All human beings have valid claims against all states that are destroying the planet’s atmospheric commons, writes Jeremy Brecher.
Needed: A Global Climate Insurgency
Category: Climate Change
New Year’s Day 2050
The international community will, by mid-century, need to find new forms of collaboration to contain the damage wrought by climate catastrophe, writes Alfred W. McCoy.
UN Official Also on the Board of Shell
If Jane Holl Lute’s many endeavors outside the U.N. passed the institution’s ethics test, her latest gig became more complicated, Stéphanie Fillion reports.
In First Post After Prison, Craig Murray Rips COP26
Glasgow 21 was rather more sinister than blah blah blah, writes the former U.K. diplomat, after first thanking his supporters.
Consortium News, Unique in Independent Media
Certain things set Consortium News apart from the independent media landscape that are worth noting as we launch our Winter Fund Drive.
Atlantic Hurricane Season Blows Open US Inequities
Much of the climate-related homelessness and permanent displacement could be prevented if the U.S. government invested in preparedness, say the authors.
More Rain Than Snow Predicted for Arctic
“The new models couldn’t be clearer that unless global warming is stopped, the future Arctic will be wetter; once-frozen seas will be open water, rain will replace snow,” study co-author says.
Biden Slammed for Renominating Powell as Fed Chair
The decision, said one campaigner, “doubles down on reckless Wall Street deregulation and dangerous dawdling on climate-related threats to the financial system.”
Cuba’s Blueprint for Building More with Less
A post-revolutionary architectural experiment offers lessons for designing with scarcity, writes M. Wesam Al Asali.
COP26: Uberizing Farms to Save the Climate
At COP26, there was a notable silence around the distorted food system that pollutes the Earth and our bodies, writes Vijay Prashad.