What Is the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)?
The world is losing 11 football (soccer) fields of tropical primary forest every minute , much of it is the…
How a Sustainable Ocean Economy Could Employ Millions of Blue Jobs
A healthy ocean is critical to modern society. More than 3 billion people depend on fish for at least one-fifth…
Ways to Build Safe, Sustainable Housing
There’s a growing housing crisis that’s impossible to ignore. Consider the stats: Nearly 3 billion people lack access to housing…
How Next-Generation Geothermal Can Advance in the US
Geothermal energy is a long-standing part of the U.S. power system. But it remains limited, supplying less than 1% of…
Preparing Health Systems for Climate Risks Saves Lives and Pays Off
Key Takeaways Without interventions, disruptions to health systems from climate-related disasters in low- and middle-income countries could drive $21 trillion…
Detroit Announces Winners of Global Sustainable Cities Challenge to Innovate in Clean Freight
April 30, 2026 — The Toyota Mobility Foundation (TMF) and City of Detroit recently announced three winners of TMF’s Sustainable…
How Electric School Buses Benefit Students and Communities
Every day, millions of children ride to school in diesel buses that expose them to pollution linked to serious health…
Water Scopes 1-3: A Framework for Value Chain Water Risk
Water scarcity, pollution, floods, droughts and seasonal variability in rainfall and supply threaten supply chains worldwide, with ripple effects on…
How Science Is Helping Trace Illegal Timber
In late 2018, Indonesian authorities seized 384 shipping containers of merbau (Intsia spp.) timber from Papua, Indonesia — roughly 6,000…
Building Food and Energy Resilience After Iran War
The Iran conflict is entering its ninth week, but the damage it’s wrought may last years. First and foremost is…
Why SEEM Falls Short on Power Market Cost Savings
Across the United States, retail electricity prices are projected to rise, with utilities requesting a record $31 billion in rate…
Integrating Environmental Defenders in Climate Policy
Benitha Bompendju grew up in Tshuapa province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, surrounded by the dense rainforests of…
Inside One of China’s Greenest Cities
In Shenzhen’s Houhai Central District, summer temperatures climb higher each year. Last summer, the city recorded a blistering 37.5 degrees…
Cooling Potential of Urban Trees
On a hot summer afternoon, the difference between one city block and the next can feel like a different world.…
Dwindling Seagrass Is Disproportionately Impacting Coastal Women in Mozambique
“This is like our machamba — we cultivate in the bay,” explains a fisherwoman from Guiduane, an island community in…
Can Forests Withstand and Recover from Wildfires?
Wildfires haven’t always been bad news for forests. Some forests have evolved to cope with these brutal events. Traits like…
U.S. EV Sales Slow in 2025 as Policy Shifts Reshape the Market
Momentum for electric vehicles in the United States is starting to slip. After years of rapid growth — fueled by…
Clean Energy Protects Countries During Iran War
On any normal day, about 20% of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) sails through the Strait of…
The Ocean Dependence Framework Places People at the Center of Ocean Governance
April 9, 2026 — Coastal communities are living on the frontline of accelerating and overlapping change. Climate change is destabilizing…
Growth of Renewable Energy in the US
The last year has been a time of whiplash for the U.S. energy landscape. Federal policy changed course under the…