The good news about climate change: there’s still hope
3 years, 7 months ago

The good news about climate change: there’s still hope

Salon  

When ecologist Craig Allen looks across the brown, grassy shrublands on the east flank of the Jemez Mountains in northern New Mexico, he feels no satisfaction that he was right. "It's hard not to feel…well, it has felt like failure there," says Allen, who recently retired from the U.S. Geological Survey, and has monitored landscape change in these mountains since he was a Ph.D. student in the late 1970s. Bogan keeps coming back to the idea of resilience: "French Joe Canyon is not resilient; it's never coming back unless we enter a new Ice Age period," he says. "Unfortunately, we're going to see more of that; it's inevitable, and especially at this rate we're going at right now," she says. Today, when Allen goes out to the burn scars in the Jemez, he says he's starting now to see it as "normal."

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“Fossil fascism”: How some on the right use climate change as an excuse to demonize migrants
3 weeks ago

“Fossil fascism”: How some on the right use climate change as an excuse to demonize migrants

Salon  

Climate change denial is often seen as a mainstay of the political right, as leaders like President-elect Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson ignore or contradict the overwhelming scientific evidence that humans are cooking our only planet. It proved to be “one of the fountainheads of what is today called ‘replacement theory,’ or the notion that non-white peoples are …

Deadly Floods in Africa: Scientists Warn of Climate Change Impact
2 months ago

Deadly Floods in Africa: Scientists Warn of Climate Change Impact

Al Jazeera  

Global warming is wreaking havoc on Africa, with deadly floods causing widespread devastation. The rains have become more intense and frequent, leading to catastrophic flooding in countries like Niger, Nigeria, and Sudan. These floods have resulted in the loss of life and displacement of millions, highlighting the urgent need to address climate change and transition to sustainable energy sources.

Climate change solutions not always good for biodiversity
2 months, 1 week ago

Climate change solutions not always good for biodiversity

Raw Story  

Some approaches to tackling global warming can have unintended knock-on consequences for nature and the protection of biodiversity, say scientists urging a more coordinated effort on these challenges. The IPBES and the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned in 2021 that a siloed approach risked "actions which, inadvertently, prevent the resolution of one or the other problem, or even …

Humans caused climate change. Amid the suffering, now they must solve it
5 months ago

Humans caused climate change. Amid the suffering, now they must solve it

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Climate change is driving extreme weather By all accounts, …

Random Forays: Climate change- understanding what we can do
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Random Forays: Climate change- understanding what we can do

Hindustan Times  

Aren’t we feeling smothered by the searing heat which has melted all previous records this summer? Though everyone cannot plant mini forests, there are organisations like Eco Sikhs which are assisting those desirous of planting volumes of trees. At the recent launch of advocate Jatinder ‘Jay’ Cheema’s book titled “Climate Change- The Policy, Law and Practice”, the aspect of individual …

Who is most to blame for climate change? Regardless of the answer, global cooperation is critical
7 months, 1 week ago

Who is most to blame for climate change? Regardless of the answer, global cooperation is critical

Salon  

Climate change is one of the biggest existential threats to humanity, but in the ongoing struggle to fight it, a debate rages on over which countries are most responsible for emitting the greenhouse gases accelerating the crisis. It is "relatively easy" to estimate any country's contribution to climate change — or, for that matter, any industrial sector's contribution, Dr. Gavin …

The untold story behind climate change: we've known about the crisis for a while
10 months ago

The untold story behind climate change: we've known about the crisis for a while

Hindustan Times  

There is no particular moment in history when the threat of a changing climate moved from academics to public consciousness. The report made claims that “turned out to be correct”, Naomi Oreskes, professor of history of science at Harvard University, said during a podcast, “Scientists warned about climate change in 1965. The report found resonance just a few years later, …

Climate change is scary. Here’s what gives people hope
1 year, 1 month ago

Climate change is scary. Here’s what gives people hope

LA Times  

Two years ago for Thanksgiving, I asked my L.A. Times colleagues who write about the environment: What gives them hope? Climate change is here because billions of people over hundreds of years have said “my personal impact will be negligible.” Harming the environment once, in aggregate, has a big impact. Incentives may change, but I’ve met and read about so …

‘Every bit matters’: Six key takeaways from the latest U.S. climate report
1 year, 1 month ago

‘Every bit matters’: Six key takeaways from the latest U.S. climate report

LA Times  

The dire effects of human-caused climate change are worsening and they threaten to bring more extreme heat waves, droughts, floods and wildfires unless urgent actions are taken, scientists warned in a major national report. Efforts to adapt to climate change and curb the burning of fossil fuels have expanded since the last assessment was issued in 2018, the report says, …

Leaders see hope in tackling deadly climate change and public health problems together
1 year, 3 months ago

Leaders see hope in tackling deadly climate change and public health problems together

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Trying to lessen climate change’s sweeping impact, experts are hoping that attempts to improve the sputtering global public health system and sometimes-stalled efforts to curb global warming through collaboration can combine — and create a better system for handling the problem along the way. Leaders of both the World Health Organization and the upcoming climate negotiations said …

Climate change ‘dystopian future already here’
1 year, 3 months ago

Climate change ‘dystopian future already here’

Al Jazeera  

Climate change is causing human rights emergencies around the world, the United Nations human rights chief says, specifically highlighting Iraq’s “spiralling damage” from global warming. In view of the record global temperatures this year, Guterres last week called for much more ambition in the fight against climate change to prevent “the worst climate chaos”. At last year’s UN COP27 climate …

Want to read more books about climate change? Here’s a list to get started
1 year, 4 months ago

Want to read more books about climate change? Here’s a list to get started

LA Times  

Want to So we figured it was time for me to share a list of books I’ve found helpful, for newbies and experts alike. “The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable” by Amitav Ghosh : Don’t be deterred by this book’s academic appearance. Through meticulously reported examples, she explains why letting go of a “free market” economy is critical …

Why nature is our shield against climate change
1 year, 6 months ago

Why nature is our shield against climate change

Live Mint  

Biparjoy, Amphan, Mocha, Yaas, Nisarg, Tauktae. We don’t know if climate change causes El Niño but we do know climate change is making existing problems worse. In other parts of India that are being struck increasingly by heat events, city and town action must include the blue and green: trees and water bodies which can help regulate micro climate and …

Tactics to strategy - Climate solutions heading the right direction
1 year, 6 months ago

Tactics to strategy - Climate solutions heading the right direction

Hindustan Times  

The Earth has endured scorching heat for 46 years now. Environmental shocks due to global warming continue to impact nature and humanity in unprecedented ways establishing climate change as a ‘defining issue’ of our time. Climate change is not just a crisis, but a ‘crisis multiplier.’ According to data presented at COP 27, if climate change is ignored, it is …

World Environment Day: What is the human cost of inaction?
1 year, 6 months ago

World Environment Day: What is the human cost of inaction?

Live Mint  

When we talk about the cost of the climate crisis, the implications are almost always depicted in financial terms. “For every 0.1ºC of warming above present levels, about 140 million more people will be exposed to dangerous heat,” said Professor Tim Lenton, director of the Global Systems Institute at the University of Exeter, and one of the co-authors of the …

Why climate change is intimately tied to biodiversity
1 year, 8 months ago

Why climate change is intimately tied to biodiversity

Hindustan Times  

The natural world is a source of beauty and wonder, but it also provides humans with essential services. One step towards avoiding yet more disappointment is to emphasise the close link between preserving biodiversity and the widely held goal of reaching net-zero carbon emissions. For example, Joe Biden’s chief piece of climate legislation, the Inflation Reduction Act, contains about $400bn …

We are ‘greening’ ourselves to extinction
1 year, 10 months ago

We are ‘greening’ ourselves to extinction

Al Jazeera  

More than a decade ago, investment experts James Altucher and Douglas Sease wrote a book for the Wall Street Journal called Investing in the Apocalypse. Apart from making climate change worse, these “solutions” also disproportionately harm marginalised groups and Indigenous peoples, as UN special rapporteur Tendayi Achiume has recently warned. ‘The biggest land grab in history’ Nature conservation has also …

90% of humans will suffer extreme heat, drought due to climate change: report
1 year, 11 months ago

90% of humans will suffer extreme heat, drought due to climate change: report

Salon  

If you are reading this article, there is a 9 out of 10 chance that you live somewhere that will experience future extreme heat weather events due to climate change. In an analysis published for the scientific journal Nature Sustainability, Oxford's Professor Louise Slater and Wuhan University's Dr. Jiabo Yin explain that as the planet's temperature continues to rise, there …

Loss and Damage decisions, pitfalls and promises
2 years ago

Loss and Damage decisions, pitfalls and promises

The Hindu  

A major takeaway from COP27 in Egypt, as far as loss and damage is concerned, is the decision relating to new funding arrangements focusing on L and D — those particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. Past, present and the future In the entire climate change negotiations, the developed countries have consistently opposed being made liable for …

They’re knee deep in the climate trenches. Here’s what gives them hope
2 years ago

They’re knee deep in the climate trenches. Here’s what gives them hope

LA Times  

This is the Nov. 24, 2022, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. I’ve always been an optimist — it is what has let me continue to work on issues of climate change, water resources and resource conflicts for more than 40 years. I’m hopeful that, over time, …

Is climate change affecting global health?
2 years, 1 month ago

Is climate change affecting global health?

The Hindu  

The story so far: Even as countries are meeting at the ongoing Climate Change Conference in Egypt, a recent report by Lancet, has traced in detail the intimate link between changing weather events and their impact on the health of people. The 2022 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: Health at the Mercy of Fossil Fuels points out that …

On climate action: books that tell us what is happening and what can be done
2 years, 1 month ago

On climate action: books that tell us what is happening and what can be done

The Hindu  

Climate change is no longer a subject of discussion for scientists alone. The COP27, this year’s most important climate conference underway in Egypt right now, has been described as the make-or-break moment for global action to get the Earth’s rising temperature under control. Losing Earth: The Decade We Could Have Stopped Climate Change is Nathaniel Rich’s ground breaking chronicle of …

Climate Questions: How much has the climate changed already?
2 years, 1 month ago

Climate Questions: How much has the climate changed already?

Associated Press  

Relentless drought in China, East Africa, the U.S. West and northern Mexico, devastating floods in Pakistan and Kentucky, scorching heat waves in Europe and the Pacific Northwest, destructive cyclones in southern Africa and intense hurricanes in the U.S. and Central America make up just some of the recent extreme weather events that scientists have long predicted would be more intense …

Climate Questions: What are the solutions to climate change?
2 years, 1 month ago

Climate Questions: What are the solutions to climate change?

Associated Press  

As the world warms and extreme weather events mount, governments and corporations have been called on to address climate change by top officials, climate scientists and activists and to curb levels of heating. ___ Scientists and officials agree that it’s important to not make matters worse by burning even more fossil fuels — coal, oil and natural gas — that …

Climate Questions: What’s going on with climate change?
2 years, 1 month ago

Climate Questions: What’s going on with climate change?

Associated Press  

Addressing climate change — a now ubiquitous term for the warming of the planet caused by humans emitting carbon dioxide and methane from coal, oil and natural gas into the atmosphere — is becoming exponentially more pressing, with the language of scientists, officials and activists becoming more serious with every passing year. ___ EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is part of …

People Are Choosing to Ignore Climate Change; It Is a Political Decision: Amitav Ghosh
2 years, 2 months ago

People Are Choosing to Ignore Climate Change; It Is a Political Decision: Amitav Ghosh

News 18  

When it comes to climate change, author and social anthropologist Amitav Ghosh feels a personal responsibility to write about it, to talk about it, and to inform people about it. He feels a personal responsibility to write about climate change because he lived in Sundarbans for a long time and saw the impact there over the years. While Waters asked …

Climate impacts heading into ‘uncharted territories of destruction’ – UN chief
2 years, 3 months ago

Climate impacts heading into ‘uncharted territories of destruction’ – UN chief

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Climate impacts are heading into “uncharted territories of destruction”, the head of the UN has …

Why fighting climate change is a laughing matter (sometimes)
2 years, 4 months ago

Why fighting climate change is a laughing matter (sometimes)

Live Mint  

We don’t laugh enough. But also, scientific research shows the way the media covers climate change — which is often summed up plainly as “doom and gloom” — has the unintended effect of making people feel more disengaged. In 2009, Peruvian citizen Eduardo Gold splashed Andean mountains where glaciers had melted with white paint, arguing it could help replicate the …

Climate change is driving 2022 extreme heat and flooding
2 years, 5 months ago

Climate change is driving 2022 extreme heat and flooding

The Hindu  

Extreme weather events — from scorching heatwaves to unusually heavy downpours — have caused widespread upheaval across the globe this year, with thousands of people killed and millions more displaced. For heatwaves and extreme rainfall, "we find we have a much better understanding of how the intensity of these events is changing due to climate change," said study co-author Luke …

World Environment Day: Giving nature the right of way
2 years, 6 months ago

World Environment Day: Giving nature the right of way

Live Mint  

On my last field visit to the Aravallis, a curiously bright creature ran over my toes. Just this year, fires have seared the forests of the Sariska tiger reserve, cyclone Asani has brushed past east India, and decadal heat records have been shattered. It is interesting, then, that India is attempting to change its suite of environmental laws, including the …

5 climate change books that you must read
2 years, 6 months ago

5 climate change books that you must read

Live Mint  

As we come up to World Environment Day on 5 June, I have been wondering what books to recommend to people for a better understanding of the climate crisis. It’s also a great place to gain hope that we can still stop it, because Mann gives equal importance to listing the positive work that is being done to mitigate climate …

Climate change to make droughts longer, more common, says UN
2 years, 7 months ago

Climate change to make droughts longer, more common, says UN

Associated Press  

The frequency and duration of droughts will continue to increase due to human-caused climate change, with water scarcity already affecting billions of people across the world, the United Nations warned in a report Wednesday. The ongoing debilitating drought in the east and Horn of Africa was highlighted as one of the “dramatic consequences” of climate change by the U.N. agency. …

No obituary for Earth: Scientists fight climate doom talk
2 years, 8 months ago

No obituary for Earth: Scientists fight climate doom talk

Associated Press  

It’s not the end of the world. There’s no such thing as pass-fail when it comes to the climate crisis.” “It’s really, really, really hard to walk people back from that ledge,” Gill said. “Everybody knows it’s going to get worse,” said Woodwell Climate Research Center scientist Jennifer Francis. So I’m seeing people do things.” Pennsylvania State University climate scientist …

Rich countries can’t wash their hands off with net-zero targets
2 years, 9 months ago

Rich countries can’t wash their hands off with net-zero targets

Live Mint  

The sixth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change comes in four parts, three of them by three different working groups, while the fourth integrates the findings of the three working group reports into a synthesis. If the developed countries carry out the expenditure on sucking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere the expensive way and on carrying …

‘We need to do all we can’: Five key takeaways from the U.N. climate report
2 years, 9 months ago

‘We need to do all we can’: Five key takeaways from the U.N. climate report

LA Times  

Felisa Benitez, 86, wipes sweat from her brow while taking a break from cleaning a standing electrical fan outside her Pacoima home in August. “If we want to have effective climate change policy, we have to look at those human dimensions, and particularly those equity dimensions, and protecting some of the most vulnerable populations,” said Michael Méndez, an assistant professor …

UN: Africa, already suffering from warming, will see worse
2 years, 9 months ago

UN: Africa, already suffering from warming, will see worse

Associated Press  

Although Africa has contributed relatively little to the planet’s greenhouse gas emissions, the continent has suffered some of the world’s heaviest impacts of climate change, from famine to flooding. Yet from its coral reefs to its highest peaks, the reverberations of human-caused global warming will only get worse, according to a new United Nations report The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on …

‘An atlas of human suffering’ – UN report is stark warning on climate impacts
2 years, 9 months ago

‘An atlas of human suffering’ – UN report is stark warning on climate impacts

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Already some of the impacts of global warming are irreversible, as nature and humans are pushed to the limits …

Window to save ourselves from climate change 'rapidly closing', IPCC warns
2 years, 9 months ago

Window to save ourselves from climate change 'rapidly closing', IPCC warns

ABC  

The world’s climate scientists and governments have declared climate change is now a threat to human wellbeing and warned we are about to miss the window to “secure a liveable and sustainable future for all”. Regardless of our actions now, the report says regional and urban areas will face irreversible changes that will impact millions of people's lives, including: Sea …

Climate change is killing people, but there's still time to reverse the damage
2 years, 9 months ago

Climate change is killing people, but there's still time to reverse the damage

NPR  

Climate change is killing people, but there's still time to reverse the damage Enlarge this image toggle caption Nathan Howard/Getty Images Nathan Howard/Getty Images Billions of people on every continent are suffering because of climate change, according to a major new United Nations report released on Monday. "Climate change has already affected the physical and mental health of many Americans," …

Urgent action needed to address climate change’s catastrophic threats, U.N. report warns
2 years, 9 months ago

Urgent action needed to address climate change’s catastrophic threats, U.N. report warns

LA Times  

A new United Nations report says climate change poses major threats to people and ecosystems around the world, and warns that effects could be catastrophic if humanity fails to quickly curb planet-heating emissions from the burning of fossil fuels. “The world’s biggest polluters are guilty of arson of our only home.” The report, which was released Monday by the Intergovernmental …

We write about climate change. Here's what gives us hope
3 years ago

We write about climate change. Here's what gives us hope

LA Times  

This is the Nov. 25, 2021, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. California’s attorney general is watching, filing legal actions against local governments that approve heavily polluting projects in communities already struggling with some of the state’s lowest air quality and highest poverty rates. It’s not just …

‘Betrayal of people, planet’: World reacts to COP26 climate pact
3 years, 1 month ago

‘Betrayal of people, planet’: World reacts to COP26 climate pact

Al Jazeera  

Mixed reactions to Glasgow Climate Pact as UN, US, China welcome deal and activists denounce more ‘blah blah blah’ from two weeks of talks. “It’s time to go into emergency mode.” US climate envoy John Kerry welcomed the agreement, saying good compromises leave everyone slightly unsatisfied. “There’s still a long, long way to go before we can say we’ve dealt …

Climate change is an emergency for everyone, everywhere
3 years, 1 month ago

Climate change is an emergency for everyone, everywhere

Al Jazeera  

A devastating convergence of conflict and climate change is driving displacement and making life even more precarious for those forced to flee. Ninety percent of refugees under UNHCR’s mandate, and 70 percent of people displaced within their home countries by conflict and violence, come from countries on the front lines of the climate emergency. What we are seeing now is …

UN, US officials urge action to avert climate disaster
3 years, 1 month ago

UN, US officials urge action to avert climate disaster

Associated Press  

BERLIN — The U.N.'s top human rights official and U.S. President Joe Biden’s climate envoy called Thursday for countries to step up the fight against global warming, describing it as an issue of sheer survival for humankind. In a statement ahead of the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, the global body’s High Commissioner for Human Rights said “only urgent, priority …

Climate change may already affect 85 percent of humanity
3 years, 2 months ago

Climate change may already affect 85 percent of humanity

Al Jazeera  

Researchers comb through some 100,000 studies documenting climate change’s effects around the planet. Climate change could already be affecting 85 percent of the world’s population, an analysis of tens of thousands of scientific studies found. Between 1951 and 1990, “We have about 1,500 studies in total,” Callaghan said, “Whereas in the five years or so since the last assessment report …

The Antidote To Climate Dread
3 years, 3 months ago

The Antidote To Climate Dread

Huff Post  

The reality of the climate crisis is dire — and it can be overwhelming. “We are now in an all-hands-on-deck moment,” said Anthony Leiserowitz, director of Yale University’s program on climate change communication. There are small things we can do, but governments and corporations have much more power than single researchers and individual communities.” Rivera-Collazo said she’s “particularly worried” for …

Explained | Where will climate change strike?
3 years, 4 months ago

Explained | Where will climate change strike?

The Hindu  

The story so far: In one of the most categorical statements from a scientific body in the U.N. system, a working group of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said in a report released on August 9 that human activities were unequivocally the principal driver of changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and biosphere, in other words, of climate change. …

Harrowing New UN Report Finds Humans Are The ‘Unequivocal’ Cause Of Climate Change
3 years, 4 months ago

Harrowing New UN Report Finds Humans Are The ‘Unequivocal’ Cause Of Climate Change

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A new United Nations report reaffirms what world governments have known and failed to deal with for decades: that climate change is our fault, is already causing devastation around the globe and will continue to get worse. SEAN DAVEY via Getty Images The lengthy document — authored by 234 scientists from 66 countries and which cites more …

Opinion: Stop blaming yourself for the climate crisis
3 years, 4 months ago

Opinion: Stop blaming yourself for the climate crisis

CNN  

Editor’s Note: John D. Sutter is a CNN contributor, National Geographic Explorer and MIT science journalism fellow. These numbers sound abstract, but they are the keys to how the world looks and feels for us and for future generations – the keys to whether New York is underwater or whether the Amazon dries up; to whether the West remains habitable …

Find ways to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss together, says UN report
3 years, 6 months ago

Find ways to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss together, says UN report

Firstpost  

Policy responses to both these problem have long been siloed but they worsen each other and are intertwined. To save the planet, the world needs to tackle the crises of climate change and species loss together, taking measures that fix both and not just one, United Nations scientists said. A joint report Thursday by separate UN scientific bodies that look …

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