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2025, a key year in the fight against greenwashing

2025, a key year in the fight against greenwashing

Environmental awareness is growing in society and there seems to be no turning back given the current global crisis we are facing. It is worth remembering pioneers such as Rachel Carson with her Silent Spring or Erin Brockovich with her legal fight, which represented important milestones in the development of environmental thinking. Unfortunately, this proactive attitude towards the environment is […] … learn more→

Reality is becoming increasingly difficult, but climate denialism continues to ignore the evidence

Reality is becoming increasingly difficult, but climate denialism continues to ignore the evidence

The concept of negation is often associated with unfavorable or restrictive meanings, and the history of science offers numerous examples of this. From the condemnation of Galileo for defending heliocentrism to the harsh criticism received by Darwin for proposing human evolution from common ancestors with primates, many revolutionary ideas were initially rejected before becoming fundamental […] … learn more→

Online algorithms could help save the planet with just a few small tweaks

Online algorithms could help save the planet with just a few small tweaks

Have we tried everything to tackle the climate crisis? At least one simple idea has hardly been explored: prioritizing climate content on social media. The climate crisis is seriously aggravated by a lack of attention, including in the recent United States presidential election campaign. But algorithmic recommenders could help, as they are responsible for a significant […] … learn more→

Hydroclimatic whiplash, the new face of climate change

Hydroclimatic whiplash, the new face of climate change

\ Just as we had begun to grasp the concept of sixth-generation fires , megafires that are practically inextinguishable, we are now faced with a new concept that seems to apply well to the devastating fires of January 2025 in California. Although the signal of climate change in these fires is unequivocal, being responsible for conditions around 5°C warmer, 15% drier […] … learn more→

Global temperatures passed critical 1.5°C milestone for the first time in 2024 – new report

Global temperatures passed critical 1.5°C milestone for the first time in 2024 – new report

The earth’s climate experienced its hottest year in 2024. Extreme flooding in April killed hundreds of people in Pakistan and Afghanistan. A year-long drought has left Amazon river levels at an all-time low. And in Athens, Greece, the ancient Acropolis was closed in the afternoons to protect tourists from dangerous heat. A new report from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service confirms […] … learn more→

“Petrosavoirs”, allies of climate skeptics against renewable energies

“Petrosavoirs”, allies of climate skeptics against renewable energies

A cultural war has begun. Continuous, open or hidden, explicit or diverted, it concerns the destiny of all humanity. It concerns knowledge about energy, and more particularly the untruths spread by international “petropowers”. This is evidenced by the insolent success in bookstores of climate-sceptic works which explicitly fuel doubt . The problem? These “petro-knowledges” are delaying collective […] … learn more→

What needs to be improved in the climate change education guide?

What needs to be improved in the climate change education guide?

At the end of August 2024, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Kemendikbudristek) through the Education Standards, Curriculum, and Assessment Agency (BSKAP), released a climate change education guide . This is the first concrete result of a long planning process for the integration of climate change education into formal education in Indonesia that began in mid-2023 . This guide is […] … learn more→

Climate change is easier to study when it’s presented as a game

Climate change is easier to study when it’s presented as a game

Climate change is among the more difficult but important topics to teach to young people. It involves complicated science and data, and it can be really depressing, given the bleak picture it paints of Earth’s future. So how do educators get students more engaged in lessons about climate change? One way that works is to […] … learn more→