Tagged - climate change

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The Editor's Post: HOT solutions to extreme heat

As Europe is facing an unprecedented heatwave caused by climate change, it has much to learn from the global south, with many examples of people-centred, nature-driven solutions to climate adaptation, as we've reported in our Earth Fixers series over the years.

Donald Trump at a campaign rally

What Trump 2.0 means for the global impact community

ANALYSIS: The effects of Donald Trump’s return to head of the world’s biggest economy will be felt beyond US borders – and his values can appear at odds with the concept of doing business for good. Impact leaders from around the world share their worries – and reasons to be hopeful. 

Collection: Earth Fixers

When the ice stops singing

Fisherman turned climate scientist Tero Mustonen set up Snowchange, a co-operative, to help rewild his native Finland. But, as peatlands and lakes slowly recover, a new question emerges: how much should humans continue to intervene with nature?

Flood damage in Manila, Philippines 2012. Photo: AusAID

SKOLL 2021: 'Climate is a people problem'

Gina McCarthy, Mary Robinson and other leading women in the fight against climate change emphasise at the Skoll World Forum that scientific solutions alone are not enough – people’s needs must be considered too.