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Tackling the Energy and Climate Crisis

An article from The Economist discusses how governments can tackle the present energy crisis without hindering the clean-energy transition.

Solving the climate crisis means getting rid of carbon dioxide, but what if carbon dioxide also becomes a solution to climate change?

Finland completed the last of five underground nuclear waste repositories on Olkiluoto island, off the southwest coast of Finland, this June.

A webinar by Tonkin+Taylor and Movac focuses on circular technologies, a tangible action relating to NZ's emission reduction plan.

Electronic engineering progress and the lowering cost of renewables serve to overcome the barriers of transitioning away from fossil fuels.

Education can create climate adaptive and resilient people. Illiteracy hinders progress as people tend to find it hard to change their ideas.

Coastal towns and Conservation International help communities build an innovative approach to climate resilience – green and grey solutions.

Mixed-species forests can be achieved by establishing certification schemes for tree plantings that meet minimum biodiversity standards.

Traditional climate adaptation strategies are not sufficient. New approaches that combine technology and nature-based solution are needed.

Climate change will be harder on the uneducated because illiteracy and lack of education prevent people from changing their ways.

Latin America's climate, such as rainfall patterns, rising temperatures, and weather storm severity, is changing. Farmers are adapting.

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have yet again reached a new high. Vietnam is developing more renewable energy sources.

The solar power industry makes it the most preferred renewable energy source. Scaling it up will decarbonise more the electricity sector.

Human activity impacts the oceans. Climate change will shift shipping routes, affecting the mixture of marine and transported species.

Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) is gaining ground in fighting climate change, especially in developing and vulnerable countries.

The study improves our learning of the global gap between current and potential carbon storage on land and offers a framework for action.

The IPCC Sixth Assessment Report identifies plant-based and cultured meat as a transformative solution to halving emissions by 2030.

This post discusses the slow water approach and how cities and communities can better manage water with climate change and rapid urbanisation.

Maria Yzabell Angel Palma from the Philippines invented the Air Disc cooling system, which doesn't use CFC or refrigerants.

The Economist article features a growing global trend in climate litigation as communities feel the impacts of climate change.

Developments in risk science and approaches to resilience are crucial in addressing climate change risks and climate adaptation.