Fossil Fuel Industry Profits Soar Amid Record-breaking Climate-related Losses
The Urgent Need for Accountability and Transition to Renewable Energy Source: Union of Concerned Scientists The five biggest fossil fuel...
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Curbing disinformation with UNESCO
REL Study Shows Wind and Solar Power Can Decarbonize US Power Sector with Minimal Land Use
Source: Union of Concerned Scientists The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently published a study showing that wind and...
US: A Better Way of Paying for a Reliable Electricity Grid
Source: Union of Concerned Scientists Last spring, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), which operates the electricity...
High and dry
Winter drought in Nepal affects agriculture, hydropower and air quality Source: Nepali Times On average, Kathmandu Valley used to get...
Building higher islands could save the Maldives from sea-level rise, says study
Source: Tyndall Centre Artificially raising island heights or building completely new higher islands have been proposed as solutions to...
Film Review: The New World, Pocahontas's story
by Alberto Sclaverano for Citiplat When it opened in theatres at the end of 2005, The New World was only Terrence Malick's fourth film in...
Film Review: The Bay & Co: How horror films can successfully deal with ecological themes
by Alberto Sclaverano for Citiplat It is common, especially in American cinema, to find social and political messages hidden inside...
US: Six Ways Science Can Boost Climate Accountability in 2023
Source: Union of Concerned Scientists Never has holding the fossil fuel industry accountable for driving the climate crisis been more...
US: How Are Wind Turbines Made?
Source: Union of Concerned Scientists Many humans feel at least a bit of “megalophilia”—a love of very, very big things. This might be...
ExxonMobil Accurately Projected Rising Temperatures While Publicly Disparaging Climate Science
Source: Union of Concerned Scientists New research by Geoffrey Supran, Stefan Rahmstorf, and Naomi Oreskes published in Science looks at...
Save Nepal’s orchids
Himalayan orchids need urgent protection before they are smuggled to extinction Source: Nepali Times There are about 30,000 species of...
Film Review: The Thin Red Line, using war as a metaphor for humanity's disconnect from nature
by Alberto Sclaverano for Citiplat There was a lot of curiosity in the film industry about The Thin Red Line, which had its theatrical...
Film Review: Avatar, The Way of Water dives deeper into ecological themes
by Alberto Sclaverano for Citiplat Thirteen years after the release of James Cameron's Avatar, which continues to hold the title of...
US: Want Clean Energy? Then You Also Want Battery Recycling.
Source: Union of Concerned Scientists Lithium-ion batteries are essential for decarbonizing transportation through electric vehicles and...
US: Challenges and Opportunities in Mining Materials for Energy Storage Lithium-ion Batteries
Source: Union of Concerned Scientists Batteries are key to enabling the renewable energy transition. When the sun isn’t shining or the...
Who now owns Nepal’s forests?
Forest area has nearly doubled in the past 40 years, raising new questions about who should manage it under Nepal’s new federal structure...
Reviving Nepal’s community forestry success story
After restoring forest cover, Nepal should now prioritise harvesting and regeneration of forests to raise living standards Source: Nepali...
Indigenous communities in Brazil
Interview: Kaime Silvestre By Alessandra Bonanomi Despite their negligible ecological footprint, Indigenous people are often the first to...
Including local knowledge to study climate change
Source: Nepali Times Scientist couple spend six months researching climate impact on glaciers and biodiversity below Kangchenjunga When...
Countries bet on forests and soils to reach net-zero
Source: Tyndall Centre New research by the University of East Anglia highlights the risks of countries relying on nature-based solutions...
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