World leaders urged to learn from pandemic in adapting to climate change
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the world what it is like to go through a dangerous emergency of the kind that could occur if climate change accelerates – and offers lessons on how to respond, the head of the UN climate science panel said Friday. Hoesung Lee, chair of the Intergovernmental […]
Climate primer: Why is everyone talking about ‘net zero’?
A UN-backed global campaign to slash climate-changing emissions has added new high-profile members to its ranks, including social media giant Facebook and Ford, the first US car company to join. The “Race to Zero”, launched in June, brings together businesses, cities and other organisations that aim by around mid-century to cut their planet-heating emissions to […]