109 stories covering the global climate crisis
By Climate Spotlight Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly 80th meeting in September 2025, said the COP30 would be known and remembered as the “COP of Truth.” Time will tell. What is true is that this COP will be an opportunity for multilateralism to shine […]
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By Marco Lopez – Editor-in-Chief, Climate Spotlight When Jose Oliva hopped on the sailboat crewed and captained by sea-hardened northern fishermen, I got the sense that the Belize Fund for a Sustainable Future (Belize Fund) was the real deal. The fishermen were not so happy about not receiving some funds to help support their livelihoods […]
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated 10:21 AM CST, September 26, 2025 This week, addressing the United Nations, President Donald Trump made several false claims about climate change, including that it didn’t actually exist. He called it “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world” and urged world leaders to “get away from the green scam.” […]
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By Marco Lopez Uncle Sam’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement (for the second time) under President Donald J. Trump does not immunize the country from being held accountable for climate harm. Despite the fictions the orange guy formulates under his wig, and by the looks of MAGA’s “drill, baby, drill” agenda, they will be answerable […]
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Belizeans face a variety of safety problems when they board the nation’s buses, which operate through a patchwork system of private companies that transport people between neighborhoods, villages, and the entire country.
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HOPKINS, Belize — Heaters, pumps and computerized meters rigged to an everyday picnic icebox may seem like a high school science project. But this heat stress tank may hold the key to finding the most heat-resilient corals in Belize’s waters. As climate change and other human-caused stressors continue to push these rainforests of the sea […]
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PLACENCIA, Belize — After Hurricane Iris decimated the coral reef at Laughing Bird Caye National Park in 2001, many wrote off the UNESCO World Heritage site as a coral graveyard. But a small group from the coastal village of Placencia, Belize, about 18 kilometers (11 miles) from the island, saw hope. In 2006, the park had just […]
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Rosie knows the Lighthouse Reef Atoll like the back of her fin. She calls this atoll home and is a matriarch of the thriving population of Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) living there. Her signature scar on her dorsal fin makes her easy to identify each year during monitoring surveys conducted by MarAlliance, a U.S.-based nonprofit […]
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By Marco Lopez Climate change is an inflation driver. This is according to a study published earlier this year. Rising temperatures and extreme weather events have a measurable and persistent impact on food and overall inflation globally, the paper found. The most significant effects are observed in food prices, particularly in low-income countries. These effects […]
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By Marco Lopez – Editor-In-Chief, Climate Spotlight From December 2–13, 2024, a record-breaking 100-plus oral submissions were delivered to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The court, which is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UN), has been asked to give an advisory opinion on the legal obligations of states in relation to […]
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By Marco Lopez – Editor-in-Chief, Climate Spotlight Every additional fraction of a degree of global warming drives up the impact of heat waves, extreme rainfall events, floods, droughts, melting ice sheets, sea ice, and glaciers. It heats the oceans and raises sea levels, wreaking havoc on organisms and ecosystems. Last year, 2024, was recorded as […]
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