Wildfires in the Arctic are burning out of control
Unprecedented wildfires have been taking place in the Arctic this summer.
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Category Archives: impacts
India: Farmers push back desertification in Odisha
Community interventions to dig wells and ponds has enabled farmers to fight drought and halt the trend of desertification in Odisha’s Balangir district.
Africa’s Great Green Wall: Building resilience on the frontlines of global climate change
Malee Oot reports on the impressive Great Green Wall in Africa.
Half of the World Heritage sites at risk from fossil fuel and mining activities
Photo credit: Antonio Busiello / WWF-US. By Anders Lorenzen The environmental group World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have warned that half of the World Heritage sites are at risk from extraction […]
Editorial – Brexit could have serious climate change and environmental consequences
Britain’s vote to leave the EU could have serious implications for tackling climate change
Video interview: the anti tar sands movement, Fort McMurray fire and climate change
The tar sands in Fort McMurray, Alberta. Photo credit: Kris Krug via Flickr. By Anders Lorenzen With the recent devastating Fort McMurray forest fires, the controversy surrounding the tar sands industry […]
Climate induced wildfires turned out of control in tar sands heartland – video
Aerial image of the Fort McMurray wildfires. Photo credit: Nasa’s Marshall Space Flight Center via Flickr. By Anders Lorenzen The devastating wildfires in Canada`s tar sands heartland, Fort McMurray, Alberta, did according […]
UN: Nobody on this planet will be untouched by climate change
Bush fire in Australia. Photo credit: John Crux via Flickr. By Anders Lorenzen The Intergovernmental on Climate Change (IPCC), a UN body, Monday released the second part of their Fifth […]
