortages from becoming the new normal.
This is the world’s first Inuit Protected Area. Set in a remote corner of the Canadian Arctic, it’ll give Inuit communities joint control over conservation matters.
There’s a twist in Colombia’s deforestation success story: armed rebel groups are taking conservation into their own hands.
Invasive species aren’t just bad for the planet. They’re also expensive – costing the global economy USD 423 billion every year.
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has dropped by 66 percent in the past year, reaching its lowest level in six years.
What happens when it gets too hot for leaves to photosynthesize? Some tropical forests are already approaching that point.
It’s confirmed: our greenhouse gas emissions are killing polar bears, according to a new study that quantifies that link for the first time ever.
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, whose CEO will be president of November’s COP28 summit, is set to spend more than USD 1 billion a month on fossil fuels for the rest of the decade.
How much of a difference do carbon offsets really make? This article traces one carbon credit from Kenya to the U.K. to find out.
Meanwhile, carbon credit speculators could rack up huge losses as their offsets go unused and turn into stranded assets.
The world’s largest floating wind farm has officially opened. Unfortunately, it’s being used to power the oil and gas industry.
Voters in Ecuador have passed a historic referendum to end oil drilling in a protected area of the Amazon, considered one of the world’s most biodiverse regions.
This week, African leaders and campaigners are gathering in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, for the first-ever Africa Climate Summit. Here’s what’s on the agenda.
The G20 spent a record USD 1.4 trillion on fossil fuel subsidies last year, despite having agreed to phase them out at COP26 two years ago.
France will raise taxes on flights to subsidize its railways. It also wants the E.U. to set a minimum price for flights within the bloc.
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