The rise in coal prices can partly be attributed to the rising electricity demand, especially in Asian coal-producing countries. Credit: Wikimedia Commons By Sara BardhanMUMBAI, India, Feb 18 2022 (IPS) Coal—considered to be one of the most polluting fossil fuels and, therefore, one of the biggest contributors to climate change—took centre stage at COP 26.
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17 February 2022
Oil firms’ climate claims are greenwashing, study concludes
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Most comprehensive scientific analysis to date finds words are not matched by actions Accusations of greenwashing against major oil companies that claim to be in transition to clean energy are well-founded, according to the most comprehensive study to date. The research, published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, examined the records of ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell and
17 February 2022
The Fierce Urgency of Now is Required to Include Crisis-Affected Children with Disabilities in Education – ECW’s Yasmine Sherif says
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The world should, with urgency, remove the barriers to education for crisis-affected children with disabilities, says Education Cannot Wait Director Yasmine Sherif. Here she is pictured in Lebanon speaking to a young child at an ECW-supported facility. Credit: Education Cannot Wait (ECW) By Joyce ChimbiNairobi, Kenya, Feb 16 2022 (IPS) Unable to walk, see or
17 February 2022
Toward a feminist political ecology of household food and water security during drought in northern Nicaragua
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Few studies assess the relationship between food and water access, despite global concerns about people’s inability to maintain access to both food and water. We conducted a mixed-methods comparative case study in northern Nicaragua, with smallholders from two neighboring communities that differed in water availability and institutional strength, using a feminist political ecology framework and
15 February 2022
US west ‘megadrought’ is worst in at least 1,200 years, new study says
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Human-caused climate change significant driver of destructive conditions as even drier decades lie ahead, researchers say The American west has spent the last two decades in what scientists are now saying is the most extreme megadrought in at least 1,200 years. In a new study, published on Monday, researchers also noted that human-caused climate change
15 February 2022
‘Our Common Agenda’: Guterres’ Open Door to Corporate Capture of the UN
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By Emilia Reyes, Iolanda Fresnillo, Neth Dano and Pooja RangaprasadNEW YORK, Feb 15 2022 (IPS) On 10 September 2021, UN Secretary-General (SG) Antonio Guterres released the “Our Common Agenda” (OCA) report. This report was in response to a request from UN member states to “report back before the end of the seventy-fifth session of the
14 February 2022
Flourishing plants show warming Antarctica undergoing ‘major change’
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Dramatic spread of native plants over past decade is evidence of accelerating shifts in fragile polar ecosystem, study finds Antarctica’s two native flowering plants are spreading rapidly as temperatures warm, according to the first study to show changes in fragile polar ecosystems have accelerated in the past decade. The increase in plants since 2009 has
14 February 2022
Dream. Dare. Do.
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By External SourceNEW YORK, Feb 14 2022 (IPS-Partners) Conflict, forced displacement, climate change and COVID-19 are disrupting the education of millions of crisis-affected children and adolescents around the world. Yasmine Sherif is the Director of Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nation’s global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises. When she and ECW
13 February 2022
Experts sceptical of Shine Energy’s proposed ‘flexible’ coal power station
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The Australian company also claims coal can be burned with ‘zero emissions’ via CCS which remains largely ineffective and unproven Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing A proposed new coal-fired power station at Collinsville in north Queensland is now being pitched
12 February 2022
Trump-appointed judge blocks Biden administration climate metric
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Judge bars higher cost estimate which puts a dollar value on damages caused by additional greenhouse gases emitted A Trump-appointed federal judge has blocked the Biden administration’s attempt to put greater emphasis on potential damage from greenhouse gas emissions when creating rules for polluting industries. The move represents a blow to Joe Biden’s efforts to