Evidence: organization

55 articles. Distilled findings; bold = already cited in the docs.

Low-carbon cement production method (news) — Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed an electrochemical calcination method that produces cement without heating limestone with fossil fuels. The researchers say the process could…
Climate change and extreme heat (news) — A report published by the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, World Weather Attribution, and Climate Central estimates that human-caused climate change added an average of 26 extra days of extreme…
Greenhouse gas atmospheric simulation videos (news) — Three videos produced by the CoCO2 research project, coordinated by ECMWF, visualize a "nature run" simulation of methane, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere over 2021. The…
[cited] Collaborative protected area management in Africa (news) — A research team led by INRAE, with Le Havre University, reviewed 127 collaborative management partnerships between African governments and NGOs covering nearly 1 million square kilometers across 16…
Brazil's Planaveg reforestation plan (news) — Brazil has revised and relaunched its Planaveg initiative, aiming to restore 12 million hectares of degraded land by 2030. Experts welcome the plan as a step toward global biodiversity and climate…
COP29 climate conference and global warming (news) — The COP29 UN climate conference opened in Baku, Azerbaijan on November 11, with climate finance for developing countries as a central agenda item. The article reports that 2024 is almost certain to…
Ocean 30×30 conservation target progress (news) — A new report commissioned by the Bloomberg Ocean Fund finds that global progress toward the Kunming-Montreal framework's goal of protecting 30% of the ocean by 2030 is far behind schedule. Marine…
Flood risk and climate skepticism (news) — A University of Michigan study published in Environmental Research Letters identifies a "triple exposure" in parts of the U.S., particularly Appalachia, New England, and the Northwest, where flood…
Global emissions gap and warming projections (news) — UNEP's Emissions Gap Report 2024, titled 'No More Hot Air … Please!', finds that global greenhouse gas emissions hit a record 57.1 GtCO2e in 2023, up 1.3% from 2022. The report warns that current…
Azores marine protected area expansion (news) — The Azores regional government passed legislation designating a marine protected area network covering 287,000 square kilometres, safeguarding 30% of the surrounding sea, with half fully protected…
EU climate adaptation audit findings (news) (needs verification) — An EU Court of Auditors report warns that Europe is not keeping pace with accelerating climate impacts such as drought, flooding and forest fires. While the EU's adaptation strategy is judged sound,…
Finland's forest and peatland carbon sinks (news) — Finland's forests and peatlands currently absorb more carbon dioxide than the country emits, making it a net carbon sink. However, increased logging, forest management practices, peatland drainage,…
Methane emissions from fossil fuels (news) — Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, about 84 times more warming than CO₂ over 20 years, and its short atmospheric lifetime makes cutting emissions an effective near-term climate lever. Researchers…
Record-breaking global temperature streak (news) — A new Copernicus Climate Change Service analysis finds that every month from June 2023 through mid-2024 set a new global temperature record, with the July 2023 to June 2024 average about 1.64°C above…
Legal personhood for Mar Menor (news) — Spain's Mar Menor, Europe's largest saltwater lagoon, has suffered severe ecological degradation from agricultural and livestock pollution, old mines, and tourism development despite existing…
Irish public climate action gap (news) — A new Irish Government report, "Climate Conversation 2023," drawing on input from 12,000 people through the National Dialogue on Climate Action, finds that awareness of climate change is high but a…
Shifting baselines in perceived weather (news) — A cool, dull start to June 2024 in the UK drew heavy media attention, but the article argues that such months now feel cold because climate change has shifted what people perceive as normal. Europe…
Political failure on climate change (news) — The article argues that political leaders' failure to act on climate change is a moral and ethical failure as well as a policy one, because it imposes catastrophic risks on younger and unborn…
Zooplankton feeding and ocean carbon storage (news) — Marine CO₂ removal technologies, such as ocean iron fertilisation and alkalinity enhancement, are being funded as ways to store carbon in the ocean. New research modelling 30,000+ ocean locations…
[cited] Agricultural soil organic carbon risk (news) — A JRC-led study in Nature Communications finds that topsoil organic carbon is at high risk on 43 to 83 million hectares, or 23% to 44%, of EU and UK agricultural land, mainly in cool, humid regions.…
European corporate climate lobbying (news) — A new InfluenceMap report, European Industry and the EU's Climate Policy 2024–29, finds that European companies are increasingly lobbying for climate action. The share of companies with lobbying…
EU soil health data modelling (news) — The AI 4 Soil Health project has released the EU Soil Health Data Cube, an open, layered map integrating hundreds of thousands of soil, climate, and vegetation observations from nearly 100…
Climate misinformation and disinformation (news) — A systematic review of 300 studies published between 2015 and 2025, conducted for the International Panel on the Information Environment, finds that climate misinformation is delaying the public and…
Negotiating climate action with autocracies (news) — Most global greenhouse gas emissions come from non-democratic countries, and many major oil and gas exporters are authoritarian, creating a serious obstacle for international climate negotiations.…
EU Nature Restoration Regulation implementation (news) — The EU's Nature Restoration Regulation, in force since August 2024, aims to restore degraded European ecosystems, reverse biodiversity loss, and strengthen ecosystem resilience to climate change.…
Bank fossil fuel financing (news) (needs verification) — The Banking on Climate Chaos 2025 report tracks fossil fuel financing by the world's 65 biggest banks, including financing for 706 oil, gas, and coal companies expanding production and infrastructure…
Violence against environmental defenders (news) — Environmental defenders who protect land, forests, water, and other natural resources face rising violence, with over 170 killed worldwide in 2024, mostly in Latin America. The article argues that…
Climate tipping points (news) — Climate tipping points are thresholds in the climate system that, once crossed, can trigger large, often irreversible, and sometimes abrupt changes. Key candidates include melting ice sheets, AMOC…
Exxon-funded climate denial in Latin America (news) — Hundreds of previously unpublished documents reveal that Exxon funded the Atlas Network and its affiliated free-market thinktanks to spread climate change denial across Latin America. The funding…
Scientific evidence on human-caused climate change (news) — This Conversation explainer, published ahead of COP30 in Brazil, reviews what scientists know about Earth's changing climate, how that knowledge was established, and where emissions are heading. It…
UN Global Environment Outlook report (news) — A UN Global Environment Outlook (GEO) report, produced by about 200 researchers, estimates that unsustainable food and fossil fuel production causes $5bn in environmental damage per hour, or $45tn a…
Climate policy crowding-out effect (news) — A 2025 Nature Sustainability study by Katrin Schmelz and Sam Bowles, based on a survey of more than 3,000 Germans, finds that climate policies targeting lifestyle changes, such as urban car bans, can…
Structural reform for tropical forest protection (news) — This commentary argues that halting tropical forest loss requires structural reform, including securing Indigenous land rights, treating governance as infrastructure, and creating steady finance that…
Equity in climate mitigation scenarios (news) — A study published in PLOS Climate by researchers at IIASA argues that climate mitigation scenarios, which guide global emissions negotiations and national plans, often fail to adequately reflect…
Equitable climate-safe economic transition plan (news) — The World Inequality Lab's report proposes a plan to raise living standards, reduce inequality and keep global heating below 2C by 2100, centred on the concept of sufficiency. Its measures include…
Positive tipping points in climate solutions (news) — A University of Exeter report, written by Steve Smith and produced with the Earthshot Prize, identifies environmental interventions most likely to reach 'positive tipping points', where progress…
Mediterranean marine heatwaves and ocean warming (news) (needs verification) — The Copernicus Marine Service's Ocean State Report 10, released 30 September 2026, documents that the Mediterranean recorded its highest number of marine heatwave days in the past two decades in…
UN resolution on sea-level rise (news) (needs verification) — The United Nations unanimously passed a resolution calling for stronger action on rising sea levels, which threaten low-lying island nations. The declaration aims to build momentum on cutting…
UN sea level rise declaration (news) (needs verification) — The UN General Assembly adopted a declaration on sea level rise on 24 September at the high-level segment of its 81st session, which calls for science-based adaptation and mitigation, stronger data…
Corporate carbon offset credits debate (opinion) — More than 80 civil society organisations, including Oxfam, Greenpeace, and Amnesty International, have urged corporate climate standards bodies to bar carbon offsets from counting toward net zero…
Real-time tropical cyclone advisories (platform) (needs verification) — The National Hurricane Center homepage, last updated October 25, 2026, reports two active Pacific systems: Hurricane Vance, weakening in the Eastern Pacific with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph,…
Responsible investment signatory network (reference) (needs verification) — The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) is a UN-supported international network, launched in 2006, that helps investors incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into…
Climate change funding opportunities (reference) — This FundsforNGOs listing compiles over 50 calls for applications, grants, fellowships, and funding programs aimed at climate action, renewable energy, environmental conservation, and sustainable…
Global ocean state assessment (reference) (needs verification) — The Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report is an EU reference report that assesses the state of the global ocean and European regional seas for scientists, policymakers, and decision-makers. It…
Global Methane Pledge emissions reduction (reference) — The Global Methane Pledge, launched at COP26 by the European Union and the United States, now counts 159 participating countries and the European Commission. Participants voluntarily commit to a…
EU contaminated site management (reference) (needs verification) — The EU is projected to have 2.8 million potentially contaminated sites, but only 1.38 million were registered in 2016, and 98% of those were in 11 countries. About 115,000 sites (8.3% of those…
Climate-aligned infrastructure finance (study) — A joint OECD, UN Environment, and World Bank Group report argues that chronically underfunded infrastructure, which accounts for over 60% of greenhouse gas emissions, requires deep systemic…
Ocean carbon dioxide removal (study) — The article argues that carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is essential for meeting Paris Agreement goals, but current methods remove only about 2 billion metric tons of CO2 per year, a small fraction of…
Fossil-free global energy demand scenarios (study) — A new study in Nature Energy models global energy use through 2050 and concludes that rising demand can be met without new oil, gas, or coal fields beyond those already in production or development.…
Science-based climate targets and equity (study) — The authors argue that science-based targets, which claim scientific authority for corporate and national emissions goals, often misrepresent the science by applying IPCC global averages generically…
Public misestimation of greenhouse gas emissions (study) — Across five studies, Johnson and colleagues find that people's estimates of greenhouse gas emissions from behaviors, firms, and industries are often inaccurate. The misestimates fit a cognitive…
Extreme weather attribution and climate policy support (study) — Using data from 68 countries (N = 71,922), this study combined climate risk modelling of population exposure to extreme weather with survey data on public attitudes. Most respondents supported…
Crowding out of green values by climate mandates (study) — A representative survey of 3,306 Germans found that enforced restrictions promoting carbon-neutral lifestyles, such as car bans and limits on flying, triggered stronger negative responses than the…
Climate change impacts and mitigation (study) (needs verification) — The IPCC AR6 Synthesis Report confirms that human influence has unequivocally warmed the climate, with global temperatures rising 1.1°C above pre-industrial levels, and warns that limiting warming to…
Evaluating ecological restoration projects (study) — Ecological restoration projects often lack formal evaluation, or evaluate only a few post-restoration outcomes, which risks costly failures in slow-recovering ecosystems. The authors propose a…