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by , , , and - In this era of upheaval in the ocean, driven by climate change and other stressors, technological innovations offer a flood of new data and new capabilities for translating it into actionable information.
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by Sarah Parsons - January 15, 20202020 will inevitably be a turning point for the environment. Key decisions on climate change, the ocean and biodiversity will determine if it is a turning point for the better or for the worse.
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by Katie Lebling, Alex Rudee and Kelly Levin - January 15, 2020With global greenhouse gases on track to rise — again — to their highest level in history, there's increasing interest in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. In just a year, carbon removal has gone from being seen as a "radical fix" to a necessary tool to address the climate crisis.
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by Kelly Levin and Dennis Tirpak - January 13, 2020Climate scientists recently found that extreme heat is leading to more pre-term births, warming waters in New England are linked to a decline in fishermen, and unprecedented changes in the Arctic show the region is changing more quickly than anticipated. This post summarizes these and other studies published in December 2019.
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by Thailynn Munroe and Rod Taylor - January 10, 2020Australia’s bush fires are the worst in the country’s recorded history. Data on Global Forest Watch Fires sheds light on potential impacts to biodiversity and forest ecosystems.
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Please join us on for the U.S. launch of two new “Blue Papers” about the ocean’s relationship with humanity.
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by Talia Chorover and Jessica Arriens - January 06, 2020After Typhoon Ondoy struck an informal settlement in Pasig City, the government wanted to relocate residents up to 60 miles away. Instead, they built their own apartment complex designed to withstand floods and storms.
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by Kelly Levin - December 20, 2019Most scientific reports on climate look at changes since the pre-industrial era or since record-keeping began. But even looking at the past decade, it’s clear that our world today is very different from the world of 2010, thanks to climate change.
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by Kelly Levin and Dennis Tirpak - December 16, 2019Scientists found that warming will increase the spread of Ebola virus, reduce emperor penguin populations by up to 80% by 2100, and cause hurricanes and other extreme weather to stick around longer. This post summarizes these and other studies published in October and November 2019.
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At the UN climate negotiations in Madrid (COP25), countries made little progress to resolve outstanding rules for implementing the Paris Agreement, but they did send some signals for countries to strengthen their national climate commitments next year.
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by Steve Gaines, Erin OReilly, Eliza Northrop and Lauretta Burke - December 10, 2019Coral reef tourism, worth $35.8 billion globally every year, could experience revenue losses of over 90% based on the current trajectory of warming. Here's how ocean industries can try to avoid that kind of devastation.
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by Tom Cyrs, Joel Jaeger and Kevin Kennedy - December 09, 2019A new report finds that U.S. states, cities and businesses are already on pace to reduce emissions 25% below 2005 levels by 2030, and could cut emissions further just by scaling up existing actions.
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This high-level side event taking place at COP25 in Madrid, Spain, will focus on the growing international momentum around net-zero targets, and how this can drive more ambitious national climate action in line with the science and decreasing costs of clean technologies.
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by Sarah Parsons and Deborah Zabarenko - December 04, 2019Decipher the COP25 lingo with this helpful reference of all the terminology being used at the 2019 UN Climate Conference in Madrid. This dictionary will help demystify conversations around the climate negotiations.
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by Kelly Levin and Katie Lebling - December 03, 2019Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels are on track to climb to yet another record high this year, according to a new report from the Global Carbon Project, putting the world at risk of catastrophic climate change due to these heat-trapping gases.
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by Yamide Dagnet, David Waskow, Christina Chan, Joe Thwaites, Kelly Levin and Nathan Cogswell - December 03, 2019Se espera que representantes que las partes alineen políticas que aceleren y amplíen la acción y las inversiones hacia una economía baja en carbono
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by Taryn Fransen, Noëmie Leprince-Ringuet, Aishwarya Ramani and Ichiro Sato - December 02, 2019Power, transport, agriculture and forests account for more than three-fifths of global emissions. We know how to reduce emissions in these areas, and it's now time to put this knowledge into practice.
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by Kelley Kizzier, Kelly Levin and Mandy Rambharos - December 02, 2019Depending on how the international carbon markets rules are structured, Article 6 of the Paris Agreement could help countries achieve their climate commitments or let them off the hook. Here’s what you need to know.
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by Mathilde Bouyé - November 27, 2019Low-carbon policies offer Chile the opportunity to curb climate change and address social inequality simultaneously.
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by Yamide Dagnet and Jason Anderson - November 26, 2019By signing the Paris Agreement, countries agreed on long-term goals backed by national plans that are collectively reviewed every five years. Think of it as a regular check-up for global climate action.