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11 01 2021 | 12:53

ASK SARA: 'Where should I move to be safe from climate change?'

No place on Earth is immune from the consequences of climate change, but some regions will fare better than others. Dear Sara,

03 01 2021 | 09:10

ASK SARA: Where did the climate come from?' and other kids' questions about climate change

Inquiring children want to know what will happen if sea levels rise, how to talk about climate change with friends at school, and more. Dear readers,

03 01 2021 | 08:26

Massachusetts city to post climate change warning stickers at gas stations.

Bright yellow stickers warn drivers burning of gasoline has ‘major consequences on human health and the environment’ Cambridge, Massachusetts, has become the first US city to mandate the placing of…

01 01 2021 | 11:41

Could Covid lockdown have helped save the planet?

Slowdown of human activity was too short to reverse years of destruction, but we saw a glimpse of post-fossil fuel world When lockdown began, climate scientists were horrified at the unfolding…

01 01 2021 | 11:36

2020 vision: A meeting of smoke and storms (NASA Earth Observatory)

No-one needs another litany of all the terrible things that happened this year, but there are three areas relevant to climate science that are worth thinking about:

01 01 2021 | 11:10

Pandemic shows science is only way to save the world, says Greta Thunberg

We are not listening to climate scientists, we’re not listening to scientists who work on biodiversity and that, of course, needs to change’  

27 12 2020 | 07:30

Beyond good intentions, to urgent action: Former UNFCCC leaders take stock of thirty years of international climate change negotiations.

The authors, who have all held senior positions in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) secretariat, take critical stock of what has been achieved since the negotiations…

27 12 2020 | 07:23

Move of Rohingya Refugees Poses Environmental and Human Rights Concerns.

On December 4, about 1,600 Rohingya traveled across the Bay of Bengal in seven navy boats from Chattogram to Bhasan Char. Bangladesh plans to move 100,000 families to the island. The move poses…

20 12 2020 | 08:14

Long-term permafrost record details Arctic thaw.

Covering 18 million sq km, northern hemisphere permafrost areas have been warming since the 1980s, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest report on oceans and cryosphere.

17 12 2020 | 12:04

'It's over for us': how extreme weather is emptying Bangladesh's villages.

The frequency of natural disasters is making life in rural areas increasingly difficult, pushing inhabitants into city slums. The house Faruk Hossain grew up in has, for the last six months,…

15 12 2020 | 08:12

World is in danger of missing Paris climate target, summit is warned.

Minister tells more than 80 world leaders that not enough is being done. The world is still not on track to fulfil the 2015 Paris climate agreement, the UK’s business secretary Alok Sharma warned,…

07 12 2020 | 07:38

Analysis: What does declaring a 'climate emergency' actually do?

What's a climate change emergency? We can generally think of it as a symbolic acknowledgement at the highest levels that we're facing a climate change crisis - and a commitment to meet the challenge…

01 04 2020 | 10:27

La Financière de l’Echiquier: Did you say energy saving?

The climate emergency is no longer a matter of debate.The countdown is under way. The topic is no longer whether to act, but how. In this article. The climate emergency is no longer a matter of…

01 04 2020 | 10:22

How fresh economics can tackle coronavirus and climate change.

Measures to ease the impact of coronavirus hold lessons for how we can fight the battle against climate change, argue Colin Hines and Rosamund Aubrey, while Carl Gardner looks at the future of our…

01 04 2020 | 10:04

Everyone, everywhere: the global challenge of climate change.

Two manifestos call for climate action on different scales — national and global. The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis Christiana Figueres & Tom Rivett-Carnac Knopf (2020) Climate…

05 03 2020 | 07:39

Killer heat: how a warming land is changing Australia forever.

The frontline ->  Inside Australia's climate emergency: the killer heat   Australia is heating faster than the global average, and extreme heat days are on the rise. Doctors say there’s clear…

08 12 2019 | 10:47

We really may have just 11 years to save the climate.

As the crisis becomes dominated by urgent survival needs, the political window to prevent further climate change will close. “Eleven years to save the world” reads a common sign at the global…

03 12 2019 | 08:18

Climate's Titanic moment is fast approaching.

Scientist's theory of climate's Titanic moment the 'tip of a mathematical iceberg' Formula for climate emergency shows if ‘reaction time is longer than intervention time left’ then ‘we have lost…

03 12 2019 | 08:03

COP25: Ο πλανήτης έχει καταστραφεί και αυτή είναι μόνο η αρχή

Ρεκόρ ζέστης, αύξηση των φυσικών καταστροφών, λιώσιμο των πάγων: οι αποδείξεις των καταστροφικών συνεπειών της ανθρώπινης δραστηριότητας στον πλανήτη πολλαπλασιάζονται, καθιστώντας πιο επιτακτική…

02 12 2019 | 07:54

COP25 talks to open as 'point of no return' in sight.

Political leaders and climate diplomats are to meet in Madrid for two weeks of talks amid a growing sense of crisis. According to UN Secretary General António Guterres, "the point of no return is no…