‘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 →
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 →
How empowering women and girls can help stop global warming
Official Title: Oxford climate scientists: No doubt about climate change. . Leading Oxford climate scientists today insisted there can be no doubt that human-driven climate change is a fact and urgent action is needed, as the IPCC’s report is released showing emissions are driving up temperatures. Experts from across the university, including key authors and contributors... Continue Reading →
Climate Change: the impact of delay…
WASHINGTON, July 18 (Reuters) - Two U.S. Senate Democrats urged President Joe Biden on Monday to declare a climate emergency and use the Defense Production Act to ramp up production of a wide range of renewable energy products and systems including solar panels. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Jeff Merkley, speaking days after an effort to... Continue Reading →
U.S. Senate Democrats urge Biden to declare climate emergency
A new analysis shows that people born later will experience vastly more severe weather events Babies born today will experience far more disruptions fueled by climate change than their parents or grandparents. In a study published recently in Science, Wim Thiery of Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium and his colleagues combined climate model projections under... Continue Reading →
How Climate Change Will Hit Younger Generations
“People do not understand the magnitude of what is going on,” says Katharine Hayhoe. This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The world cannot adapt its way out of the climate crisis, and counting on adaptation to limit damage is no substitute for urgently cutting greenhouse... Continue Reading →
Top Scientist: We Can’t Adapt Our Way Out of This Climate Crisis | MotherJones
Transforming news is critical to building a more equitable and sustainable world. The Solutions Journalism Network is leading a global shift in journalism, focused on what the news misses most often: how people are trying to solve problems and what we can learn from their successes or failures. Our mission is to transform journalism so... Continue Reading →
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The UN climate summit this November in Egypt represents a major opportunity to address the needs of vulnerable countries, especially related to adaptation, resilience and loss and damage. Vulnerable countries’ urgent needs are underscored by the recent work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which revealed the devastating climate impacts we are already... Continue Reading →
5 Pillars for success at COP27
Extreme Weather Is ‘New Normal’ Thanks To Decades Of Climate Inaction
“Extreme temperatures and extreme weather events like this are the new normal—a new normal that has been brought to us by decades of climate inaction,” says Chris Hayes. . Source . See also: The People Breaking The Simplest Rule Of Climate Change: Don’t Go Backwards ... also by Chris Hayes (note some of the comments from... Continue Reading →
Scientists modified an enzyme that can break down plastic in one week to create fresh material for new products. A group of scientists at the University of Texas at Austin have created a modified enzyme that can break down plastics that would otherwise take centuries to degrade in a matter of days. The researchers, who... Continue Reading →
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