"Are financial giants contradicting their own climate pledges?" asks Ben Piven for Aljazeera. And sums up a report saying that corporate-level financing by five big firms contributes to oil drilling in the Amazon.

As we know, renewables are already cheaper than new coal-fired power stations in all major markets. They are exposing almost a trillion dollars of new investments and denting Australia's coal export. Peter Hannam from The Sydney Morning Herald gives further information on the analysis publish by Carbon tracker.

The climate protection measures measures adopted so far are of little use, says economists and publicist Hans Baumann. A look back at the 1930s and 1940s could teach us what is needed. Read his article (in German, though) on Infosperber.

"Nuclear Tests Marked Life on Earth With a Radioactive Spike", states The Atlantic author Carl Zimmer. Read on here.