Earth's soils are degrading into deserts at an unprecedented rate, with catastrophic consequences. The good news is that humans can turn them into fertile land. We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our channel explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas... Continue Reading →
There's never been a better time to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. Oil and gas prices are skyrocketing as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with gas prices exceeding $4 a gallon in the United States in March 2022 and more than $10 a gallon in other countries. Meanwhile, the world is already experiencing... Continue Reading →
5 Ways to Cut Oil and Gas Use Through Clean Transportation
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 →
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
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 →
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