Wow!: 12 global initiatives to beat back climate threats
MEGAN ROWLING, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, looks at 12 initiatives, newly announced or expanded, at this week’s UN Climate Action Summit in New York…
Bangladesh rural families shoulder costs of coping with climate change
DhakaThomson Reuters Foundation Bangladeshi families in rural areas have been spending 12 times more each year than the foreign aid the flood-prone country receives to prepare for and cope with the effects of climate change, researchers said last week. Households headed by women – who generally earn less than men – are under even greater […]
Millions of young people, led by Sweden’s Thunberg, to strike for climate action
New York Reuters With world leaders about to gather in New York for a UN Climate Action Summit next week, millions of young people from Australia to Iceland will take off from school or work on Friday to demand urgent measures to stop environmental catastrophe. Protests, inspired by the 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, are […]
Swedish teen climate activist arrives in New York by boat for UN summit
New York City, US Reuters Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg sailed into New York Harbor on Wednesday in a zero-carbon emissions vessel, completing her nearly 14 day journey from England to take part in a United Nations climate summit. The 16-year-old Swedish schoolgirl, who set sail from Plymouth, England, on 14th August, was greeted by […]