Room 10 - Social, Economic and Political Issues.

"The time is past when humankind thought it could selfishly draw on exhaustible resources. We know now the world is not a commodity, is not a source of revenue; it’s a common good, it’s our heritage. And the consequences of climate change are fully known now – we’re not talking about theories anymore, we’re talking about certainties." - François Hollande.

The economic impact of plant-based diets: fewer jobs, lower costs, and big climate benefits
By Emma Bryce, 2025-11-07

How subtle word choices can undermine a scientific climate message
By Sarah DeWeerdt, 2025-11-18

Blue and Green Tomorrow
A Container’s Global Journey: Moving Goods And Impacting The Planet
By Kayla Matthews, 2025-10-21

Why Addressing Health Inequities Is Key to a More Sustainable Future
By Ryan Ayers, 2025-10-24

Climate & Energy - Grist
Scientists have a dire new warning about the state of the planet
By Matt Simon, 2025-10-29

Climate 411
The Role of INGOs in Conservation Has Never Been More Vital
By Annie Mark, 2025-10-27

Climate Civics
Food cost pressure must drive sustainable transformation
By Joseph Robertson, 2025-11-17

Climate Law Blog
Corporate Climate Disclosures in the US and EU: An Expanding Regulatory Landscape Amidst Resistance
By Pedro Aranguez Diaz, 2025-10-20

Scope 3 Emissions in Corporate Reporting: Calculating Climate Risk in Global Value Chains
By Pedro Aranguez Diaz, 2025-10-23

From EU Framework to National Action: How Germany Regulates Data Center Energy Use
By Kristin Weiß, 2025-10-24

Climate Deception Cases Abound: They Aren’t All the Same
By Margaret Barry, 2025-11-05

Climate Majority Project
Bill Gates repeats an apocalyptic error
By Greg Dance, 2025-11-16

Conservation news
Indonesia’s most vulnerable push for nation’s first Climate Justice Bill
By Hans Nicholas Jong Hans Nicholas Jong, 2025-10-23

Interpol announces a new global fight against illegal deforestation
By Associated Press Mongabay Editor, 2025-11-05

Journalism is failing to report on environmental leaders’ fights (commentary)
By Manuel Fonseca Karen Coates, 2025-11-05

No, Bill Gates, we don’t have to choose between people & planet (commentary)
By Mary Robinson Erik Hoffner, 2025-11-06

Soy giants quietly prepare for EU deforestation law; impacts still uncertain
By Marina Martinez Alexandrapopescu, 2025-11-12

It’s time to end the carbon offset era, COP30 scientists & communities say (commentary)
By Tom Picken Erik Hoffner, 2025-11-21

DeSmog
Brazil’s COP30 Agriculture Sponsors Linked to Deforestation and Land Conflict
By Naira Hofmeister and Lucy Jordan, Unearthed, 2025-11-10

Environment | The Guardian
Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals
By Damian Carrington Environment editor, 2025-10-29

‘There is no money’: As carbon markets collapse, what happens to the forests they promised to protect?
By Patrick Greenfield. Photographs by Edwin Ndeke, 2025-11-06

World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
By Oliver Milman and Damian Carrington, 2025-11-13

Fossil fuel projects around the world threaten the health of 2bn people
By Nina Lakhani Climate justice reporter, 2025-11-12

$170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
By Damian Carrington Environment editor, 2025-11-15

Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds
By Sharon Lerner, 2025-11-19

Denmark announces one of the world’s most ambitious climate targets, while the rest of the EU looks away
By Ajit Niranjan, Europe environment correspondent, 2025-11-19

The rainforest the world forgot: the Congo basin is the second largest on Earth, so why is it being neglected?
By Tam Patachako, 2025-11-18

Future Earth
Global Carbon Budget: Fossil Fuel Emissions Set New Record in 2025
By frankradosevich, 2025-11-13

Happy Eco News
Circular Water Economy Solutions Cut Industrial Water Use
By Grant Brown, 2025-11-12

Dolphin Legal Personhood Could Soon Become a Reality in South Korea
By Cyrene Oraya Reyes, 2025-11-20

Inside Climate News
Climate-Warming Methane Emissions from the World’s Biggest Livestock Companies Are Bigger Than From Major Oil and Gas Companies
By Georgina Gustin, 2025-10-21

‘Millions of Avoidable Deaths’: Climate Change Health Harms Reach Unprecedented Levels
By Keerti Gopal, 2025-10-29

AI Is Decoding Whales’ Communications. Could That Be a Turning Point in the Push for Their Rights?
By Katie Surma, 2025-10-29

AI Is Pushing Climate Goals Out of Reach, New Reports Say
By Jake Bolster, 2025-10-29

International Energy Report Projects a Slower Transition to Renewables, but Oil Could Still Peak This Decade
By Blanca Begert, 2025-11-13

REVOLVE
Why Industrial Diplomacy Matters in the Global Polycrisis
By Ahmetcan Uzlasik, 2025-11-18

Rupert Read
The CMP’s new report – and a conversation that gave me hope
By Dan, 2025-11-03

State of the Planet
Exploring Legal Tools for Glacier Protection: Who Speaks for Glaciers?
By Guest, 2025-10-27

Societies Are Unprepared for the Human Costs of Climate Overshoot
By Columbia Climate School, 2025-11-18

The Angry Army
Analysis: Seven charts showing how the $100bn climate-finance goal was met
By angryarmy, 2025-11-14

The Climate Brink
On the Gates climate memo
By Zeke Hausfather, 2025-11-05

The Crucial Years
Climate Gates
By Bill McKibben, 2025-10-31

The World Turned Upside Down
By Bill McKibben, 2025-11-12

World on fire
By Bill McKibben, 2025-11-21

The Revelator
How Habitable Will Earth Be When We Search for Life Beyond Our Planet?
By Raissa Estrela, Ph.D., 2025-10-24

What Catastrophes Get Our Attention, and Why It Matters
By Kedrick James Derek Gladwin, 2025-11-19

Yale Climate Connections
Does nature have rights?
By SueEllen Campbell, 2025-11-06

This car-free neighborhood was designed to revolutionize American cities
By Sarah Wesseler, 2025-11-14

This study could reshape climate lawsuits against fossil fuel companies
By YCC Team, 2025-11-21

Older Links