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A Double-edged Eco Sword
Climate change affects us all yet not equally. The plight of those forced to migrate as a result - often called 'climate refugees', though not officially - has become contested ground between human rights/environmental activists and anti-asylum lobbyists. Could 'ecologically displaced', avoiding racialization, xenophobia and division, be a viable alternative?
World Heading into 'uncharted Territory of Destruction', Says Climate Report
Governments and businesses failing to change fast enough, says United in Science report, as weather gets increasingly extreme
The Ozone Layer is Slowly Getting Healthier
Ozone-killing materials in Earth's stratosphere fell over 50% to levels seen before the ozone hole became a problem, scientists say. But there's still a way to go. Here's why we need a healthy ozone layer.
Empirically Grounded Technology Forecasts and the Energy Transition
Decisions about how and when to decarbonize the global energy system are highly influenced by estimates of the likely cost. Here, we generate empirically validated probabilistic forecasts of energy technology costs and use these to estimate future energy system costs under three scenarios. Compared to continuing with a fossil fuel-based system, a rapid green energy transition is likely to result in trillions of net savings, even without accounting for climate damages or climate policy co-benefits.
Climate Council Releases Science-backed Plan to Turbocharge Australia's Race to Zero Emissions
Climate Council Releases Science-backed Plan to Turbocharge Australia's Race to Zero Emissions
THE CLIMATE COUNCIL has unveiled 10 game-changing actions Australian governments can immediately get cracking on to fast-track emissions reductions, tackle the energy and cost-of-living crises, and create tens of thousands of new jobs.
Exceeding 1.5°C global warming could trigger multiple climate tipping points
Climate tipping points are conditions beyond which changes in a part of the climate system become self-perpetuating. These changes may lead to abrupt, irreversible, and dangerous impacts with serious implications for humanity.
Climate scientists are becoming climate activists as governments fail to heed warnings
Will Paris Succeed? Research Assesses if Governments Will Make Pledges a Reality
Will Paris Succeed? Research Assesses if Governments Will Make Pledges a Reality
A new study provide scientific evidence assessing how effective governments will be at implementing their commitments to the agreement that will reduce CO2 emissions causing climate change.
IPCC Reports Are the Beacon of Climate Science. These Scientists Say They Have to Be Stopped
IPCC Reports Are the Beacon of Climate Science. These Scientists Say They Have to Be Stopped
Fed up with what they saw as inaction by policymakers, three climate change scientists called on their colleagues to withdraw from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reporting process.
Historic Monuments Resurface As Severe Drought Shrinks Spain's Reservoirs
Prehistoric stone circle and 11th-century church uncovered as country's reservoirs hit 36% of normal capacity
Americans Experience a False Social Reality by Underestimating Popular Climate Policy Support by Nearly Half - Nature Communications
Americans Experience a False Social Reality by Underestimating Popular Climate Policy Support by Nearly Half - Nature Communications
A new study finds that Americans underestimate how many are concerned about climate change as well as support for major climate policies by nearly half, with climate policy supporters significantly outnumbering non-supporters.
Climate Change Likely to Raise Wheat Prices in Food-insecure Regions and Exacerbate Economic Inequality
Climate Change Likely to Raise Wheat Prices in Food-insecure Regions and Exacerbate Economic Inequality
Climate change is projected to significantly alter the yield and price of wheat in the coming years. Prices for the grain are likely to change unevenly and increase in much of the Global South, enhancing existing inequalities.
Our Imaginations Can Help Create New Climate Possibilities
Though fictional, the book raises a very real question: Can the human capacity to imagine alternate climate futures actually help generate new, more hopeful realities?
US Climate Bill Success Masks Scale of Warming Challenge
Democrats in the US Senate are celebrating the passage of hugely significant bill on climate change - but what impact will it have, at home and abroad?
Temperatures Rising? Avoiding Division on Net Zero
As action on climate change becomes ever more urgent, it requires ever greater public action. The next stage of the transition to net-zero emissions demands changes to the vehicles we drive, the way we heat our homes and our choices as consumers.
Our Imaginations Can Help Create New Climate Possibilities
The human species' capacity to imagine can help create new and more hopeful climate realities and boost citizen engagement, researchers maintain.
The Challenge of Unprecedented Floods and Droughts in Risk Management
The Challenge of Unprecedented Floods and Droughts in Risk Management
Unprecedented floods and droughts bring new challenges for risk reduction with implications for efficient governance and investment in integrated management.
UN Report: Value of Nature Must Not Be Overridden by Pursuit of Short-term Profit
UN Report: Value of Nature Must Not Be Overridden by Pursuit of Short-term Profit
The values that we ascribe to nature are vital parts of our cultures, identities, economies, and ways of life, all of which should be reflected in policy decisions surrounding our natural world, according to a new UN-backed report released on Monday.
Climate Change: 'Sand Battery' Could Solve Green Energy's Big Problem
A storage device made from sand may overcome the biggest issue in the transition to renewable energy.
Truthful Climate Reporting Shifts Viewpoints, but Only Briefly, Study Finds
Truthful Climate Reporting Shifts Viewpoints, but Only Briefly, Study Finds
Researchers gauged responses to climate science versus scepticism and suggest facts bear repeating
Indigenous Knowledge Reveals History of Fire-prone California Forest
A collaboration between scientists and Native American tribes finds tree density in parts of the Klamath Mountains is at a record high, and at risk of serious wildfires.