News outlets are uncertain about the nation's future
The BBC in October published a glowing encomium to Japanese cleanliness. "How," it asks, "does Japan stay so clean?" It's deeply ingrained, the report explains. Shinto purifies the body, Buddhism cleanses the mind, the tea ceremony sweeps the last speck of dust from the rustic ...
Green markets for equitable growth
Any realistic solution to the climate crisis must keep the engines of economic growth running. A global carbon market would do just that.
Unprecedented wildfires in eastern Australia have turbocharged demands that the conservative government do more to tackle climate change and have rekindled an ideological fight over the science behind the blazes. The huge fires have affected communities up and down the east coast, killing four people ...
World's energy watchdog is undermining climate change battle, critics say
A short walk from the Eiffel Tower, Fatih Birol oversees the world's energy watchdog, whose analyses of fuel demand have long been viewed as the gold standard by government officials, energy executives and investors. But now the Turkish economist and the International Energy Agency are ...
Greta Thunberg, bound for Europe, prepares to cross Atlantic once more
"Extremely educational" is how Greta Thunberg sums up her North American sojourn as she prepares to cross the Atlantic once more, this time bound back for Europe. The 16-year-old Swede, who became world famous for founding the "school strikes for the climate," will set sail ...
Ten ways climate change as 'accelerant' can make wildfires worse
Wildfires such as those raging across eastern Australia have become more common across the world in recent years. AFP talked to scientists about the ways in which climate change can make them worse. Other factors have also fueled an increase in the frequency and intensity ...
Raging Australian fires hit Sydney suburbs amid 'worst conditions on record'
Bushfires raging across eastern Australia singed Sydney's suburbs on Tuesday, with firefighters scrambling planes and helicopters to douse a built-up neighborhood with water and red retardant. Experts have described the conditions as the worst on record, as spring temperatures climbed toward 40 degrees Celsius (104 ...
Does Japan have a global environmental strategy?
As the world's attention turns to climate change, Japan is in prime position to lead.
Australians trapped by wildfires told it's 'too late to leave'
Dozens of fires fanned by gale-force winds, scorching temperatures and tinder-dry bushland burned out of control in eastern Australia on Tuesday, as residents up and down the coast were warned it was now too late to leave. Thousands of firefighters had spread out across New ...
Australia's New South Wales state declares state of emergency over wildfires
Australia's most populous state declared a state of emergency on Monday due to unprecedented wildfire danger as calls grew for Australia to take more action to counter climate change. New South Wales state Emergency Services Minister David Elliott said residents are facing what "could be ...
Icelandic seventh-grader Lilja Einarsdottir is on an unusual field trip with her class: They're measuring the Solheimajokull glacier to see how much it has shrunk in the past year, witnessing climate change first-hand. "It is very beautiful but at the same time it is very ...
Merely calling the Trump administration's decision "regrettable" is not enough.
