This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If the nations of the world really want to limit climate change to the level agreed five years ago, it will not be enough to immediately abandon fossil fuels as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. By the year 2100, heat stress from extreme heat and humidity will annually affect areas now home to 1.2 billion people, assuming greenhouse emissions remain the same, researchers report. That’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Our coastal communities are uniquely special and different. However, the one thing all coastal communities have in common is being economic drivers. Our coastal counties produce over 40% of the nation’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On the heels of President Joe Biden’s proclamation formally marking Indigenous Peoples’ Day, a coalition of Indigenous and environmental leaders on Sunday delivered a blunt message to the White House:…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We assess how rising concerns about climate change affect disclosures to financial markets. Today, 60 percent of publicly traded firms reveal at least something about climate change. The largest volumes…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Dr. Renee Lertzman is an expert on this type of existential change management — the practice, strategies and tools needed for organizations to confront an existential threat such as climate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There is a heightened sense of urgency leading up to COP26, the 2021 installment of the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, which will be held in Glasgow from October…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A powerful storm system known as an atmospheric river is heading for northern California and Oregon, a region in the midst of an historic drought. While it will bring much-needed…
Climate change touches every aspect of human life, and global sports are no exception. Shortening winter seasons pose an existential threat to snow sports. Legendary British Open golf courses have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Crystal Cavalier-Keck heard in 2018 that an energy developer was planning to build a natural-gas pipeline near her hometown of Mebane, North Carolina, she was immediately concerned. Cavalier-Keck, who…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We are facing a “triple planetary crisis”—climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and a human health crisis. What is the connecting thread through all these crises? Dysfunctional food systems that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This World Food Day came at a critical inflection point for our food systems. There is broad recognition that the way we eat now is failing to protect our health…