Topic: Environment

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Climate Clock erected at COP27 says richest nations owe $31.8 trillion… and counting

News / 14th November 2022

As world leaders gather at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, the Climate Clock team is displaying reminders of a looming deadline and just how much high-polluting nations owe the Global South.

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Rich countries falling billions short on ‘fair share’ of climate-finance goal

Report / 8th November 2022

The US should be paying nearly $40bn towards the $100bn climate-finance target, new Carbon Brief analysis shows. This is $32bn more than the estimated $8bn it actually gave in 2020.

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Extreme hunger has more than doubled in the world’s worst climate hotspots, says Oxfam

Report / 22nd September 2022

In a new report on the impact of climate on food supply, Oxfam found a 123 per cent rise in acute hunger in the 10 countries with the highest number of UN appeals driven by extreme weather events.

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Annual Report for 2022: Share the World’s Resources

Report / 15th September 2022

As the year 2021 began, the need for sharing global resources was unprecedented. Read more about STWR's activities in 2021 and our future plans.

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Climate collapse is not inevitable but ‘great leap’ needed

Blog / 14th September 2022

To bring about a 'Great Leap' scenario, it is necessary to address the fundamental inequalities that are the root cause of the ecological crisis, writes Paul Virgo.

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Achieving earth for all

Blog / 2nd September 2022

50 years ago, the report ‘The Limits of Growth’ was published — and its scenarios turned out surprisingly accurate. But we can still change course, writes Jayati Ghosh

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Coming together to save earth could be the best project ever undertaken by the human species

Blog / 25th August 2022

Change will come, and can only come from committed people mobilizing in common cause as a powerful social movement, writes David Korten.

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‘Earth Overshoot Day’ comes earlier every year

News / 3rd August 2022

From today onwards, humanity is living on credit. Every year, Overshoot Day – the date by which humanity has consumed all the resources that Earth can sustainably produce in one year – arrives earlier.

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US$2 trillion for war versus US$100 billion to save the planet

Blog / 19th July 2022

The money that is being swallowed into the Western military establishments does not only drift away from any climate spending but also promotes greater climate catastrophe, writes Murad Qureshi.

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Humanity faces ‘collective suicide’ over climate crisis, warns UN chief

News / 19th July 2022

Wildfires and heatwaves wreaking havoc across swathes of the globe show humanity facing “collective suicide”, the UN secretary general has warned, as governments around the world scramble to protect people from the impacts of extreme heat.

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