Author: E. Yorke, Staff Writer | ☀ Looking Beyond 2024: Preventing the Worst Consequences of Climate ChangeThe climate developments of 2024 offered a sobering picture of the planet’s future. Record-breaking global temperatures, unusually warm oceans, destructive weather events, and continuing greenhouse gas emissions demonstrated that climate change is no longer a distant threat. Yet the…
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…