Safe havens for coral reefs will be almost non-existent at 1.5°C of global warming – new study
Feb 02, 2022 08:44 am UTC| Nature
Coral reefs have long been regarded as one of the earliest and most significant ecological casualties of global warming. In new research published in the journal PLOS Climate, we found that the future of these tropical...
US tax credits for wind and solar mostly benefit big banks
Jan 26, 2022 04:49 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
How can countries build renewable energy at the scale and rate needed to prevent dangerous climate change? The plan so far has been to try and make the cost of generating electricity from renewable sources cheap enough to...
How measuring emissions in real time can help cities achieve net zero
Dec 20, 2021 09:51 am UTC| Nature Science
Like many cities across the world, Glasgow host to the UN climate conference COP26 has a target to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. This is a massive undertaking for any city. It means emissions from...
Climate transition delay could cost the UK trillions
Dec 04, 2021 01:55 am UTC| Economy
From power plants to coffee cups or your childhood home, everything that makes up the economy has a life expectancy. Much of what we make and consume lasts just weeks, months or years. However, lots of infrastructure...
We can't afford to just build greener. We must build less
Nov 13, 2021 07:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
As the built environment takes centre stage at COP26, the scale and urgency of the climate crisis and of the industrys responsibility to address it comes into focus. A recent report from the UNs Global Alliance for...
Nov 06, 2021 08:33 am UTC| Economy
The almost mystical Green Climate Fund is back in the headlines at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. The fund grew out of a promise made by rich nations in 2009 to provide US$100 billion (74 billion) per year in climate...
Climate clock reset shows the world is one year closer to 1.5 C warming threshold
Nov 06, 2021 08:22 am UTC| Nature
Global carbon dioxide emissions are expected to increase to almost 2019 levels this year, upending last years unprecedented drop caused by COVID-19 lockdowns. This means that emissions are trending upwards again, when they...
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