Climate Change

Survivors of cyclone Idai are seen through a destroyed building as they gather to receive aid at Coppa business center in Chipinge, Zimbabwe, March 25, 2019. Picture taken March 25, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo - RC1AFE44B330

Cyclone Idai exposes the gap of disaster risk relief financing in Africa

Mohamed Beavogui

Monday, April 1, 2019

People look at a globe which is a part of of an installation in downtown Copenhagen December 6, 2009. Copenhagen is the host city for the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 which starts from December 7 until December 18. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski (DENMARK ENTERTAINMENT ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1E5C61T3J01

Why Captain Planet should have been a woman

Christina Kwauk

Thursday, March 28, 2019

Water drips from a tap as people sit in the Eshash el-Sudan slum in the Dokki neighbourhood of Giza, south of Cairo, Egypt September 2, 2015. Residents of the slum clashed with police in late August, when about 50 ramshackle huts were destroyed and at least 20 people were injured by teargas, local media reported, as authorities attempt to clear the area and rehouse residents. The slum dwellers, some of whom have called Eshash el-Sudan home for 50 years, say there are not enough apartments built nearby to house them. The residents of the slum eke out a living by disposing of rubbish or baking bread. Schooling is too expensive for most of their children, who play with salvaged rubbish amid shacks made out of discarded wood and leather. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshSEARCH "ESHASH EL-SUDAN" FOR ALL PICTURES - GF10000200359

Figure of the week: Climate change and hydro-political interactions in Africa

Friday, March 22, 2019

High waves come close to reaching a cafe after lifeguards closed the pier due to the large swells in Ocean Beach, California, U.S., January 9, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake - RC176229A9E0

Where does US climate policy stand in 2019?

Philip A. Wallach

Friday, March 22, 2019

Cattle run as a helicopter flies overhead along the Komadougou Yobe river which separates Niger and Nigeria, outside Damasak March 24, 2015. Boko Haram militants have kidnapped more than 400 women and children from the northern Nigerian town of Damasak that was freed this month by troops from Niger and Chad, residents said on Tuesday. Nigerian, Chadian and Niger forces have driven militants out of a string of towns in simultaneous offensives over the past month. REUTERS/Joe Penney - GF10000037002

Local institutions can mitigate climate-related conflict in the Sahel

Ahmadou Aly Mbaye

Monday, March 18, 2019

A maize plant is seen at a field in Hoopstad, a maize-producing district in the Free State province, South Africa, January 13, 2016. Mid-summer rains may be too little, too late for farmers as the South African countryside bakes under the worst drought in over a century. Last year was the driest on record. Picture taken January 13. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - GF20000094826

An African-owned initiative to manage natural disaster and climate risks

Mohamed Beavogui

Thursday, March 14, 2019

A rainbow appears above homes on a hillside following a rain storm in Encinitas, California, U.S., January 31, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake - RC1D4A71D2D0

Charts of the week: Climate change costs and emissions targets

Friday, February 1, 2019

Teak logs are loaded onto a lorry at a logging camp in Pinlebu township, Sagaing division in northern Myanmar March 9, 2014. Picture taken March 9, 2014. To match story MYANMAR-FORESTS/ REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1EA3L14CT01

The deforestation risks of China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Elizabeth Losos, Alexander Pfaff, and Lydia Olander

Monday, January 28, 2019

Two clean economy workers installing solar panels

The Green New Deal promises jobs, but workers need to be ready to fill them

Joseph W. Kane, Mark Muro, and Adie Tomer

Friday, January 25, 2019

Coal miners leave the mine Pozo Santiago after finishing their shift, in Caborana, Spain, December 26, 2018. Picture taken December 26, 2018. REUTERS/Eloy Alonso - RC1F19664270

Why there’s no bringing coal back

Wednesday, January 16, 2019