Wildfires in old-growth Amazon forest areas rose 152% in 2023
The number of forest fires rose from 13,477 in 2022 to 34,012 in 2023. The main cause was drought.
EU lawmakers agree to exit energy treaty over climate fears
The 1994 treaty has at times penalized investors for not investing in fossil fuels.
Study quantifies ecological restoration effectiveness on greenhouse gas emissions
Plants are in fact excellent little carbon capture factories.
Biden rule hikes fees for oil projects on public lands
The hiked fees will help pay for some of the land cleanup costs that result from oil projects.
Despite gains in Brazil, forest destruction still ‘stubbornly’ high: Report
The forest lost in 2023 is equivalent to 2.4 billion tonnes of CO2—nearly half of US annual emissions from fossil fuels.
Swiss Re warns insured disaster losses could double in a decade
"there were more natural catastrophes causing insured losses in 2023"
Reduced red meat intake could hit Scotland climate goals
A disproportionately high amount of meat is eaten by a small number of people.
Big businesses in Australia will this year have to report their environmental impacts, but this alone won’t drive change
An intersection of inactivity: People don't want to read numbers and companies don't people to read these numbers.
Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions hit record levels in 2023: IEA
The world is so close, but climate change makes solving climate change harder.
Developers in England will be forced to create habitats for wildlife—here’s how it works
The policy is similar to Singapore's, which requires that all buildings provide more green space than they remove.
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