Author: B. Atherton, Staff Writer | ☀ A record-breaking yearThe year 2024 marked a historic milestone in the global climate crisis. Record-breaking temperatures, unusually warm oceans, and destructive weather events underscored the growing influence of human-caused global warming. At the same time, advances in renewable energy and international climate negotiations offered evidence that practical solutions…
Climate Change & Environmental Politics in 2024: The Challenge of Turning Promises Into Progress
Author: D. Townsend, Staff Writer | ☀ Climate Change & Environmental Politics in 2024Climate change remained a major political and economic issue in 2024. Governments faced growing pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, expand renewable energy, protect vulnerable communities, and prepare for increasingly costly environmental disasters. At the same time, climate policies became entangled with…
COP29 and the Continuing Struggle to Finance Climate Action
Author: M. Roby, Staff Writer | ☀ COP29 – Financing Climate ActionIn November 2024, world leaders, diplomats, scientists, and environmental advocates gathered in Baku, Azerbaijan, for the United Nations Climate Change Conference known as COP29. The summit took place against a troubling scientific backdrop: global temperatures were reaching record levels, climate-related disasters were imposing mounting…