A team of researchers from around the world, led by Ohio State University, will be gathering data to create artificial intelligence-informed models to better understand the long-term impact of the climate crisis on biodiversity. Experts experts from 10 universities across the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia are working to develop AI-enabled and data-supported research to study how the...Read More

With his Exhortation Laudate Deum, Pope Francis has not only clarified and brought to completion the message of the Encyclical Laudato si’, published eight years ago. This new document, full of data and numbers drawn from the most recent scientific literature, does more than just sound yet another dramatic alarm about the worsening consequences of climate change, in the...Read More

The United Nations has put a series of challenging climate goals on the agenda for Cop28, in its effort to get the world back on course to limit global warming to 1.5C. A UN “stocktake” of progress found the world is heading to blow past the 1.5C goal and, after speaking to governments, the UN...Read More

As the urgency to combat global warming grows, many nations are implementing policies to reduce emissions. These strategies often rely on substantial fiscal measures, such as increased public investment and subsidies for renewable energy. While these efforts are crucial for decarbonization, they can come with significant fiscal burdens. Policymakers are facing complex trade-offs in their...Read More

Bill Gates recently expressed his skepticism about the effectiveness of mass tree planting in the fight against climate change. During a climate discussion organized by The New York Times, Gates emphasized that he avoids “less proven approaches” to offset his carbon emissions and dismissed the notion that planting vast numbers of trees could single-handedly address...Read More

East Africa’s multitude of forested ecosystems – which include woodlands, savannah, coastal areas, mangroves, and more – hold important global reserves of biodiversity, and play critical roles for local communities, too. But climate change impacts such as prolonged drought, unpredictable rain, food insecurity, and health hazards are all taking their toll on its ecosystems and...Read More

The International Association for Landscape Ecology (IALE) held its highly anticipated World Congress in Nairobi, Kenya, from the 10th to the 15th of July 2023. This international gathering of landscape ecologists, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers aimed to foster collaboration, exchange knowledge, and address critical challenges related to landscape ecology. The IALE 2023 World Congress provided...Read More