Apr 26, 2024 01:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
Did you receive a mail-order package this week? Carriers in the U.S. shipped 64 packages for every American in 2022, so its quite possible. That commerce reflects the expansion of large-scale retail in recent decades,...
Apr 25, 2024 06:01 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
In the two decades to 2019, global plastic production doubled. By 2040, plastic manufacturing and processing could consume as much as 20% of global oil production and use up 15% of the annual carbon emissions...
The stakes could not be higher as Canada sets its 2035 emissions target
Mar 22, 2024 11:41 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The Government of Canada is in the midst of a public engagement on the 2035 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target. The timeline is short, and the stakes could not be higher. According to Section 7 of the Canadian...
Climate change is warping the seasons
Mar 07, 2024 09:24 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
The seasons arent what they used to be. People who live in Earths middle latitudes are accustomed to a spring, summer, autumn and winter. If youre in the northern hemisphere, you may have noticed plants flowering...
SEC approves first US climate disclosure rules
Mar 07, 2024 07:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
After two years of intense public debate, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved the nations first national climate disclosure rules on March 6, 2024, setting out requirements for publicly listed companies to...
Four ways AI could help us respond to climate change – despite how much energy it uses
Feb 15, 2024 06:05 am UTC| Insights & Views
Advanced AI systems are coming under increasing critcism for how much energy they use. But its important to remember that AI could also contribute in various ways to our response to climate change. Climate change can be...
Feb 08, 2024 12:28 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The bush is full up no room for more renewables, according to Nationals leader David Littleproud. Instead, renewables should be restricted to large solar arrays on commercial buildings in the cities. The...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight