Rich Countries Owe More Than Ever in Climate Adaptation Funding
Rich nations haven’t met their promises to provide aid to developing countries to adapt to climate extremes, the U.N. says in a new report
Inequality
Humans Absorb Bias from AI—And Keep It after They Stop Using the Algorithm
People may learn from and replicate the skewed perspective of an artificial intelligence algorithm, and they carry this bias beyond their interactions with the AI
‘Climate Gentrification’ Will Displace One Million People in Miami Alone
More than half of Miami-Dade County residents will face pressure to move as rising seas push residents inland to reach higher ground, a new study finds
Why Women Earn Less Than Men: Economic Historian Wins Nobel for Work on Gender Pay Gap
Claudia Goldin mined 200 years of data to show that greater economic growth did not lead to wage parity or more women in the workplace
Climate Disasters Displaced 43 Million Children in Just Six Years
The Philippines, India and China have seen the greatest total number of children displaced by disasters—some 23 million—in recent years
New 6G Networks Are in the Works. Can They Destroy Dead Zones for Good?
Next-generation 6G technology could “enable applications that we may not even imagine today”
Climate Disasters Threaten to Widen U.S. Wealth Gap
About one in five U.S. counties are both socially vulnerable and highly exposed to natural disasters, which could “compound existing inequities,” the Department of the Treasury says in a new report
World Governments Recommit to 2030 Goals to Save Humanity
United Nations secretary-general António Guterres is proposing a $500-billion annual stimulus package to meet the Sustainable Development Goals to preserve the environment and end poverty and hunger
For Health Equity, Location Matters
A special package explores problems and solutions to the geography of injustice
The Father of Environmental Justice Reflects on the Movement He Helped to Start
Four decades into his activism, Robert Bullard looks back on his legacy and the work ahead.
Climate Change Is Hindering Global Growth and Prosperity, U.N. Says
In the five decades between 1970 and 2021, extreme climate events caused more than two million deaths and led to economic losses of $4.3 trillion, 60 percent of which occurred in developing countries, a U.N. report found
Lethal Heat Is Spreading across the Planet
Since 1970 more than 350 weather stations have experienced at least one six-hour period of a potentially deadly combination of heat and humidity. Scientists expect these episodes will increase as temperatures rise