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Indigenous wisdom ‘protects biodiversity’

When we acknowledge and honour this sacredness of all life, we are more likely to act in a way that is in harmony with the Earth. The most disturbing view that modernity and even conventional conservation movement has shown so far is the neglect of spiritual values, disregarding the fact that there are spirits behind biodiversity, there are spirits that cause those […]
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Why the Time To Go Solar Is Now – State of the Planet

Dear Homeowner, For decades, we’ve relied on an energy system that chokes our skies with pollution and drains our wallets. But today, we stand at a turning point where we can choose a path that not only preserves our ecosystem but also safeguards our future. Few home upgrades instantly increase property value, slash monthly utility […]
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Shipping ‘misses boat’ to decarbonisation

Emit A coalition of countries, led by Pacific Island States, tabled a proposal that would have set a high priced, flat-rate levy on all of international shipping emissions.  This would have created an incentive for emissions reductions and generated sufficient, predictable revenue that could be used to address the disproportionate impacts of climate change on […]
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Capturing the Magic, Mystery and Art of Glaciers – State of the Planet

El Chaltén is a village inside Argentina’s Los Glaciares National Park. The remote park is home to 48 glaciers, with some trailheads starting in town. Located among shops, restaurants and hotels on one of El Chaltén’s main streets is photographer Alex DeMets’ La Lenga Art Gallery.  DeMets has managed the gallery and displayed his work […]
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Exploring Sustainable Development in Rwanda and Bangladesh – State of the Planet

This past March, two separate groups of students from the Office of Undergraduate Programs at the Columbia Climate School traveled to Rwanda and Bangladesh as part of their coursework in sustainable development. Their trips focused on exploring what sustainability means in the context of sub-Saharan Africa and on a tectonically active delta, respectively. Rwandan children […]
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Carbon capture, or political capture?

Greenpeace UK’s policy director Doug Parr said the investment would “extend the life of planet-heating oil and gas production”. Does this technology hold up to scrutiny, and what role, if any, should it play in decarbonisation? The UK government’s projects are based around CCUS, which involves usage of captured carbon, as opposed to just carbon […]
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Art, Identity and the Self in Retreat – State of the Planet

Fran Beallor wanted to be an astronaut as a child. Now, the artist, curator and educator has drawn a series depicting glaciers based on NASA satellite images. “Portraits of Glaciers,” illustrated in striking detail with colored pencils on paper, features glaciers from around the Earth. Two works from this series are on view through April […]
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Climate denial contaminating social media

A free and publicly-available interactive database and visualisation tool highlighting the volume of online misinformation surrounding climate change called Hot Air has been launched by Tortoise Media The tool, developed in partnership with the University of Exeter and supported by Octopus Energy, helps users identify and track climate misinformation across platforms. The Hot Air tool […]
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Why Climate Finance Is Key To Fighting Climate Change – State of the Planet

Flooding in Klodzku, Poland Photo: Jacek Halicki 2024 was the hottest year on record. Around the world, 151 unprecedented extreme weather events devastated countries around the planet, including heat waves in Japan and Iran, floods in Italy, Pakistan, Poland and Brazil, and typhoons in Vietnam and the Philippines. Massive sums of money are needed to […]
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Merbecovirus S2 Vaccines Trigger Cross-Reactive MERS Protection

In a groundbreaking study recently published in npj Viruses, a team of researchers led by Halfmann and colleagues has unveiled promising new insights into vaccine design against Merbecoviruses, a subgenus of coronaviruses that includes the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Their work focuses on the S2 subunit of the spike (S) glycoprotein, a component […]
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Merbecovirus S2 Vaccines Trigger Cross-Reactive MERS Protection

In a groundbreaking study recently published in npj Viruses, a team of researchers led by Halfmann and colleagues has unveiled promising new insights into vaccine design against Merbecoviruses, a subgenus of coronaviruses that includes the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Their work focuses on the S2 subunit of the spike (S) glycoprotein, a component […]
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Bridging Science, Policy and Strategy for Climate Action – State of the Planet

Tiffany Wu, a 2023 graduate of Columbia University’s MPA in Environmental Science and Policy program, is a senior program associate at Winrock International, which provides solutions to complex social and agricultural challenges worldwide. Wu works on climate and sustainability projects spanning carbon markets, corporate greenhouse gas accounting and clean energy. Courtesy of Tiffany Wu Drawing […]
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