Climate endgame: risk of human extinction ‘dangerously underexplored’ & Preventing Plant Extinction Caused by Climate Change & Humanity is on track to cause one million species to go extinct, according to UN report & ‘Dangerously underexplored’: Experts warn climate change could lead to extinction of humanity & Start considering the worst-case ‘mass extinction’ scenarios of... Continue Reading →
Stranded fossil-fuel assets translate to major losses for investors in advanced economies
Abstract The distribution of ownership of transition risk associated with stranded fossil-fuel assets remains poorly understood. We calculate that global stranded assets as present value of future lost profits in the upstream oil and gas sector exceed US$1 trillion under plausible changes in expectations about the effects of climate policy. We trace the equity risk... Continue Reading →
Banks’ financing of coal, oil, and gas was higher in 2021 than it was in 2016, the year after the Paris agreement was adopted Around the world, we’re witnessing the impacts of global heating: in the past week, airport runways have melted in the UK, wildfires have torched huge swathes of Europe, and more than... Continue Reading →
Looking for someone to blame for the extreme heat? Try Wall Street
Official Title: Why you need to worry about the ‘wet-bulb temperature’ from The Guardian Scientists think we need to pay attention to a measure of heat and humidity – and it’s edging closer to the limits of human survivability In March, April and May this year, India and its neighbours endured repeated heatwaves that exposed... Continue Reading →
What does wet-bulb temperature mean?
Conflict and Covid make these troubling times, but national leaders must cooperate and take action now At the end of February this year, the world’s governments signed on to a statement that was startling in its strength and clarity. “The cumulative scientific evidence is unequivocal: Climate change is a threat to human wellbeing and planetary... Continue Reading →
For 50 years, governments have failed to act on climate change. No more excuses
‘Very overwhelming and scary’: How it feels to suddenly wake up to the climate emergency Kate Ng meets the people who have become increasingly aware of the impact of climate change following extreme weather events and rising pollution levels For Brenda Gabriel, 39, from London, the tipping point in her climate consciousness was the devastating... Continue Reading →
How it feels to suddenly wake up to the climate emergency
In the case of climate change, propaganda is used to ignite a passionate response from the political right by whipping up fear and doubt: Fear of economic loss from climate policies – by politicians using sound bites such as “job-killer” and “hurting families and small businesses.” Doubt on climate science – often through the “authority”... Continue Reading →
#ClimateBrawl: Climate Denial is a Lost Cause
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Ford Interview | CEO Jim Farley, Chief Engineer Linda Zhang, and Chief EV Officer Doug Field
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called for oil and gas companies to face special taxes. His comments came as surging energy prices sparked by the war in Ukraine push industry profits to new highs. Mr Guterres said it was "immoral" for firms to be profiting from the crisis. Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February... Continue Reading →
United Nations Secretary General slams ‘grotesque greed’ of oil and gas companies – BBC News
The world could be heading towards a cascade of climate tipping points. In an interconnected climate system, passing one tipping point may trigger a cascade of irreversible changes. As the world continues to warm, some call for urgent global action to avert an "existential threat to civilization." We may be about to pass – or... Continue Reading →
9 climate tipping points pushing Earth to the point of no return
If we really want to address climate change, we need to make gender equity a reality, says writer and environmentalist Katharine Wilkinson. As part of Project Drawdown, Wilkinson has helped scour humanity's wisdom for solutions to draw down heat-trapping, climate-changing emissions: obvious things like renewable energy and sustainable diets and not so obvious ones, like... Continue Reading →
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