This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After record-high temperatures for the last four months of 2021, the Great Barrier Reef is at risk of another mass bleaching event. Experts are shocked and concerned by the unprecedented…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Thousands of families were forced from their homes due to the recent Colorado wildfires. They add to the growing number of people—21.5 million since 2010—displaced by extreme weather. In the coming decades…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Cities across the globe have embraced their instrumental role in tackling climate change. For example, in the lead-up to last November’s COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, leaders from many…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Climate change is not just an environmental crisis but a human crisis. It is an umbrella issue that will impact every facet of society and exacerbate existing problems like inequality…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As COVID-19 rampages through vulnerable minority populations with tragic consequences, and protests for racial justice surge among a similar demographic, city climate planners see a renewed focus on climate justice.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In this moment — as a global pandemic persists, economies falter, healthcare systems crack and systematic racism and injustice are exposed — we, the climate community, must widen our lens…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The role of buildings in addressing climate change cannot be understated. They’re responsible for roughly 40 percent of emissions globally (taking into account both building materials and operating emissions), and addressing the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Months after George Floyd’s and Breonna Taylor’s murders sparked a wave of national protests against white supremacy, people and organizations across the country are still grappling with what it means…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The “Turn to Green Finance” was the earliest, simplest, and most consistent with the assumptions inter-woven in the first stage of climate action. It arose in the face of disappointment…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) report, which is considered the climate change evidence summary for policymakers worldwide, has stated that we must act if we are to avert…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We now know that coronavirus — much like police brutality, mass incarceration, and climate change — is not colorblind. It’s not that the virus itself differentiates by race, but, as with other…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There is no crystal ball to tell ecologists how forests of the future will respond to the changing climate, but a University of Arizona-led team of researchers may have created…