Economic models buckle under strain of climate reality
Ahead of international climate talks in Dubai this month, economists are updating estimates of the impact of global warming on the world economy, sometimes calculating down to a decimal place…
Can factory chicken really help save the climate?
Stephane Dahirel doesn’t exactly say eat chicken and save the planet, but that is what he’s hinting at as he opens a shed door on his intensive farm in Brittany,…
Can pre-disaster cash and aid help fix climate ‘loss and damage’?
In northern Bangladesh, where annual monsoon floods on the Brahmaputra River often ravage crops and homes, farmers are limiting losses thanks to a system for early warning and aid. Hasan…
Why money matters when taking climate change to court
When Serge de Gheldere decided - along with a dozen other Belgian citizens - to take the government to court in 2014 alleging climate inaction, he didn’t imagine he would…
Scientist shocks peers by ‘tailoring’ climate study
In a controversial bid to expose supposed bias in a top journal, a US climate expert shocked fellow scientists by revealing he tailored a wildfire study to emphasise global warming.…
Climate-vulnerable nations lead the way on finance reform
When Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley laid out a plan to fix the international financial architecture at climate talks last year, she galvanised world leaders on reforms that had languished…
A looming climate crisis
The term ‘climate change’ often raises issues of melting ice caps, raging wildfires, and rising sea levels. However, beneath these environmental transformations lies an urgent and less explored crisis: human…
The climate-hunger nexus
Pathways to resilience are never easy, but as global and national stock takes suggest, it is the only way forward for countries seeking to save their populations from growing climate…
Climate change and AI
Climate change is one of the most daunting challenges of our times. It has become a global emergency, challenging scientists, engineers, and industry experts from a wide array of disciplines…
Is climate a security issue?
As the planet warms to red every summer, the era of the Anthropocene, or the man-made century, is turning out to be an existential challenge to humankind itself. In all…
