Climate

The global scientific consensus is clear: emissions of gases that warm the planet must be cut by almost half by 2030 so that the world can ward off the worst climate catastrophes.The global political response so far has been…

Private equity managers should also take note of the following: She implied that she would like to deal with "interest income" which allows some financiers to pay taxes on their income at capital gains rates as if they had invested the…

U.S. Climate Commissioner John Kerry warned Tuesday that global warming was making the world more dangerous and posing risks to peace and security around the world.If you don't address the threats of climate change, "you are almost marching…

Previous efforts to increase flood insurance rates have been delayed or withdrawn in the face of public pressure. In 2012, Congress passed law that would have adjusted interest rates based on people's full risk. Two years later, the…

"We need to better understand these composite effects," said Michael Craig, an expert in energy systems at the University of Michigan, who recently led a study that looked at how rising summer temperatures in Texas can place unexpected…

If mankind can successfully contain climate change, "It will be the most amazing thing humanity has ever done, "said Bill Gates.It's going to take "an extensive effort, like a world war, but we're against greenhouse gases," Gates told…

Another 20 companies have joined The Climate Pledge, a public commitment by Amazon and Jeff Bezos to "go green," launched in 2019. Including the new signatories announced on Wednesday, 53 companies in 12 countries have joined.The best…

Huge winter storms this week plunged large parts of the central and southern states of the United States into an energy crisis as freezing explosions of Arctic weather crippled power grids and left millions of Americans without power in…

The flash flood, which killed dozens of people on Sunday and hundreds were missing in the Himalayas of India, was far from the first such catastrophe among the high mountain glaciers in the world. In a world with a changing climate, it…

Paul J. Crutzen, a Dutch scientist who received a Nobel Prize for work warning the world of the threat to the planet's ozone layer from chemicals and who continued to advocate action against global warming, died in Mainz on January 28th.…