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Climate Week isn’t just for CEOs and policymakers. It’s a chance for anyone to plug in, whether you’re attending an official showcase or just biking to work with a few friends. Fun and climate action aren’t opposites — they feed each other. And when you connect with community, food, music, or nature, you realize: this is what the future can look like.

Mediterranean Mega Fires Burn Record Land as Climate Change Fuels Extreme Heat and Drought

At the start of August, wildfires exploded across the Mediterranean basin, fueled by a wicked trio of extreme heat, drought and wind. In southern...

Dead desert soils still release greenhouse gases after rain

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Who’s monitoring the UAE’s cloud seeding programs?

Cloud seeding, like artificial reef construction or large-scale afforestation projects, often enjoys positive framing in official narratives and promotional campaigns. But without independent, peer-reviewed assessment, such projects can leave the public reliant on institutional claims. This information gap can breed suspicion, especially when interventions coincide with extreme or unexpected events.

Battling the Blaze: Israel’s Wildfire Response

On a dry, windy afternoon in late April 2025, the hills west of Jerusalem ignited and burst into an inferno. Flames, fed by the...

Sinkholes and Shrinking Shores: The Race to Rescue the Dead Sea

On August 5th, 2025, environmental experts from Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian territories descended upon the University of Leeds for a three-day event centered...

Extreme Heat Is Testing Israel’s Energy System

This August, Israel is facing one of the most punishing heat waves in recent history-exactly the kind of event that climate scientists have warned...

Wastewater plants are a hidden climate issue, and we’re measuring it all wrong

Wastewater treatment plants are a hidden source of greenhouse gas emissions, releasing methane, nitrous oxide, and fossil CO₂. A new study calls for smarter monitoring and tailored emission factors. U.S. firms like Jacobs, AECOM, and Black & Veatch are key players in building climate-resilient wastewater infrastructure.

How Israel’s Strikes Avert Iran’s Environmental Threat

The strikes on Iran have sparked fierce debate, but from Israel’s perspective, the choice was easy: either accept the risks of a nuclear Iran or act decisively to stop it.

Iran is sinking in sinkholes from overwatering

What's that sinking feeling? In Iran, the very ground under your feet may drop away. The issue here isn’t war. The issue is land subsidence, a...

Sustainable Banking: Dame Alison Rose’s Approach to Climate Change and Corporate Responsibility

When Dame Alison Rose assumed leadership of NatWest Group in 2019, she recognised that climate change represented not just an environmental challenge but "probably the biggest existential threat that we will face as a society." Her response was to position the bank at the forefront of sustainable finance, implementing what she describes as "a very clear strategy on climate" that would fundamentally reshape how NatWest operates and lends.

Mars found a way to store carbon. Can we?

Mars, the dusty red planet that once held our wildest dreams of alien life, is revealing its past—and perhaps a glimpse of Earth’s future....

Make America cool again, says Make Sunsets a startup that’s geo-engineering the climate

Make Sunsets, a geoengineering startup based in South Dakota, continues to attract both controversy and attention as it pushes ahead with its mission to "Make Earth Cool Again"—literally. T

Make Sunsets is launching geo-engineered cooling credits with VC money

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