Category: Global Warming
The year 2019 is the 43rd consecutive year, since 1977, with both land and ocean temperatures above the global 20th century average
The huge loss is a tragedy in itself but also threatens the survival of civilisation, say the world’s leading scientists

The IPCC authors promise that we will see coastal cities swallowed by the sea, global food shortages, and $54 trillion in climate-associated costs as soon as 2040.
About 70 percent of global emissions of carbon dioxide come from about 20 percent of the world population
The choices we make today are shaping the future for coming generations. As the new report makes clear, if we are serious about the 1.5℃ target, we need to act now

Trump’s team used last week to sneak in disastrous, linked policies on climate change and child refugee camps
Interview on climate change

From Washington to Rome, so-called “populist” politicians are hacking away at a genuinely broken status quo. But their alternatives are either uninspired or terrifying

Rosy worldviews that rely on avoiding inconvenient truths should always set alarm bells ringing

The “Letter Warning Humanity” from scientists has now been signed by over 20,000 scientists, as The Independent notes. The reason for this alarm is given in these charts: They show alarmingly accelerating carbon dioxide emissions (we were up worldwide again last year), declining access to fresh water, and endangered species and other dangers facing the Read more…