This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. By now nearly everyone has read, re-read and shared at least one key finding of the 2021 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, released last week. The report’s conclusions, while…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There is abundant evidence that changes in the climate, both increased temperature and reduced precipitation, are making wildfires worse in the western U.S. The relationship between climate and wildfire seems…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As COVID-19 continues to pose challenges across the globe, it has also shined a spotlight on the climate crisis and the need for governments to incorporate “green” recovery measures in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Buckling roads and melting streetcar cables during the record high temperatures in the Pacific Northwest illustrate that “heat wave” is a buzz word this summer, and scientists blame climate change. The heat…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We all know that climate change is no longer a crisis. It has become an emergency. A groundbreaking report published earlier this month by the world’s leading authority on climate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The number of “uncontained large fires” around the United States has now reached 100 (PDF), more evidence that America is in the midst of one of the most devastating wildfire seasons…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A recent World Bank report, Revising Public Agricultural Support to Mitigate Climate Change, finds that agriculture subsidies have the potential to address food security and mitigate the impacts of climate change. Agriculture…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s time to burst the bubble of the rural-urban divide: When it comes to competing against forces of gentrification and big agribusiness in the name of food equity, small farmers…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. State leaders have proven to be some of our nation’s greatest champions for confronting the climate crisis in recent years, passing strong laws and policies to address some of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Unfortunately, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest report makes it completely clear that this will not be considered an unusual year when it comes to floods, fires, drought and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This is one of those weeks where it’s both exhausting and exhilarating to be a corporate climate journalist — the former, because the data about the damage that’s already been…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Climate change is accelerating and intensifying across every region of the planet, bringing with it increases in rainfall, flooding, drought, heatwaves and sea levels that are already having significant implications for…