Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges of our time, and with each day, the stakes grow higher. Climate change isn’t just about rising temperatures, and droughts, it’s about the policies that we choose to implement to protect our planet and ensure a better future for everyone. The Green New Deal was one of the most ambitious climate proposals and today, I am going to be unpacking it.  Introduced to the US congress in 2019, it aimed to address the climate crisis

One of the most discussed strategies for climate change is carbon pricing – a tool designed to put a price on emissions. But is it enough to solve the climate crisis, or just a small step? Carbon pricing is an economic approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It comes in 2 main forms. The first is carbon taxes, where governments impose a fee on each ton of carbon dioxide emitted. For example, if burning coal becomes expensive due to carbon tax, businesses may switch to

Wildfires are becoming more intense, frequent, and destructive, and the recent wildfires in Los Angeles serve as an important reminder of this growing crisis. While wildfires are not a new thing, their increasing severity is directly tied to climate change.Today , I am going to be diving into the connection between wildfires and climate change and explore what we can do to address this urgent issue. How Climate Change Fuels Wildfires Climate change creates the perfect conditi

Since Donald Trump has returned as president in the United States, there has been lots of concern about the future of climate action in the U.S and beyond. He has a record of rolling back environmental protections and withdrawing from global climate agreements. What can we expect now?  Trump’s Climate Record During his first term, Trump took several actions that significantly weakened climate policies. He pulled the U.S out of the Paris Climate Agreement, damaging global coop

What does fashion have to do with climate change?  When people talk about climate change they usually think about things like wildfires, electric cars, or renewable energy. But one thing that hardly gets mentioned is fashion. The fashion industry causes up to 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions, which is even more than all the airplanes and ships combined. This means that the clothes we wear and buy have a large impact on the planet.  Why is fashion so bad for the environm

Earlier this month, Texas was hit with devastating flash floods that left more than 100 people dead and many more injured or displaced. Families lost their homes. Children at summer camps were swept away with almost no warning. In a matter of hours, everyday life was turned upside down. At first glance, it may seem like this was just an unfortunate natural disaster. But when I started reading more, I realized that what happened in Texas wasn’t just about bad luck or heavy rai

This November, the annual UN Climate Summit will take place in Belém, Brazil. World leaders, activists, and negotiators will meet in the middle of the Amazon rain first to decide the next steps in the fight against climate change. It sounds far away, but this conference is extremely important. What happens in Brazil has the potential to shape the climate policies my generation and the generations to come will encounter.  Stronger Promises  COP30 is the moment when countries a

There is a number that keeps showing up in climate reports, speeches, and debates: three degrees Celsius. At first it sounds like a small difference, the kind of change you wouldn’t even notice outside on a normal day. But in climate science, three degrees is enormous. It represents a future that is hotter, more unpredictable, and far harder to live in. Initially world leaders had the goal of staying under 1.5 degrees or at least keep warming below 2degrees. But currently, if