Megan Rowling

Barcelona

Editor at Climate Home News

Editor @ClimateHome. No longer posting on X due to the far-right views of its owner. Find me: https://t.co/Xv5UQwQfNr

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Articles

Women aren't 14 times more likely to die in disasters

1 week ago | climatechangenews.com | Bridget Burns |Megan Rowling

Bridget Burns is executive director of WEDO (Women’s Environment and Development Organization), a global advocacy organization advancing gender equality and climate justice. You’ve probably heard this stat before – it’s repeated in headlines, conferences, even UN speeches: “Women are 14 times more likely than men to die in disasters.”It’s dramatic. It sticks. It moves people. But here’s the problem: It’s not actually true. Or at least, not in the way it’s been used.
Peruvian farmer loses RWE case but sets climate precedent

1 week ago | climatechangenews.com | Megan Rowling

A German court on Wednesday dismissed a Peruvian farmer’s lawsuit seeking damages from German utility RWE for allegedly putting his home at risk through climate change, as the judge ruled that a damage-risk estimate was too small to take the case further.
The Peruvian farmer who has changed the climate litigation landscape forever

1 week ago | climatechangenews.com | Monica Feria-Tinta |Megan Rowling

Monica Feria-Tinta is a barrister at the Bar of England & Wales, and a leading advocate in environmental and climate change litigation both in English and international courts. What do melting glaciers in the Cordillera Blanca, a mountain range in Peru, have to do with RWE, a fossil fuel giant based in Germany? The answer could have profound consequences for the role of climate litigation in tackling the climate crisis.
Climate justice is vital for global security

4 weeks ago | climatechangenews.com | Nicola Sturgeon |Ben Wilson |Megan Rowling

Nicola Sturgeon is an MSP (Member of the Scottish Parliament) and former First Minister of Scotland. Ben Wilson is International Policy Lead for Stop Climate Chaos Scotland. The world is at a crossroads. The impacts of climate change are destabilising societies, causing conflict, and deepening economic hardship.
On May Day, workers are calling

1 month ago | climatechangenews.com | Anabella Rosemberg |Megan Rowling

Anabella Rosemberg is senior advisor on Just Transition at Climate Action Network International (CAN-I). This May Day, the battle lines are clear: workers’ rights and climate justice must stand together – or we will all fall together. Jobs or the environment? For too long, politicians and corporations have framed the conversation as a false choice.
Individual action won't save the climate – unless governments and businesses back it

1 month ago | climatechangenews.com | Mindy Hernandez |Megan Rowling

Mindy Hernandez is director of the Living Lab for Equitable Climate Action at the World Resources Institute. We’ve all heard it: Eat less beef. Fly less. Buy secondhand. Track your carbon footprint. But what’s less known is that the very idea of a ‘personal carbon footprint’ was popularized by oil giant BP, which, in a 2004 campaign, encouraged people to measure their own emissions – diverting attention from the fossil fuel industry and toward individual consumers.
Teens' mental health suffers on Africa's climate frontlines

1 month ago | climatechangenews.com | Paula Dupraz-Dobias |Megan Rowling

Teaching climate-resilient farming to young people in rural Global South communities and encouraging them to stay in school could help ward off mental health problems triggered by worsening climate change impacts, according to new research in Africa.
Why accusations of Brazilian hypocrisy on climate are ill-judged

2 months ago | climatechangenews.com | Ana Yang |Megan Rowling

Ana Yang is Director of the Environment and Society Centre at Chatham House. In recent months, Brazil has been portrayed by the media, activists and other commentators as either angel or devil. On the one hand, the country that houses 60% of the Amazon rainforest and an enormous wealth of biodiversity is touted as a climate champion, progressive host of the next UN climate talks, the potential saviour of multilateralism.
UN, Germany say tackling climate crisis leads to economic and national security

2 months ago | climatechangenews.com | Megan Rowling

The United Nations, Germany and Brazil joined diplomatic forces this week to convince the world of the national and economic security benefits of pursuing ambitious climate action in challenging geopolitical times on a fast-warming planet.
Global tax on shipping emissions at risk despite growing support

Feb 21, 2025 | climatechangenews.com | Chloe Farand |Chloé Farand |Megan Rowling

The push for a global levy on international shipping emissions won additional support from another dozen countries during talks in London this week, but it is still opposed by a group of large emerging economies including Brazil, China and Saudi Arabia. The negotiations made little concrete progress, leaving much work ahead of a crunch meeting in April, according to observers.