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Increased Flooding Threatens Indonesia’s Capital
Flood events in Indonesia are becoming increasingly intense and frequent. Two UNESCO biosphere reserve islands, recognized for their natural beauty...
High Level Meetings Take Place to Address Climate Change; Toxic Pollution Stifles Delhi
India has been taking concrete actions to step up its climate change activities ranging from hosting ministerial meetings, to spurring...
Germany Decides on Final Climate Protection Law
In November 2019, the German federal government passed the new “Klimapaket” (Climate Packet) to immediately take action to achieve the...
France Seeks New Ways to Legitimize Climate Measures
In the final quarter of 2019, France embarked on a new venture to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions as the...
EU Proposes a Green Climate Deal
Ursula Von der Leyen, the new EU Commissioner, revealed a new set of policy initiatives brought forward by the new...
China Makes Serious Efforts To Re-Green Its Deserts
With forests and grasslands burning across the planet, the importance of forests as carbon sinks has come back into the...
New Ecofiscal Climate Gaps Report Recommends More Rigorous Actions Needed to Meet Canada’s Emission Goals
Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission is a group of independent, policy-minded economists from industry, environment and broad political thought who seek to...
Similarities and Differences in the Forest and Bush Fires in Brazil and Australia
Nothing has made Brazil more relevant in recent news and in climate change discussion than the fires in the Amazon...
Australia’s Summer of Bushfire Disaster
Australia’s current fire season is one for the history books. As of mid-January official estimates are that 17 million hectares...
Spain Mandates Climate Change Curriculum at Primary and Secondary School Level
Spain’s Ministry for Ecological Transition has made a specific effort to educate upcoming generations on the impacts of climate change...
Spain Climate Leader 2019: Teresa Ribera
Teresa Ribera, Minister of the Ecological Transition of Spain, is likely the most well-known climate spokesperson for the country. Known...
