Climate Impact
“We are walking when we should be sprinting” – IPCC
The Synthesis Report published on 20 March 2023 is the final push for climate change mitigation and adaptation from scientists…
Opinion: Why all policies, including pension reform, must consider climate change
“Retrait, climat, même combat,” shouted protesters during the demonstrations taking place across France this past weekend against President Emmanuel Macron’s…
Reporting on the energy transition: trials and tribulations
More than 100 years ago, in 1912, a short news piece announcing that global coal use was heating up the…
Opinion: New Zealand’s extreme weather another blaring siren for climate action
Every two weeks for the past six weeks, the city I live in (Auckland, New Zealand) has experienced an extreme…
Weekly data: South Asia suffers from climate change but sticks to fossil fuels
Pakistan is experiencing a record monsoon season that has displaced at least 30 million people. More than four million Bangladeshis…
‘I’d sleep in the office’: How heatwaves will leave European workplaces packed or deserted
Planet Earth is experiencing yet another year of historic heatwaves. This, of course, is no coincidence, courtesy of climate change…
Weekly data: Heatwaves show us climate adaptation must be a policy priority in Europe
Europe is in the grip of an extreme heatwave. Temperatures in Spain and Portugal have crossed 40°C (104°F), with warnings…
Climate change and extreme weather events hang heavy over global breadbasket countries
The compounded effects of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Covid-19 pandemic have brought to light the vulnerabilities of…
Could the climate crisis mean a new era of higher food prices?
The price to put food on the table right now is dominated by the current inflationary environment, but beyond the…