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These are 8 of the most high-impact, cost-effective, evidence-based organizations. You may not have heard of them.

IMPACTS RECOMMANDÉ

Le changement climatique tue toujours plus en Europe et les risques sanitaires s’aggravent

La proportion de morts causées par le changement climatique ne cesse d'augmenter en Europe. Désormais, presque toutes les régions enregistrent une hausse des décès liés à la chaleur, alors que les menaces sanitaires s'aggravent, montre un rapport scientifique.

RECOMMANDÉ MITIGATION & ADAPT.

Climate: Hope for Earth Day

The climate and environment team at The Times spend a lot of time documenting the myriad ways in which human activity is wreaking havoc on Earth’s ecosystems. But ahead of Earth Day tomorrow, we also wanted to highlight some of the many things that are going right in the push to slow global warming and protect the planet.

RECOMMANDÉ TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Burning wood for power worse for climate than gas equivalent, report finds

Burning wood for power generation can be worse for the climate than burning gas, even when the resulting carbon dioxide emissions are captured and stored, new research has shown.

RECOMMANDÉ TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Clean energy generation exceeded rise in global electricity demand in 2025

Output from solar farms rose by a third while electricity from fossil fuels fell, research from thinktank reveals

IMPACTS RECOMMANDÉ

State of the climate: Strong El Niño puts 2026 on track for second-warmest year

There is reason to expect that global temperatures will continue to increase over the remainder of the year, as a strong El Niño event is expected

IMPACTS

IMPACTS RECOMMANDÉ

Le changement climatique tue toujours plus en Europe et les risques sanitaires s’aggravent

La proportion de morts causées par le changement climatique ne cesse d'augmenter en Europe. Désormais, presque toutes les régions enregistrent une hausse des décès liés à la chaleur, alors que les menaces sanitaires s'aggravent, montre un rapport scientifique.

IMPACTS RECOMMANDÉ

State of the climate: Strong El Niño puts 2026 on track for second-warmest year

There is reason to expect that global temperatures will continue to increase over the remainder of the year, as a strong El Niño event is expected

IMPACTS

Heatwaves, floods and wildfires pose rising threat to democracy, report finds

Research shows natural hazards linked to climate crisis disrupted 23 elections in 18 countries in 2024

IMPACTS

Pollen season in UK and mainland Europe extended by climate breakdown

Research finds global heating has already lengthened the pollen season in addition to worsening heatwaves and droughts

IMPACTS

In Island gibt es erstmals Stechmücken – die Folgen für die Arktis sind dramatisch

Die Insel ist nicht mehr mückenfrei. Die Blutsauger sind für Forscherinnen ein Indikator für massive Veränderungen in der Arktis – und haben Folgen für Rentiere und Vögel.

IMPACTS

Das Mittelmeer ist bereits jetzt viel zu warm – es drohen Auswirkungen bis in die Schweiz

Selbst heftige Winterstürme können das Mittelmeer nicht mehr nachhaltig abkühlen. Im Sommer könnte es deshalb erneut zu einer maritimen Hitzewelle kommen.

IMPACTS

* EUROPA * Bientôt des hivers plus froids en Europe?

Circulation océanique majeure dans l'Atlantique et régulateur du climat mondial, l'Amoc pourrait diminuer de moitié d'ici à 2100, selon une récente étude. S'il ralentit encore davantage, les conséquences pourraient être dévastatrices, avec des hivers plus froids en Europe du Nord et des sécheresses au Sahel.

IMPACTS

Rusting Rivers: Alarm Grows Over Uptick in Acidic Arctic Waters

Climate change has thawed permafrost and increased rainfall in the Far North, producing sulfuric acid that is turning rivers and lakes yellow or rusty orange. Scientists are scrambling to parse the impacts on wildlife, fish, and the drinking water of Indigenous communities.

IMPACTS

* OVERSHOOT * Living in the overshoot age

Overshoot, the temporary crossing of climate targets before warming is reversed, has shifted from theoretical models to an urgent reality. Addressing this challenge requires effective strategies, global collaboration of different stakeholders and fair governance systems to manage the unprecedented risks.

IMPACTS

* ITALIEN * Wie lässt sich Venedig vor dem Untergang retten? Und zu welchem Preis?

Der steigende Meeresspiegel bedroht die Lagunenstadt. Forscher haben nun vier Massnahmen untersucht: Fluttore, Ringdeiche, ein Superdeich oder gar die Verlegung der Stadt. Kostenpunkt: bis zu 100 Milliarden Euro.

CAUSES

CAUSES

The world desperately needs to decarbonize shipping. Can nations find a consensus?

The shipping industry is responsible for 3 percent of global climate emissions. The Trump administration and the Iran war are complicating efforts to clean it up.

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

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MITIGATION & ADAPT.

* SCHWEIZ * Basel-Stadt senkt Hürden für Klimaförderungsprojekte

250 Millionen Franken hat der Kanton Basel-Stadt an verschiedene Förderprojekte gezahlt. Das ist Teil der OECD-Steuerreform – ein Teil der Steuereinnahmen fliesst zurück an Unternehmen. Zu wenig gefördert worden seien allerdings Klimaprojekte, das soll sich nun ändern.

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Climate: Hope for Earth Day

The climate and environment team at The Times spend a lot of time documenting the myriad ways in which human activity is wreaking havoc on Earth’s ecosystems. But ahead of Earth Day tomorrow, we also wanted to highlight some of the many things that are going right in the push to slow global warming and protect the planet.

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

Climate Readiness as a Driver of Urban Transformation

Cities today navigate a complex mix of pressures, including inequality, rapid growth, fiscal strain, infrastructure gaps, and mounting climate shocks. A World Resources Insitute analysis shows how climate initiatives can become entry points for broader urban transformations.

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

* CHINA * Inside One of China’s Greenest Cities

Shenzhen is implementing 113 near-zero carbon demonstration projects, an ambitious plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions, reduce energy costs and expand parks and walkways. In the process, it's creating a blueprint for a modern green city.

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

* DEUTSCHLANG * Milliarden sollen Moore nass machen

Eine historische Trendwende bei der Wiedervernässung trockengelegter Moore soll ein neues Bundes-Förderprogramm bringen. Moore können so der Landwirtschaft erhalten bleiben und als regionale Wasserspeicher dienen, wirbt das Umweltministerium.

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

* SCHWEIZ * CO2-Abscheidung in Kehrichtverbrennungen

Die Schweiz hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, bis im Jahr 2050 netto keine Klimagase mehr auszustossen. In einigen Bereichen wie etwa der Kehrichtverbrennung lassen sich Klimagase nicht komplett vermeiden. Nun gibt es Pläne, das CO2 direkt aus dem Kamin zu holen, bevor es in die Luft gelangt.

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

Carbon Removal Industry Reels as Microsoft Retreats

Once held up as a key solution to climate change, a field that aims to remove carbon from the atmosphere is struggling to catch on.

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

* SCHWEIZ * Zwischen Nutzung und Naturraum

Auf dem Weg zur Klimaneutralität sollen Holz und andere regenerative Baumaterialien emissionsintensive Baustoffe wo immer möglich er­setzen. Doch wie stark kann die Holzwirtschaft wachsen, bis die Wälder ihre Funktion als Kohlenstoffsenken und biodiverse Lebensräume ver­lieren? Zentral ist, wie wir Holz in unseren Ökobilanzen deklarieren.

POLITIQUE

POLITIQUE

* ITALIEN * Ideen gegen die Energiekrise: Drosselt Italien bald die Klimaanlagen?

Energie ist in Italien enorm teuer geworden, auch weil das Land stark vom Gas abhängig ist. Nun diskutiert das Land über mehr Homeoffice bis zu Temperaturgrenzen in Innenräumen.

POLITIQUE

* IRAN WAR * EU plans to cut electricity taxes to shield households from Iran war energy crisis

Brussels will relax state aid rules to allow member countries to offer ‘targeted and temporary’ support

POLITIQUE

* USA * Federal judge blocks Trump administration restrictions on wind and solar projects

The injunction pauses policy giving senior Trump official direct sign-off on federal clean energy projects

POLITIQUE

* TRANSITION AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS * Scientists tell Colombia fossil-fuel transition summit to ‘halt new expansion’

Around 50 nations will gather in Colombia to debate ways to “transition away” from fossil fuels, in the face of worsening climate change and high oil prices. A preliminary scientific “synthesis report” includes recommendations such as “halting all new fossil fuel expansion”.

POLITIQUE

What Magyar’s defeat of Orbán in Hungary means for climate and energy

Hungary has played a disproportionate role in EU climate and energy policy in recent years, by repeatedly vetoing climate action and by delaying the phaseout of Russian fossil-fuel imports.

POLITIQUE

* IRANKRIEG | EU * Mehr Homeoffice, billigere ÖPNV-Tickets, günstigere Wärmepumpen

Die EU-Kommission reagiert mit Vorschlägen zum Energiesparen auf die Teuerung infolge des Iran-Kriegs. In Deutschland gibt es deutliche Mehrheiten für die Fortsetzung der Energiewende als Weg aus der Krise.

POLITIQUE

* TRANSITION AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS * La Colombie accueille la première rencontre internationale pour sortir des énergies fossiles

Dans un contexte de crise énergétique mondiale, la première conférence internationale pour diminuer la dépendance globale au pétrole, au charbon et au gaz se tiendra du 24 au 29 avril dans la ville caribéenne de Santa Marta. La Colombie se rêve en championne de la lutte contre le changement climatique, mais la réalité n’est pas toujours aussi verte

POLITIQUE

* SCHWEIZ * Flugticketabgabe: Klimaschutz-Chance oder Risiko für die Schweiz?

Flugreisen schaden dem Klima – doch die Passagierzahlen steigen. Die Flugticketabgabe sorgt darum für Diskussionen

JUSTICE CLIM.

JUSTICE CLIM.

Justice climatique, des citoyens contre leurs Etats

Face au réchauffement climatique et à l'inaction des gouvernements, des citoyens de plus en plus nombreux décident de traduire leurs États devant les tribunaux. Les Aînées pour le climat Suisse font ainsi recours contre une décision du Tribunal fédéral devant la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme. Un tournant historique pour la justice climatique.

JUSTICE CLIM.

War, climate change, and AI: What’s at stake at this year’s UN Indigenous forum

Delegates are arriving in New York this week for the world’s largest gathering of Indigenous peoples. Amid other challenges, the U.S. has made it increasingly difficult for delegates to secure visas to attend.

JUSTICE CLIM.

* IRAN WAR * A Protracted US–Iran War Could Strain Climate Finance From Wealthy Countries to Developing Nations

As rising oil prices make the case for renewables, experts say the World Bank and IMF must accelerate the shift to solar and wind. And it has raised fresh questions about climate-finance obligations, already under strain from donor-country budget cuts

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

* DEUTSCHLAND * Die Geschäftsmodelle der Bürgerenergie werden vielfältiger und innovativer

Die Bürgerenergie setzt sich für Resilienz und eine demokratische Kultur ein, sagen Lydia Takit und Harald Uphoff vom Bündnis Bürgerenergie. Die aktuellen Pläne des Wirtschaftsministeriums seien ein umfassender Angriff darauf.

RECOMMANDÉ TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Burning wood for power worse for climate than gas equivalent, report finds

Burning wood for power generation can be worse for the climate than burning gas, even when the resulting carbon dioxide emissions are captured and stored, new research has shown.

RECOMMANDÉ TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Clean energy generation exceeded rise in global electricity demand in 2025

Output from solar farms rose by a third while electricity from fossil fuels fell, research from thinktank reveals

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

* USA * Growth of Renewable Energy in the US

Data shows that 90% of new energy capacity added in the U.S. last year came from clean sources, but fossil fuels are also growing.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Clean energy pushes fossil-fuel power into reverse for ‘first time ever’

Renewable energy has overtaken coal to become the world's largest source of electricity in 2025, according to thinktank Ember.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Almost half of EU’s busiest flight routes are ‘hard or impossible’ to book on trains

‘Stone age’ system of booking cross-border rail tickets holding back climate action by consumers, says thinktank

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

* IRAN WAR * Strait of Hormuz May Not Return to Normal, Whether It’s Open or Closed

The energy industry is planning for a future where the choke point on Iran’s southern coast is a lot less important.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Rohstoffknappheit: Warum haben wir nichts gelernt?

Als 1973 das Öl knapp wurde, stand der Westen unter Schock. 50 Jahre später streitet Deutschland über Tankstellenpreise.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

* EU * Le renouvelable offre sa revanche aux pays du Sud de l’Europe

Alors que les prix des énergies fossiles flambent, la facture s’avère moins salée en Espagne et au Portugal, deux pays en avance dans le déploiement des énergies renouvelables.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

* GUERRE c. IRAN * Pour les négociants en matières premières, la fermeture du détroit d’Ormuz augure de bons profits

Le sommet annuel des matières premières s’est tenu cette semaine à Lausanne. Six grandes thématiques, presque toutes liées à la guerre contre l’Iran, marquent le secteur cette année

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Face à la dévorante industrie du bâtiment, peu de secteurs comme l’architecture détiennent un pouvoir aussi décisif sur notre avenir collectif

Un bâtiment sur deux dont le monde aura besoin d’ici à 2050 n’existe pas encore! Une occasion historique de repenser l’architecture en puisant dans le «design intentionnel», ces savoirs constructifs ancestraux qui ménagent l’avenir, écrit l'architecte Mariam Issoufou, à l’occasion du Sommet sur les bâtiments et la construction durables à Lausanne

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

* SCHWEIZ * Wertvoller Rohstoff: Wie viel Erdöl verbraucht die Schweiz pro Kopf? Was wird daraus hergestellt?

Der Konflikt im Nahen Osten treibt den Preis des Rohstoffs in die Höhe. Fragen und Antworten zum schwarzen Gold.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

* SCHWEIZ * Nationalratskommission will Bau neuer AKW wieder zulassen

Eine knappe Mehrheit der zuständigen Kommission spricht sich für entsprechende Anpassungen im Kernenergiegesetz aus.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

* IRAN WAR * Electric car sales soar 51% in mainland Europe as Iran war drives up fuel prices

Data shows 224,000 new EVs were registered in March, with Norway leading way in terms of switching

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Massnahmen gegen Energiekrise: Billiges Benzin für alle? Das macht alles nur noch schlimmer

Weltweit greifen Staaten zu Tankrabatten und Preisdeckeln, die schon 2022 kaum halfen. Fachleute warnen: Die populären Massnahmen schaden.

ÉCONOMIE

ÉCONOMIE

* SCHWEIZ * Investitionen: Schweizer Banken könnten mehr tun für Klimaschutz

Zu Klimaschutz drängen oder sich zurückziehen? Nicht alle Schweizer Banken nutzen ihre Finanzanlagen genügend.

DROIT & LITIGE

DROIT & LITIGE

Wenn die Flut politisch wird

Das Hochwasser 2022 hat in Pakistan ganze Regionen verwüstet. Eine neue Bewegung will mit einer Klage in Deutschland einen Präzedenzfall schaffen. Ein Bericht aus Karatschi.

SCIENCES

SCIENCES

Deep-diving robots help crack the mystery of Antarctica’s vanishing sea ice

Ten years ago, Antarctica's sea ice suddenly and dramatically declined. Scientists now blame a "very violent release" of deep, pent-up heat.

SCIENCES

* JAPAN * Japan’s Cherry Blossom Database, 1,200 Years Old, Has a New Keeper

The remarkable catalog of dates is one of the longest-running records of climate change. Its creator died, setting off a search for a successor.

ANTI-CLIMAT

ANTI-CLIMAT

* USA * Trump signs memos to boost US fossil-fuel production for ‘defense readiness’

President claims ‘inadequate’ supply presents security threat and orders expansion of oil, coal and gas production

ANTI-CLIMAT

Bessent Questions the Cause of Climate Change and Its Economic Toll

The Treasury secretary said it is “difficult to deconstruct” the reasons for global warming, which he described as a belief of the “elite.”

CULTURE & EDUC.

CULTURE & EDUC.

The Vienna Climate Biennale Contrasts Chaos with Hope

In a world marked by ecological, social and political crises, the art festival aims to get people talking, thinking and ready to imagine a better world.

CULTURE & EDUC.

Olafur Eliasson Uses Art and Sound to Raise Climate Awareness in Utah

The Danish Icelandic artist reflects on his childhood and how it influenced and empowered his art.

LIVRES

LIVRES

What does the future hold for the thawing Arctic?

Two experts unpack how trends in climate and geopolitics might unfold to shape the far north.

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JUSTICE CLIM.

Gleichberechtigung beginnt an der Quelle

Ein besseres Wassermanagement für und mit Frauen verbessert Gesundheit, Bildung und Wirtschaft für alle. Die Chancen liegen auf der Hand. Für die Umsetzung braucht es ein Bewusstsein für Machtstrukturen und den Willen, sie zu verändern.

LIVRES MITIGATION & ADAPT.

Lessons From Salt Lakes for Making a Home in a Changing World

Caroline Tracey’s book “Salt Lakes: An Unnatural History,” traces the history and decline of some of the world’s saline lakes, but also looks at how “queer ecology” can help us find our place in ephemeral environments.

JUSTICE CLIM.

Women and girls bearing brunt of water shortages globally, UN warns

Unesco calls for action as lack of access and sanitation hits health, education and food security of women

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

* WOMEN * Finance for Women Is Key to Restoring Africa’s Degraded Lands

Kingasunye Naiguta remembers the vast Mau Forest that used to cover her home of Narok County in southwestern Kenya when she was young. She remembers her parents chopping the forest’s trees and going out to sell the charcoal they’d make from the wood. Years later, Kingasunye watched the forest burn.

RECOMMANDÉ MITIGATION & ADAPT.

* WOMEN * Why women’s leadership is central to unlocking the global phaseout of fossil fuels

Women the world over are stopping energy projects that harm the climate and environment, and building regenerative futures

JUSTICE CLIM.

* COP30 | CLIMATE JUSTICE * For Indian women workers, a just transition means surviving climate impacts with dignity

SEWA's members call for just transition talks at COP30 to help them become more resilient to climate shocks by building social protection systems that secure their livelihoods

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

Why Earth Needs a Feminist Movement

Women’s bodies have always been the cornerstone of reproduction. So has Earth’s. It’s why the enclosure and appropriation of both is fundamental to the accumulation of the capitalist class. Talk with Silvia Federici

IMPACTS

* CHALEUR * Pourquoi les femmes enceintes sont particulièrement à risque

Les études se multiplient pour explorer les conséquences d’une exposition à des températures élevées au cours de la grossesse, pour la mère comme pour le fœtus. Les données les plus probantes concernent les naissances prématurées et le faible poids à la naissance

ACTIVISME RECOMMANDÉ

The Ecofeminist Movement Is Surging. Here’s What Its Advocates Want

More women are connecting environmental degradation with attacks on women's rights, seeing both as rooted in similar values. They’re drawing on personal experiences and reams of research to make their case.

CULTURE & EDUC. MITIGATION & ADAPT.

Rebecca Solnit – Feministin, Umweltaktivistin, Schriftstellerin

Sie kämpft für Rechtsstaat und Klimaschutz und schreibt gegen Männer an, die ihr die Welt erklären. Rebecca Solnit ist eine der führenden Intellektuellen der USA. Ihre Bücher und Essays werden weltweit ausgezeichnet. Und das nicht erst seit Beyoncé ihr Kind nach einem Text von ihr benannte.

JUSTICE CLIM.

Women aren’t 14 times more likely to die in disasters – inequality is the real killer

Women often do face bigger climate risks but not because they are inherently more vulnerable – they are held back by social barriers we can tackle

CAUSES

Car use and meat consumption drive emissions gender gap, research suggests

The French study of 15,000 people shows men emit 26% more pollution due to eating red meat and driving more

POLITIQUE

Resource Scarcity and Eco-Fascism: Militarisation, Isolationism, Extractivism

It looks like we learned nothing from the 21st century, as the powers that be are approaching looming civilisational collapse by cranking up the gears on the very machine which caused it. That’s the warning from Antonio Turiel,  physicist and a mathematician who works as an environmental scientist at the Institute of Marine Sciences at the CSIC in Spain.

RECOMMANDÉ JUSTICE CLIM.

Klimamord an den Frauen Afrikas

Im Februar zog eine extreme Hitzewelle über Teile Ostafrikas hinweg – auch den Südsudan. Forscher:innen haben nun untersucht, wie das Extremwetterereignis die sozialen Verhältnisse in der Region beeinflusste.

IMPACTS

Women and girls continue to bear disproportionate impacts of heatwaves in South Sudan that have become a constant threat

Extreme heat has affected a large region of  continental Eastern Africa since mid-February. Extreme daytime temperatures have been recorded in South Sudan particularly affecting people in poor housing and outdoor workers, a very large part of the population. 

SCIENCES

IPCC’s special report on cities is its first with majority-women authorship team

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s forthcoming special report on climate change and cities has more women than men on its authorship team, for the first time in the organisation’s history.

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

In an era of environmental crises, women closest to the destruction must be heard

My mother showed me the importance of Indigenous and Afro-descendant women in protecting the natural world. Yet they continue to face barriers and discrimination in their work

JUSTICE CLIM.

UN action on gender and climate faces uphill climb as warming hurts women

At June’s Bonn talks, governments made little progress on gender equality while evidence shows women bear a heavy climate burden

ANTI-CLIMAT LIVRES

»Männer verbrennen unsere Welt.« So können wir sie aufhalten

Von Putin über Trump bis zur FDP. Unsere Zukunft wird vor allem von Männern regelrecht verheizt. In diesem Buch werden sie benannt und es wird dargelegt, wie sie noch zu stoppen sind.

JUSTICE CLIM.

* WOMEN * Global Warming Is Particularly Bad for Women-Led Families, Study Says

New U.N. research shows that climate change disproportionately erodes income in households led by women in poorer countries. But there are ways to fix it.

JUSTICE CLIM.

* WOMEN * Financial toll of climate crisis hitting women harder, UN says

Rural households led by women lose about 8% more income to heat stress than male-led families, data shows

POLITIQUE

* COP29 * Azerbaijan appoints no women to 28-member Cop29 climate committee

Campaigners condemn decision as regressive, saying ‘climate change affects whole world, not half of it’

IMPACTS

* HEAT * Heat-related deaths ‘56% higher among women’ during record-breaking 2022 European summer

The summer of 2022 was Europe’s hottest on record and was characterised by a series of record-breaking heatwaves. New research published in Nature Medicine explores the link between temperature and human mortality to assess heat-related deaths across Europe during the summer of 2022.

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

Can feminism teach us how to die?

Last week I interviewed Cara Daggett about “petromasculinity” and how this patriarchal understanding of energy impacts our relationship to it, ourselves and the fabric with which we bind society.

CAUSES

Petromasculinity | Cara Daggett

“In the 19th century you did have people starting to warn about coal exhaustion or wonder what happens when fossil fuels are gone, but you still had this economy develop around the sense of limitless expansion.

How ending gender violence will help deliver conservation goals

Women play a critical role in biodiversity conservation. Globally, their contributions range from agricultural labour and working on nature reserves through to running environmental organisations and crafting international policies.

There’s no greater feminist cause than the climate fight – and saving each other

Last summer, a third of Pakistan was underwater. My country, the fifth most populous in the world, was submerged. Two million homes were destroyed, thousands of acres of agricultural land were flooded and 90% of the crops in Sindh, a food belt, were damaged.

ACTIVISME

6 Indigenous Climate Activists we’re celebrating this International Women’s Day

Did you know that Indigenous people are saving 80% of the world’s biodiversity? Despite their deep connection to and knowledge of, precious natural resources like the Amazon rainforest and Arctic Ice, Indigenous peoples voices are rarely heard on the world forum.

CULTURE & EDUC.

Der Klimakrise (he/him)

Obwohl vor allem Männer die Klimakrise verursachen, leiden Frauen stärker unter den Folgen. Um Klimagerechtigkeit zu erreichen, führt kein Weg an feministischen Lösungen vorbei. ~ 7 Minuten Lesezeit

IMPACTS

Pipelines Reach More Homes, But As Climate Changes, India’s Women Still Make Long Marches For Water — Article 14

Nashik district (Maharashtra): Hausabai Jhole’s routine of years was to wake up at 5 am and, before her morning gargle or tea, set off on a 2.5-km journey with other women to fetch water.

Climate Justice Is Racial Justice Is Gender Justice

There’s nothing like the giant oil companies to provide us all with lessons about power and prejudice.

ACTIVISME

Die Klimakrise : männlich? : treibhauspodcast.ch

Anpassung, Umstellung, Wandel – von Konsumgewohnheiten, von Verhaltensweisen und von Lebensstilen. Das verlangt die Klimakrise von uns allen, ganz besonders aber von denjenigen, die am meisten CO2 ausstoßen.

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

Around the world, women are putting their lives on the line to defend the climate

Since the adoption of the Paris Climate Accords in 2015, at least 108 women have been murdered after defending the environment from climate wrecking industries.

Großmutter – sind Männer Schuld an der Klimakrise?

Passend zum Weltfrauentag stellen wir uns in dieser Folge die Frage: Wie hängt das Patriarchat mit der Klimakrise zusammen? Haben männlich geprägte Verhaltensweisen die Zerstörung und Ausbeutung der Natur befeuert? Darüber spricht Luisa mit einer Frau, die sie in Sachen Umweltaktivismus sehr ge

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

Guest post: Why gender justice matters in the transition away from coal

Paula Walk and Isabell Braunger, researchers at the Europa University Flensburg and at the Technical University Berlin with a focus on sustainability transitions.

Green Deal ohne Gleichstellung

Care-Arbeit ist nachhaltig, wird aber schlecht bis gar nicht bezahlt und in der Klimapolitik wenig berücksichtigt: Demonstration gegen EU-Freihandelsabkommen in Berlin. (Foto: Sandra Kirchner) Eigentlich hat sich die EU der Gleichstellung von Frau und Mann verschrieben. Jedenfalls auf dem Papier.

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

Vanessa Nakate on how girls’ education can help solve the climate crisis

DEADLY FLOODING and landslides have become a regular threat in my hometown of Kampala, the capital of Uganda. In 2019, we were hit particularly hard: the rains killed more than a dozen people and washed away people’s belongings and businesses.

MÉDIA & OPINION PUBL.

Geschlechtergräben beim Klimawandel: Wie soll die Klimakommunikation mit ihnen umgehen?

Der Klimawandel trifft Frauen unverhältnismäßig stark, weil er bestehende Ungleichheiten verstärkt.

ACTIVISME

Another Challenge for Conservation Efforts: Gender Inequity

When women lead in conservation, indicators of success often go up — yet they are routinely excluded. Could a group of local leaders in the Philippines provide a model? This article is part of a special report on Climate Solutions, which looks at efforts around the world to make a difference.

SCIENCES

Kaum Diversität in den Klimawissenschaften

Im April 2020 rankte die Nachrichtenagentur Reuters die weltweit 1000 «einflussreichsten» Klimaforschenden auf einer «Reuters Hot List». Als Masstab diente die Zahl ihrer Publikationen, ihre mediale und öffentliche Präsenz und wie oft ihre Arbeiten von anderen Forschenden zitiert wurden.

IMPACTS

The disproportionate impact of floods on women

The recent wave of floods in Pakistan affected nearly 33 million people.

ACTIVISME

She Came Out of Nowhere, and Now No One in France Can Ignore Her

Sandrine Rousseau is using her talent for grabbing headlines with provocative ideas to shift the focus of the national debate from the themes favored by the far-right to climate change and #MeToo. PARIS — Sandrine Rousseau had just caused an implosion in French politics, again.