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Paul Yeboah, is an educator, farmer, permaculturist, community developer, and social entrepreneur. He is the founder and coordinator of the Ghana Permaculture Institute and Network in Techiman, Ghana, West Africa. Communities on the Edge: Our Response to the Climate Emergency is a series of videos from the Global Ecovillage Network, …

[ad_1] Global warming is increasing the risk of catastrophic glacier detachments, geologists have warned. Meltwater generated by warmer summers is posing a new threat “that we are only just beginning to understand”, according to researchers who investigated what unleashed a torrent of ice and rock that slid for seven miles through …

[ad_1] Releasing herds of animals into the Arctic could help tackle the climate crisis, researchers say. A computerised simulation of conditions at the polar region found that with enough wildlife, 80 per cent of the world’s permafrost soils could be saved, preventing a vicious circle of environmental catastrophe. Half of …

[ad_1] We face two global crises. In both cases, the science is crystal clear, the economic and social impacts are devastating, and people are dying. But our reactions to them are very different. One is the coronavirus pandemic. While many governments have been criticized for slow and uneven responses to …

[ad_1] The ability of the world’s tropical forests to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is decreasing, according to a study tracking 300,000 trees over 30 years. A global research team, led by the University of Leeds, say they fear the world’s remaining undisturbed tropical forests may have already begun …

[ad_1] The coronavirus has wiped out at least a quarter of China’s emissions of damaging greenhouse gases in the past two weeks, scientists have found. Measures to prevent the spread of the outbreak have led to sharp drops in the burning of fossil fuels – a key cause of the …

[ad_1] Earlier this week, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos vowed to mitigate the impact of climate change by establishing the Bezos Earth Fund. He’s committed $10 billion to start the fund, making it one of the largest charitable pledges to date. The fund has earmarked delivery of grants for this summer …

[ad_1] A massive decline of bumblebees — the world’s most important pollinators — is now underway due to “climate chaos” and other human impacts on the world, scientists have warned. A new study reveals bumblebees are currently disappearing at rates “consistent with a mass extinction”, and are on course to be …

[ad_1] Frustrated with the “ludicrous charade” of the COP25 World Climate Summit in December, Spanish design collective luzinterruptus turned to visual protest by creating the temporary guerrilla art piece, “Death by Plastic.” Made from plastic waste and transparent fabric, the glowing environmental art installation depicts a crime scene-like visual with …

[ad_1] Activist Greta Thunberg has launched a scathing attack on Donald Trump’s stance over the climate crisis, claiming his “inaction is fuelling the flames”. Speaking to world leaders and industrialists on the same day the president bragged about the US economy and attacked climate activists as “perennial prophets of doom”, …