Glass Wings Blog: Global

4 ways to understand why Australia is so cold right now despite global warming
8 billion people: Four ways climate change and population growth combine to threaten public health, with global consequences
Africa and the French language are growing together in global importance
After COP27, all signs point to world blowing past the 1.5 degrees global warming limit – here’s what we can still do about it
After decades putting the brakes on global action, does Australia deserve to host UN climate talks with Pacific nations?
Almost all species in global shark fin trade to be protected
As heatwaves and floods hit cities worldwide, these places are pioneering solutions
‘Astonishing’: global demand for exotic pets is driving a massive trade in unprotected wildlife
Atmospheric dust may have hidden true extent of global heating
Aussie classic 4WD startup becomes biggest global EV conversion manufacturer
Australia has overshot three planetary boundaries based on how we use land
Australian fossil fuel megaprojects at risk from record high global gas prices
Australia’s cotton farmers can help prevent exploitation in the global garment industry
Battered but not broken: how global trade is responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
The biggest risk to the global economy no one is talking about
Bluey was edited for American viewers – but global audiences deserve to see all of us
Breakthrough in gas separation and storage could fast-track shift to green hydrogen and significantly cut global energy use
Can We Save A Truly Global Internet?
Carbon emissions from global SUV fleet outweighs that of most countries
Children born today will see literally thousands of animals disappear in their lifetime, as global food webs collapse
China is gunning for supremacy in the global green hydrogen race. Will it shatter Australia’s dreams?
China wants more people to eat potatoes – how changing national diets could help fix our global food crisis
China-US tensions: how global trade began splitting into two blocs
The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg review – global warning
Climate change threatens up to 100% of trees in Australian cities, and most urban species worldwide
Climate change triggering global collapse in insect numbers: stressed farmland shows 63% decline – new research
The costly lesson from COVID: why elimination should be the default global strategy for future pandemics
COVID remains a global emergency, the World Health Organization says, but we’re at a transition point. What does this mean?
COVID-19 Fueled Record-Breaking Investments in Global Health
COVID-19 infections in Australia hit worldwide highs — and experts predict another Omicron variant spike is coming
Digital nomads have rejected the office and now want to replace the nation state. But there is a darker side to this quest for global freedom
Disparities in global empathy: why some refugees are more welcome than others
Dollars and chainsaws: Can timber production help fund global reforestation?
Eating less food from animal sources is key to reducing the risk of wildlife-origin diseases and global warming
Elections: a global ranking rates US weakest among liberal democracies
The end of Roe v. Wade would likely embolden global anti-abortion activists and politicians
Europe warming at twice the global average, UN report warns
Europe’s climate warming at twice rate of global average, says report
‘Everything is fake’: how global crime gangs are using UK shell companies in multi-million pound crypto scams
Five options for restoring global biodiversity after the UN agreement
Food, feed and fuel: global seaweed industry could reduce land needed for farming by 110m hectares, study finds
Fossil fuel emissions to peak within two years as global decarbonization picks up steam
Four Charts Reveal Seismic Shifts in Global Energy Within One Lifetime
Global carbon emissions at record levels with no signs of shrinking, new data shows. Humanity has a monumental task ahead
Global coal use in 2022 is reaching an all-time high, but Australia is bucking the trend
Global health at mercy of fossil fuel addiction, warn scientists
Global heating is turning white Alps green, study finds
Global heating risks most cataclysmic extinction of marine life in 250m years
Global heating to drive stronger La Niña and El Niño events by 2030, researchers say
Global mortality trends in the last 12 months
Global pledges to remove greenhouse gas emissions to reach net zero unrealistic, report finds
Global pollinator losses causing 500,000 early deaths a year – study
Global recession looks likely. Even if Australia escapes it, we are in for a bad couple of years
Global Risks Report 2023
The global South has lost $152 trillion through unequal exchange since 1960
Global success of Cult of the Lamb showcases Australia’s video games development talent
Global warming is changing Canada’s boreal forest and tundra
Global warming puts Arabica coffee at risk, and we’re barrelling towards a crucial threshold
How prisons, drug smugglers and the war in Ukraine made Australia's DroneShield a global success
How Scientists From the “Global South” Are Sidelined at the IPCC
How to destroy a ‘forever chemical’ – scientists are discovering ways to eliminate PFAS, but this growing global health problem isn’t going away soon
How trade regulations may be opening up a new era of sustainable growth in the Global South
How treaties protecting fossil fuel investors could jeopardize global efforts to save the climate – and cost countries billions
Hunger is increasing worldwide but women bear the brunt of food insecurity
Hypertension, diabetes, stroke: they kill more people than infectious diseases and should get a Global Fund
The inconvenient truth of global warming in the 21st century
Insects will struggle to keep pace with global temperature rise – which could be bad news for humans
Inside the Global Effort to Keep Perfectly Good Food Out of the Dump
Is the global decline in democracy linked to social media? We combed through the evidence to find out
Is Unconditional Basic Income a Trap Being Laid by Global Elites to Control and Enslave Us All?
‘Like ocean rips’: CSIRO report identifies 7 ‘global megatrends’ shaping the 21st century
‘Looming global health crisis’: urgent action needed to prevent spread of drug-resistant superbugs, CSIRO says
Mad world: global flashpoints to watch in 2023 in the era of ‘polycrisis’
Measles is now an imminent global threat, WHO and CDC say in a new report
Measles: why the World Health Organization has declared it an ‘imminent global threat’
Meghan Markle’s podcast sparked a global discussion around colourism. What is it and how does it look in Australia?
Monkeypox – the next global vaccine equity failure?
Monkeypox: World Health Organization declares it a global health emergency – here’s what that means
Multidimensional poverty slumped in Nepal before Covid-19, global report says
New data reveals extraordinary global heating in the Arctic
New report shows alarming changes in the entire global water cycle
New results from NASA’s DART planetary defence mission confirm we could deflect deadly asteroids
No more excuses: restoring nature is not a silver bullet for global warming, we must cut emissions outright
No, signing the global methane pledge won’t end the backyard barbecue – it’ll strengthen Aussie industries
On your bike: If we all cycled like the Dutch, global emissions would drop nearly 700 million tonnes
Pandemic greed killed more than 1 million people globally, study says
Phosphorus supply is increasingly disrupted – we are sleepwalking into a global food crisis
Planetary boundaries assessment of deep decarbonisation options for building heating in the European Union
Plastic Trash in the Ocean is a Global Problem, and the US is the Top Source
‘Rarest of the rare’: B.C’s newest conservancy protects globally imperilled rainforest
Red dirt, yellow sun, green steel: how Australia could benefit from a global shift to emissions-free steel
Revolutionary changes in transportation, from electric vehicles to ride sharing, could slow global warming – if they’re done right, IPCC says
Saudi Arabia Angles to Keep Oil at Centre of Global Economy
Sky News Australia is a global hub for climate misinformation, report says
Smart Asian women are the new targets of CCP global online repression
Termites love global warming – the pace of their wood munching gets significantly faster in hotter weather
The Tiny Australian Territory That Avoided the Global Energy Crisis
UN offers new solutions to limit global warming
United States Announces $94 Billion Of Global Public Funding To Accelerate Clean Energy Worldwide
US is becoming a ‘developing country’ on global rankings that measure democracy, inequality
We were on a global panel looking at the staggering costs of COVID – 17.7m deaths and counting. Here are 11 ways to stop history repeating itself
What the sci-fi blockbuster Wandering Earth II can teach us about China’s global and local aspirations
What the White House global Covid-19 summit should've spent more time on
Whatever happened to the new no-patent COVID vaccine touted as a global game changer?
Women are turning the tide on climate policy worldwide, and may launch a new era for Australia
The world’s carbon price is a fraction of what we need – because only a fifth of global emissions are priced
WWF and Ørsted in new global partnership to unite action on climate and ocean biodiversity
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