A conversation on adverse effects of global warming
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Conservative skeptics of climate change may support projects focused on 'resilience' – for example, preparing a community for future major weather events.
October 22, 2018
Rising insurance costs may convince Americans that climate change risks are real
Andrew J. Hoffman, University of Michigan
Convincing people to see and appreciate the threats posed by climate change is one of the great challenges of our day. Insurers may be able to succeed where scientists and educators have failed.
October 10, 2018
What southern Africa needs to do to manage rising temperatures
Robert Scholes, University of the Witwatersrand
Staying below 1.5°C will require urgent, deep and radical changes in almost every aspect of our lives.
October 10, 2018
Individual action won’t achieve 1.5℃ warming – social change is needed, as history shows
Matthew Adams, University of Brighton
The kind of climate action outlined by the ubiquitous climate checklists won't be enough.
October 9, 2018
Nobel award recognizes how economic forces can fight climate change
Andrew J. Hoffman, University of Michigan and Ellen Hughes-Cromwick, University of Michigan
William Nordhaus showed that the market offers the best chance for preventing global catastrophe form climate change.
October 8, 2018
New UN report outlines ‘urgent, transformational’ change needed to hold global warming to 1.5°C
Mark Howden, Australian National University and Rebecca Colvin, Australian National University
Limiting global warming to 1.5C is a tough challenge but still within reach, according to a landmark report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change commissioned after the 2015 Paris summit.
October 8, 2018
Australia has two decades to avoid the most damaging impacts of climate change
Iain Stewart, ClimateWorks Australia
The world needs to be carbon-neutral by mid-century to give ourselves a chance of holding global warming to 1.5C. With around 1% of the global carbon budget, Australia needs to rapidly do its share.
October 8, 2018
The UN’s 1.5°C special climate report at a glance
Michael Hopkin, The Conversation; Emil Jeyaratnam, The Conversation, and Madeleine De Gabriele, The Conversation
Here are the essential facts from the UN's special report on climate change.
September 24, 2018
Human-caused climate change severely exposes the US national parks
Patrick Gonzalez, University of California, Berkeley
As climate change alters temperature and precipitation patterns across the US, it is having especially severe impacts on national parks. These changes could happen faster than many plants and animals can adapt.
September 16, 2018
African countries aren’t doing enough to prepare for rising sea levels
Sally Brown, University of Southampton
Without action about 50 African countries and surrounding islands will be affected by rising sea levels.
September 7, 2018
Key internet connections and locations at risk from rising seas
Carol Barford, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Comparing the locations of key internet data centers and cable routes with maps of expected sea-level rise suggests it's time to shore up internet connections in the face of a changing climate.
September 6, 2018
Climate change will reshape the world’s agricultural trade
Luciana Porfirio, CSIRO; David Newth, CSIRO, and John Finnigan, CSIRO
Climate change will change the dynamic for major food exporters like China and the US.
August 13, 2018
Walmart tried to make sustainability affordable. Here’s what happened
Andrew Spicer, University of South Carolina and David Graham Hyatt, University of Arkansas
Two business professors spent five years studying Walmart's ambition project to bring sustainability to its millions of budget-conscious customers – a plan that began with the birth of a granddaughter.
August 10, 2018
October 22, 2018
Rising insurance costs may convince Americans that climate change risks are real
Andrew J. Hoffman, University of Michigan
Convincing people to see and appreciate the threats posed by climate change is one of the great challenges of our day. Insurers may be able to succeed where scientists and educators have failed.
October 10, 2018
What southern Africa needs to do to manage rising temperatures
Robert Scholes, University of the Witwatersrand
Staying below 1.5°C will require urgent, deep and radical changes in almost every aspect of our lives.
October 10, 2018
Individual action won’t achieve 1.5℃ warming – social change is needed, as history shows
Matthew Adams, University of Brighton
The kind of climate action outlined by the ubiquitous climate checklists won't be enough.
October 9, 2018
Nobel award recognizes how economic forces can fight climate change
Andrew J. Hoffman, University of Michigan and Ellen Hughes-Cromwick, University of Michigan
William Nordhaus showed that the market offers the best chance for preventing global catastrophe form climate change.
October 8, 2018
New UN report outlines ‘urgent, transformational’ change needed to hold global warming to 1.5°C
Mark Howden, Australian National University and Rebecca Colvin, Australian National University
Limiting global warming to 1.5C is a tough challenge but still within reach, according to a landmark report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change commissioned after the 2015 Paris summit.
October 8, 2018
Australia has two decades to avoid the most damaging impacts of climate change
Iain Stewart, ClimateWorks Australia
The world needs to be carbon-neutral by mid-century to give ourselves a chance of holding global warming to 1.5C. With around 1% of the global carbon budget, Australia needs to rapidly do its share.
October 8, 2018
The UN’s 1.5°C special climate report at a glance
Michael Hopkin, The Conversation; Emil Jeyaratnam, The Conversation, and Madeleine De Gabriele, The Conversation
Here are the essential facts from the UN's special report on climate change.
September 24, 2018
Human-caused climate change severely exposes the US national parks
Patrick Gonzalez, University of California, Berkeley
As climate change alters temperature and precipitation patterns across the US, it is having especially severe impacts on national parks. These changes could happen faster than many plants and animals can adapt.
September 16, 2018
African countries aren’t doing enough to prepare for rising sea levels
Sally Brown, University of Southampton
Without action about 50 African countries and surrounding islands will be affected by rising sea levels.
September 7, 2018
Key internet connections and locations at risk from rising seas
Carol Barford, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Comparing the locations of key internet data centers and cable routes with maps of expected sea-level rise suggests it's time to shore up internet connections in the face of a changing climate.
September 6, 2018
Climate change will reshape the world’s agricultural trade
Luciana Porfirio, CSIRO; David Newth, CSIRO, and John Finnigan, CSIRO
Climate change will change the dynamic for major food exporters like China and the US.
August 13, 2018
Walmart tried to make sustainability affordable. Here’s what happened
Andrew Spicer, University of South Carolina and David Graham Hyatt, University of Arkansas
Two business professors spent five years studying Walmart's ambition project to bring sustainability to its millions of budget-conscious customers – a plan that began with the birth of a granddaughter.
August 10, 2018
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