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Radiative Cooling And Carbon C...

Oct 8, 2020 by GlobalPossibilities

Radiative Cooling And Carbon Capture: New Technologies For An Overheated World

Extinction Rebellion, Greenpea...

Jul 24, 2020 by GlobalPossibilities

Extinction Rebellion, Greenpeace Campaign for a Breakup Between Big Tech and Big Oil

Amazon Greening German Cities,...

Jul 9, 2020 by GlobalPossibilities

Amazon Greening German Cities, Volkswagen Reforesting Australia

Amazon Warehouse Workers Knew ...

Mar 23, 2020 by GlobalPossibilities

Amazon Warehouse Workers Knew Someone Would Get Sick

From Big Money to Big Tech, ho...

Jan 21, 2020 by GlobalPossibilities

For the first time in the history of the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report, severe threats to the climate account for all five of the top spots for most likely long-term risks.

Noam Chomsky: America Has Buil...

Jan 10, 2020 by GlobalPossibilities

It is nearly impossible to live in today’s world without having come across mention of the legendary Noam Chomsky.

Opinion: The Amazon Lost 24,00...

Jan 8, 2020 by GlobalPossibilities

The dizzying loss of forest land in the Amazon is the Royal Statistical Society’s International Statistic of the Decade.

The destruction of the Amazon,...

Nov 25, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

The 2019 fires were just the tip of the iceberg.

Dwindling tropical rainforests...

Nov 15, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

Growing up in Tanzania, I knew that fruit trees were useful. Climbing a mango tree to pick a fruit was a common thing to do when I was hungry, even though at times there were unintended consequences.

Harvard and TIAA’s farmland gr...

Oct 23, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

Brazil is smoldering, still. The surge of fires that raged across the Amazon in July and August has now spread to the country’s biodiverse savanna lands in the Cerrado, where the number of fires in September was double what it was a year ago.

Deforestation Is Getting Worse...

Sep 13, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

As fires in the Amazon draw attention to the problem, critics say big agribusinesses aren’t doing enough to stop deforestation in their supply chains.

Hundreds of Amazon employees p...

Sep 9, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

Organizers want to see the company reduce its carbon footprint, cancel contracts with fossil fuel companies, and stop lobbying for politicians who deny climate change.

Can Europe make trade into a t...

Sep 4, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

Many increasingly see environmental crises like the fires in the Amazon as global concerns. But how can remote actors like the EU make a difference, especially when regional players seem uninterested?

The Three Most Viral Photos of...

Aug 27, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the most prominent celebrities sharing outdated photos of the Amazon on fire.

Robert Downey Jr. wants to use...

Jun 6, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

Climate change: I am inevitable.

Robert Downey Jr.: I am Iron Man.

Protecting the Peruvian Amazon

May 31, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

Nearly 41 million acres in the Peruvian Amazon will be protected through a new initiative

The Simple, Yet Elusive, Key T...

May 9, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

Preserving and restoring forests is an effective step toward mitigating climate change, and comes with a host of other benefits.

Indigenous peoples go to court...

Apr 10, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

Historic lawsuit launched by the Waorani people of Ecuador to save their homes—and our planet – from destruction.

Amazon employees rarely speak ...

Apr 10, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

“People want to work for a company that’s doing the right thing around climate change.”

Workers Are Fighting Retail Ro...

Dec 6, 2018 by GlobalPossibilities

A small group of Walmart workers recently publicly confronted Alice Walton, the Walmart heiress who is probably the world’s richest woman. Earlier this year, Walmart increased the starting wage for store associates to $11 an hour, but competitors Amazon and Target agreed to $15…