Media coverage of biodiversity falls short compared to climate change and popular culture

https://www.nature.com/articles/s44185-025-00082-w

Pension Funds Push Forward on Climate Goals Despite Backlash

At a time of resistance to environmental, social and governance goals, pension funds have become a bulwark against efforts to sideline climate risks

https://archive.ph/Pak54#selection-4423.0-4427.148

Farewell to naval defense - this is why submarines are starting to lose their way

climate change is altering ocean acoustics, making sound travel farther in warmer, less dense, and chemically different seawater

How hurricanes Otis and John exposed Acapulco’s big divide and left residents ‘scared for our lives’

The last two big storms to hit Mexico have left the city vulnerable to organised crime and in fear of the next climate shock

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/mar/30/acapulco-mexico-climate-crisis-extreme-weather-damage-hurricanes-otis-john-floods-landslides

New report reveals booming industry has created 150,000 jobs: 'Underpinning American economic and national security'

Electric vehicles are not only transforming transportation, but they're also reshaping the U.S. job market. A new report by the Environmental Defense Fund found that nearly 150,000 "clean car jobs" were created in the U.S. over the last three years

https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/clean-car-jobs-us-report-ev/

The study noted that pollinators provide more than $15 billion worth of food each year in North America.

Among the insect pollinators, extinction risks were highest with bees. Out of 472 species of bees studied in Canada and the U.S., 34.7 per cent were at risk of extinction. The study said that 10 bee, 11 butterfly, and two moth species were classified as critically imperilled

https://cfjctoday.com/2025/03/30/sobering-statistic-one-fifth-of-pollinators-in-north-america-at-extinction-risk/

Trump can’t stop ‘sustainability revolution’: Al Gore
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PARIS - Former US vice-president Al Gore on March 29 condemned President Donald Trump’s “extremely hostile” stance on fighting climate change, but said his administration had “limited” ability to stop the “sustainability revolution”

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/trump-cant-stop-sustainability-revolution-al-gore

India’s Top 12 Asset Management Companies Do Not Address Climate Change

Most AMCs still don’t have exclusionary policies to end investments in the coal sector

https://indianpsu.com/indias-top-12-asset-management-companies-do-not-address-climate-change/

The Online Shopping Boom Comes at a Price—and Some New Yorkers Pay More Than Their Fair Share

More diesel trucks are on the streets, and their destinations are often warehouses located in historically disadvantaged areas

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30032025/the-online-shopping-boom-comes-at-a-price-and-some-new-yorkers-pay-more-than-their-fair-share/

WHO conference: Over 50 countries pledge to reduce air pollution health impacts by 50% by 2040

Over 700 participants including government representatives, UN agencies, civil society, scientists, and health societies, came together at the conference organised jointly with the government of Colombia by the WHO

https://www.deccanherald.com/india/who-conference-over-50-countries-pledge-to-reduce-air-pollution-health-impacts-by-50-by-2040-3469220

In Canada, Indigenous Advocates Argue That Mining Companies Violate the Rights of Nature

Tribunal judges found the industry guilty of “ongoing ecocide.”

https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/in-canada-indigenous-advocates-argue-that-mining-companies-violate-the-rights-of-nature/

With climate change, by contrast, we’re facing the certainty of disaster unless we make fundamental changes about how we operate as a species.

Can we avoid that disaster? Can we reach a carbon-free future? Not as long as the richest among us continue to harbor delusions about their capacity to survive any catastrophe that might befall the rest of us

https://inequality.org/article/can-our-richest-dodge-the-climate-change-bullet/

Is the US becoming uninsurable? How climate change affects insurance costs

CheapInsurance.com used NOAA data to analyze the rising number of billion-dollar disasters and their implications for the insurance marketplace in the U.S.

https://dailyprogress.com/news/nation-world/government-politics/collection_f58b01e7-f7b8-53c0-ae83-68f84878844e.html#anchor_item_1

'Rich nations didn’t eat less and redistribute food when many developing countries were hungry': Environment Minister

The minister’s comment comes amid global pressure on New Delhi to cut down on its fossil fuel emission citing climate change concerns

https://www.deccanherald.com/india/rich-nations-didnt-eat-less-and-redistribute-food-when-35-of-developing-countries-was-hungry-environment-minister-3469017

Old-growth forests stored four to five times more carbon in the wood lying in the streams than mature forests did

https://vermontbiz.com/news/2025/march/30/dead-trees-keep-surprisingly-large-amounts-carbon-out-atmosphere-study

Sundarbans’ climate migrants need help

Reportedly, climate-related disasters in Bangladesh have nearly doubled over the past six decades, increasing from four per year before 1990 to seven per year after

https://images.thedailystar.net/opinion/editorial/news/sundarbans-climate-migrants-need-help-3859571

A new PwC report reveals that most companies remain committed to their climate goals. Despite economic uncertainty and shifting regulations, 84% of businesses are maintaining or even accelerating their decarbonization efforts. Only 16% have slowed down or stepped back from their commitment

https://carboncredits.com/why-84-of-companies-are-doubling-down-on-net-zero-climate-commitments-pwc-reports/

Polluters Must Pay: A Shipping Levy for Climate Justice

It is time to hold global shipping corporations accountable for burning heavy fuel oils and putting profits before the well-being of people and the planet

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/shipping-industry-climate

Humans are reshaping life on Earth, shrinking biodiversity everywhere

Human activity has reduced biodiversity across nearly all ecosystems on Earth, according to a global analysis of more than 2,000 studies

https://www.dailyclimate.org/humans-are-reshaping-life-on-earth-shrinking-biodiversity-everywhere-2671625879.html

Singapore business leaders show cautious approach to climate and catastrophic risk, report reveals

S'porean leaders seem to be focusing more on immediate business concerns than long-term climate risks, the report found

https://theindependent.sg/singapore-business-leaders-show-cautious-approach-to-climate-and-catastrophic-risk-report-reveals/