Global water crisis leaves half of world food production at risk in next 25 years
Landmark review says urgent action needed to conserve resources and save ecosystems that supply fresh water
Johan Rockstrom
Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature’s carbon sink failing?
The sudden collapse of carbon sinks was not factored into climate models – and could rapidly accelerate global heating
The Earth’s health failing in seven out of eight key measures
A new groundbreaking analysis of safety and justice hopes to inform the next generation of sustainability policy.
Climate experts hoped for better from climate pact
While world leaders and negotiators are hailing the Glasgow climate pact as a good compromise that keeps a key temperature limit alive, many scientists are wondering what planet these leaders are looking at.
Global warming projections inch down, lending optimism to climate talks
With pledges for a United Nations climate conference, the world may be ever so slightly receding from gloomy scenarios of future global warming, according to two new preliminary scientific analyses on Thursday, November 4, 2021.