Category: Climate Change

Global Forest Treaty Needed Now

While illegal deforestation is not new, there is no moment in history that has attracted as much attention to it as now — or generated so much alarm, writes Adriana Erthal Abdenur.

Climate: Point of No Return

Texas National Guard soldiers in Houston, Aug. 27, 2017, to aid residents affected by Hurricane Harvey. (Texas Army National Guard photo)

Even an immediate reduction to zero greenhouse emissions would still result in a 3°C rise in global temperatures by 2500, find the authors of a new study.