Environment
Countries must ‘urgently’ adapt to climate change, UN warns | DW | 14.01.2021
World leaders and businesses are not putting enough money into adapting to dangerous changes in the climate and must "urgently...
Light pollution: The dangers of bright skies at night | DW | 14.01.2021
When the Earth shook the Los Angeles region on the night of 17 January 1994, many houses, bridges and power lines were...
The Capitol Riot and Climate Disinformation
How the riot ties in with climate disinformationLast week, a mob incited by President Trump stormed the United States Capitol...
Joe Biden’s climate pledges: Are they realistic? | DW | 13.01.2021
The past years have been a troubled time for the United States in matters of climate protection policy. Outgoing President Donald Trump...
Sally Rooney to Publish ‘Beautiful World, Where Are You’
A little over two years ago, the novelist Sally Rooney seemed poised to take a well-earned victory lap. At 27,...
Uganda: Turning trash into COVID masks for the hearing-impaired | DW | 12.01.2021
When Juliet Namujju was five years old, her parents were involved in a road accident that claimed her mother's life...
A Memoir That Sees Only the Tip of the Melting Iceberg
UNSOLACEDAlong the Way to All That IsBy Gretel EhrlichWhen we think of migratory peoples, the images that most likely come...
Pandemic and Africa on agenda at 2021 One Climate Summit | DW | 11.01.2021
"2021 must be the year to reconcile humanity with nature," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday at the One Planet...
One Planet summit aims to protect global biodiversity | DW | 11.01.2021
World leaders met for an online One Planet Summit Monday to discuss climate change and the preservation of biodiversity and...
One Planet summit: Merkel rails against deforestation | DW | 11.01.2021
World leaders met for an online One Planet Summit Monday to discuss climate change and the preservation of biodiversity and...
Can yoga and meditation help us to connect with nature? | DW | 08.01.2021
If, this time last year, the world had been told it would spend much of the coming months in lockdown,...
Flying foxes: Australia’s love-hate relationship with fruit bats | DW | 07.01.2021
Earlier this year, the term "bat tornado" started appearing in the Australian and international media. It all started with a...
Learning in lockdown: Global Ideas takes schooling online | DW | 07.01.2021
Our impact on the natural world — and its impact on us — has never been so stark. But how...
Sale of Drilling Leases in Arctic Refuge Fails to Yield a Windfall
For decades the refuge, most of it virtually untouched wilderness, had remained off limits to oil development. But in 2017,...
What the Senate Vote Could Mean
Welcome to the Climate Fwd: newsletter. The New York Times climate team emails readers once a week with stories and...
Meat Atlas: It’s time to rethink what we eat | DW | 06.01.2021
"Industrial meat production is not only responsible for precarious working conditions, it also pushes people off their land, leads to deforestation,...
Henry Paulson Returns to Finance, to Run Climate-Focused Fund
This past fall, Henry M. Paulson Jr., the former Treasury secretary, got a call from Paul David Hewson, better known...
The coronavirus effect: Germany achieves its 2020 climate targets | DW | 04.01.2021
In 2007, under Chancellor Angela Merkel's leadership, the German government pledged a 40% carbon emissions cut by 2020. According to analysis...
Opinion: We are close to the point of no return | DW | 04.01.2021
As COVID-19 vaccination programs roll out, 2021 starts with hope that an end to the pandemic is in sight. We...
With Concessions and Deals, China’s Leader Tries to Box Out Biden
A trade pact with 14 other Asian nations. A pledge to join other countries in reducing carbon emissions to fight...
