In 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported that, to stave off an irreversible climate catastrophe, we had only until 2030 to cut global emissions of carbon dioxide by around 40%. Kira Nash In 2020, the leader of the year-long MOSAiC expedition to the Arctic said that […]
Ecology
Global warming, prevailing concern
The impacts from the climate crisis on health and economic structures will be more severe if they are not controlled in the necessary ways. Diony Sanabia The current coronavirus pandemic is providing valuable lessons on ways to be prepared for future crises, actions to mitigate climate change, ecological […]
Water as a tactic to weaken the enemy
Irrigation and agriculture for key cities like the capital, Damascus, or the provinces of Quneitra and As-Sweida, which should be an exclusive resource for the subsistence of life, have become a tool in the war. Pedro García Hernández In the almost 10 years of war imposed on Syria, […]
Renewable energy, a post-pandemic option
Now, when the World Bank predicts that the global economy will experience a drastic 5.2% contraction this year, after Covid-19 plunged it into the worst recession since World War II, boosting renewable energy seems to be the answer to meeting the expectations of economic growth, environmental care and energy security. […]
Extinction Rebellion: just transition and priorities in the fight
Over time, XR has become a huge mobilisation of citizens around the world that calls for number of demands to be met. The activist group in the United States has an additional demand and its implementation in the UK will be discussed in a meeting on 29 March in London. […]