This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last summer’s heat dome caused more than record-breaking temperature increases – the extreme weather event contributed to rising anxiety about climate change, according to a new study. Researchers with the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It feels, right now, as if the only real certainty is uncertainty. But this doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try to think about the future. Once we abandon the idea of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As we enter 2022 in anticipation of a new round of negotiations post-COP26 and amidst mounting public alarm, it is now up to governments and business to step up and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption reached an explosive crescendo on Jan. 15, 2022. Its rapid release of energy powered an ocean tsunami that caused damage as far away as the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As we approach the second anniversary of the initial COVID-19 outbreak, there is plenty of talk about how the global response, or lack of it, has exposed deep inequities in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One of the main achievements of COP26 in Glasgow this year was building a framework for Article 6 that enshrines carbon markets as a small part of activities to reduce emissions around…
Institutional investors have trillions of dollars in financial assets under their control. Getting them to invest more of that capital in high impact projects in emerging markets could lead to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. President Biden’s agenda has a strong focus on climate change. He has constantly reiterated the need to take a whole-of-government approach to address the crisis. In November, Congress passed the Infrastructure…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After a landslide in 2017 killed 1,141 people and left more than 3,000 homeless in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown, the city’s recovery plan had included training residents to plant 21,000…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Without getting cities right, we cannot solve the climate crisis. Contributing to 75 percent of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions, they have a central role it is impossible to overstate. Cities’ choices…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the COVID-19 pandemic forced the world to shift work and school online, social media has only become harder to avoid. While staying online has helped everyone stay connected during…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Record ocean heat content Last year was the warmest on record for the heat content of the world’s oceans. Ocean heat content (OHC) has increased by around 417 zettajoules —…