The worldโs richest countries, which have contributed by far the most to the atmospheric changes linked to global warming,are already spending billions of dollars to limit their own risks from its worst consequences, like drought and rising seas. But they are spending just tens of millions of dollars on ways to limit climate and coastal hazards in the worldโs most vulnerable regions โ most of them close to the equator and overwhelmingly poor.
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has invested billions in fossil fuel expansion in the United States since Trumpโs return to office.
The European far-right rubbed shoulders with pro-Trump groups in Brussels.
Science journalist Adam Becker speaks with DeSmog about how Silicon Valley tech billionaires have invented new forms of greenwashing and climate denial in their quest for ever-more fantastic technology.
It turns out oil and gas arenโt Albertaโs only hazardous exports.
