US rejoins Paris climate pact with 2030 goals
The Paris Agreement is the primary global legal instrument for addressing climate change. Adopted by 196 Parties at COP21 in Paris on December 12, 2015, it entered into force on...
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Eevie App: The Personal Environmental Impact Tracker
Eevie turns a smartphone into a personal environmental impact tracker. The app reads accelerometer, gyroscope, and location signals to automatically detect how someone moves: on foot, on a bicycle, or...
Clothing industry's full lifecycle cost: 10% of emissions
The global clothing industry accounts for an estimated 2% to 8% of all greenhouse gas emissions, a range that spans a 2018 UNFCCC report and a 2020 World Economic Forum...
Eco-Anxiety and Climate Action: What the Evidence Shows
Eco-anxiety is a chronic fear of environmental doom. It is not a formal clinical diagnosis in the DSM-5 or ICD-11 as of early 2025, but the American Psychological Association has...
COP26 coal pledges face 2030-40 delays
On 1 October 2024 the United Kingdom became the first major economy to eliminate coal power entirely, closing the Ratcliffe-on-Soar station. That deadline, written into law years earlier, was met....
How Companies Are Profiting from Climate Change
Climate change is creating new revenue streams for a growing number of businesses. These companies are not just managing risk. They are selling goods and services that depend on a...
Caribbean climate plan backed by Branson, Bolt
In September 2017, weeks after Hurricanes Irma and Maria tore through the Caribbean, Richard Branson and Usain Bolt stood together at the University of the West Indies in Mona, Jamaica....
The End of UK Coal Mining: From 1.2 Million Jobs to Zero
Deep coal mining in the United Kingdom ended on 18 December 2015, when Kellingley Colliery in North Yorkshire closed. Surface mining followed in August 2020 with the closure of the...
California's 100% Clean Energy Mandate: What SB 100 Means
California's SB 100, the 100 Percent Clean Energy Act signed on September 10, 2018, requires the state to source all of its electricity from zero-carbon resources by 2045. The law...
AI's Climate Paradox: Emissions vs. Efficiency Gains
The same technology helping scientists predict weather patterns and detect methane leaks is also driving a surge in power demand that threatens to undercut those gains. Artificial intelligence systems, particularly...
The Lifecycle Environmental Cost of a Smartphone
Smartphones look clean. They sit in a pocket, draw a few watts, and last two or three years. But the carbon and ecological weight of the device is almost entirely...
