Climate Change
Sixty years of climate change warnings: the signs that were missed...
The effects of ‘weird weather’ were already being felt in the 1960s, but scientists linking fossil fuels with climate change were dismissed as prophets...
‘Embarrassing’: Green Politician Blames Norway for Deadly Heat Wave in North...
by Igor Kuznetsov
Jul 7, 2021
Despite being heavily reliant on green energy for domestic use, Norway remains one of the world's leading exporters of energy...
Canada is a warning: more and more of the world will...
Without an immediate global effort to combat the climate emergency, the Earth’s uninhabitable areas will keep growing
Jun 30, 2021
Photograph: Kathryn
The climate crisis means that...
Hundreds dead throughout US Pacific Northwest, British Columbia in “once-in-a-millennium” heat...
Jul. 3, 2021
The ongoing heat wave across Western Canada and the US Pacific Northwest has been described as a “once-in-a-millennium” event, with temperatures in...
Siberian heatwave of 2020 almost impossible without climate change
July 16, 2020
The World Weather Attribution project has released a study that confirms that what has been happening in Siberia can only be explained...
What is a heat dome?
Summertime means hot weather — sometimes dangerously hot — and extreme heat waves have become more frequent in recent decades. Sometimes, the scorching heat...
Greece exposed to increased risks from climate change, says ECB-ESRB report
July 2, 2021
Banks in Greece, Spain and Portugal face increased risks from the climate change, according to a joint report by the European Central...
Now the Heat Warning. Political leaders do not hear
Heat Wave in Greece, Around the World Sets New Records
By Bella Kontogianni
June 30, 2021
A heat wave has impacted people in Greece and all across...
Facing Disaster: The Great Challenges Framework
By Phil Torres
Published in special issue of Foresight on existential risks. Updated Nov. 6, 2018.
Abstract: This paper provides a detailed survey of the...
Lethal Heat Hits the Planet
by Robert Hunziker
June 28, 2021
Photograph Source: Bill Smith – CC BY 2.0
The news does not get much worse than a recent scientific report that...