Video gamers are taking action for climate through in-game activations: Sam Barratt, Chief, Youth, Education and Advocacy, UNEP

Video gamers are taking action for climate through in-game activations: Sam Barratt, Chief, Youth, Education and Advocacy, UNEP

Sam Barratt is the Chief, Youth, Education and Advocacy at the United Nations Environment Programme in Nairobi. He oversees UNEP’s work on formal and non-formal education as well as the advocacy programme of the ecosystems division. He works with higher educational institutions to support decarbonisation, nudge student behaviour and increase their commitments to nature. He […]

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NASA instrument detects dozens of methane super-emitters from space

NASA instrument detects dozens of methane super-emitters from space

An orbital NASA instrument designed mainly to advance studies of airborne dust and its effects on climate change has proven adept at another key Earth-science function – detecting large, worldwide emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. The device, called an imaging spectrometer, has identified more than 50 methane “super-emitters” in Central Asia, the Middle […]

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