Addressing energy leaders, pope warns of ‘catastrophic’ effects of global heating  ‘Future generations stand to inherit a greatly spoiled world,’ the pope said at a meeting at the Vatican. Photograph: Vatican Media/Reuters Pope Francis has declared a global “climate emergency”, warning of the dangers of global heating and that a failure to act urgently to reduce greenhouse...Read More

Britain recently upped the ante on its commitment to fight climate change, promising to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. The new governmental plan is more ambitious than its original Climate Change Act from 2008, which pledged to reduce emissions by 80 percent. Prime Minister Theresa May claimed net-zero is a necessary step for Britain and a...Read More