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It’s that time of the week again. Kick back and soak up your dose of Climate Optimism.   Open pit mining to be halted in Honduras [1]Mongabay (2022) The government of…

Backing people to protect rainforest is more important than ever. Asháninka forest gardens among swathes of Amazon rainforest. Evidence suggests that the Amazon is losing its resilience, its ability to bounce back due to exploitation and increasing climate…

This is the other side of the climate breakdown coin. Environmental wins from around the world that give us climate optimism.   PetroTal production could be halted in Peru due to protests [1]…

The recent IPCC report (The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) contained very few glimmers of hope and as you might expect, was stark reading indeed. Some points do shine, and we’re here to tell you about them. Here are…

Want some climate optimism news? You’re in the right place. Get it, share it, create more of it. Philanthropists are funding crucial climate journalism [1]Independent (2022) More than two dozen journalists…

A landmark deforestation pledge was announced today at COP26 to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by 2030, with £8.75 billion of public funds committed to protect and restore forests, alongside £5.3 billion of private investment. Cool…

The UK government's latest climate strategy was released last week to a somewhat subdued response. In the run-up to COP26, Deputy Director Dr Hannah Peck takes a deep dive into the report and shares Cool Earth’s take on why these proposals fall short, and how we can all act now to reverse the tide of climate change.

Our take on the world’s most important climate conference. Too little too late? It’s taken global leaders far too long to listen to, and include, the most important climate experts of our time in solving the climate crisis – indigenous…

We launched the Rainforest Firefighters campaign in August to raise money for people fighting the most important fire in the world: rainforest fire.