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Determining the Credibility of Commitments in International Climate Policy

Determining the Credibility of Commitments in International Climate Policy

The success of international climate cooperation relies on whether national commitments are believable under the Paris Agreement. What determines the credibility of these commitments?

A Double-edged Eco Sword

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

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

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

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

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

Climate scientists are becoming climate activists as governments fail to heed warnings

As the gulf between climate science and climate action grows, these scientists are putting their bodies on the line to demand more is done.

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. 

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.

People Doubt Their Actions Affect Climate Change. Is That a Bad Thing?

People Doubt Their Actions Affect Climate Change. Is That a Bad Thing?

More Americans blame corporations, not individuals, for climate change, a new poll shows.

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.

Scientists Welcome 'enormous' US Climate Bill - but Call for Stronger Action

Scientists Welcome 'enormous' US Climate Bill - but Call for Stronger Action

Biden signs historic legislation to pour billions into fighting climate change as the global temperature continues to rise.

Our Imaginations Can Help Create New Climate Possibilities

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

Climate Change: Rising Sea Levels Threaten 200,000 England Properties

Climate Change: Rising Sea Levels Threaten 200,000 England Properties

A report indicates that lots of houses in England could be lost to flooding in the coming decades.

Indigenous Knowledge Reveals History of Fire-prone California Forest

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.

Forecasters Predict a Very Active Hurricane Season

Forecasters Predict a Very Active Hurricane Season

A second consecutive winter heavily influenced by La Niña weather patterns threatens violent storms.