Climate Change Series

Climate Change Series

Revolutionary changes in transportation, from electric vehicles to ride sharing, could slow global warming – if they’re done right, IPCC says

Apr 05, 2022 11:56 am UTC| Insights & Views

Around the world, revolutionary changes are under way in transportation. More electric vehicles are on the road, people are taking advantage of sharing mobility services such as Uber and Lyft, and the rise in telework...

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What the invasion of Ukraine means for the IPCC’s latest climate change report

Apr 05, 2022 11:54 am UTC| Nature

The UNs new IPCC report on the mitigation of climate change says that immediate and deep emissions reductions are needed to limit global warming, along with removing carbon dioxide back out of the air in future. Meanwhile,...

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Simulating Earth's changing climate: why some models exaggerate future warming

Apr 05, 2022 11:51 am UTC| Nature

The latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), released overnight, shows a viable path to cutting global emissions by half by the end of this decade. It follows earlier reports in the IPCCs...

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Five walks to save the world – how 'psychogeography' can help you confront the climate crisis

Mar 27, 2022 14:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Perhaps, like me, youve seen wildfires raging and glaciers melting on the news and felt helpless. In the face of reports that the impacts of climate change are worse than expected, what on Earth can you do? While you...

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Will war in Ukraine hasten the end of fossil fuels?

Mar 27, 2022 14:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Four weeks have passed since Russian troops invaded Ukraine. To impede the onslaught of Vladimir Putins war machine, countries in the EU and elsewhere have announced measures to cut imports of fuel and energy from Russia,...

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From field to store to plate, our farmers are increasingly worried about climate change

Mar 11, 2022 17:01 pm UTC| Nature

Empty supermarket shelves still shock Australians, who have become accustomed to being able to buy the food they want. But we can expect to see more empty shelves, more often, in coming decades. Climate change means...

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Mass starvation, extinctions, disasters: the new IPCC report’s grim predictions, and why adaptation efforts are falling behind

Mar 01, 2022 10:10 am UTC| Nature

Even if we manage to stop the planet warming beyond 1.5℃ this century, we will still see profound impacts to billions of people on every continent and in every sector, and the window to adapt is narrowing quickly. These...