This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s easy for sustainability professionals — or anyone else for that matter — to fall into a sense of climate despair. So much work lies ahead if humankind has a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A group of five young climate activists are entering their ninth day of a hunger strike to demand that Democrats in Congress pass meaningful climate legislation as part of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Net-zero emissions pledges to protect the climate are coming fast and furious from companies, cities and countries. But declaring a net-zero target doesn’t mean they plan to stop their greenhouse…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Congress is preparing to consider a historic $135 billion investment in agriculture to fight climate change and deliver resources to farmers and families in need of support. The package would…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Despite the global dimension of climate change, we found local social norms effective in battling it, much like they promote specific behaviors among those ‘keeping up with the Joneses’—or now,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During GreenBiz’s VERGE 21 conference last week, conversations surrounding the food sector and its goal for reducing carbon emissions kept intersecting at one key point — the supply chain. “All…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Policies aimed at protecting the planet should be inclusive of individuals with disabilities since environmental issues often affect these communities the most. • How can donors…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Addressing the climate crisis can no longer be the work of the few foundations and donors who fund climate work. Instead, we need an “all-of-philanthropy” level of engagement, expertise, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. According to the report, State of Climate Action 2021: Systems Transformations Required to Limit Global Warming to 1.5°C (249 pages, PDF), the transformations required to avoid the worst climate impacts span changes…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Elizabeth Yeampierre watched tree branches whip past her windows on the evening of October 29, 2012, as Superstorm Sandy slammed into New York City. She had spent years warning of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A study published last month in Nature Climate Change concluded that at least 85% of the world’s population has already been affected by climate change. While we’re all in it together, not everything is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Much of the news coming out of the U.N. climate conference has focused on the spectacle, and how countries’ pledges aren’t on track to prevent dangerous climate change. But behind…