What You Need to Know About This Alarming New UN Climate Report John Light October 8, 2018 A new report requested by the UN and completed by the world's top climate scientists takes a look at the likelihood that the Paris Climate Agreement will meet its goals to limit global warming. The picture i...
Chart of the Day: These are the International Issues “Generation Z” and Millennials Care Most About Mark Leon Goldberg September 12, 2018 Update: The full results of this poll are now available. It shows that young Americans are keenly engaged in international issues and have favorable views of the United Nations. This cuts across party lines. A ...
PODCAST: The World is Experiencing an Unprecedented Boom in Dam Building Mark Leon Goldberg September 11, 2018 The world is experiencing a dam building boom. According to research by my guest today, David Hulme, there are plans underway around for the construction of over 3,700 new dams around the world. This explos...
The UN Secretary General Just Gave An Major Speech On Climate Change John Light September 10, 2018 On Monday afternoon, UN Secretary General António Guterres delivered a major address drawing attention to the world’s insufficient action on climate change. “Climate change is the defining issue of our time, a...
This is the World’s First Fully Solar Powered Airport. (It Serves as Many People as Dulles Airport) Mark Leon Goldberg August 1, 2018 The United Nations Environment is bestowing its highest annual honor on an airport in India for being the first airport in the world to function entirely on solar energy. UN Environment named Cochin Internation...
The Inside Story of How the World Closed the Hole in the Ozone Layer Mark Leon Goldberg July 23, 2018 The year is 1985. Ronald Reagan is president. Margaret Thatcher is prime minister of the United Kingdom. Michael Jackson, White Snake and George Michael are dominating the billboard charts. Back to the Fut...
Why Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson Fights for Climate Justice Mark Leon Goldberg June 25, 2018 Mary Robinson was the first female President of Ireland, serving from 1990 to 1997. She then served as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and has since undertaken a variety of roles at the UN system,...
A Paris Agreement for the Shipping Industry John Light April 18, 2018 The UN agency that oversees shipping, the International Maritime Organization, adopted its first-ever deal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions last week. On Friday, the IMO, which has more than 170 member nation...
Young People Around the World Are Increasingly Suing Governments To Protect the Environment. (And they are winning) John Light April 11, 2018 In 1998, researchers at Shell wrote a memo in which they predicted a series of devastating storms in the year 2010. The storms would ravage the East Coast of the United States, the memo suggested, and would be ...
