In an article on The Conversation website, Pep Canadell, Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO, explains how the world is about to exceed the 1.5°C threshold, but bringing temperatures back down may prove far more difficult than policymakers assume. Of major concern, even if temperatures can eventually be reduced, some … Continue reading The world is about to cross 1.5°C. What happens next?
Category: climate science
When climate change undermines our ability to fight it
In an article on The Conversation website, James Dyke, Assistant Director of the Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter, comes to this troubling conclusion: as climate change becomes more severe, its consequences could undermine our ability to respond effectively, creating a dangerous cycle of worsening impacts and weakening climate action. The worse climate change … Continue reading When climate change undermines our ability to fight it
The climate threat missing from almost every national adaptation plan
In an article on The Conversation website, Brenden Jongman, Honorary Research Associate, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford and Jim Hall, Professor of Climate and Environmental Risk, University of Oxford, discuss how the potential weakening or collapse of Atlantic Ocean currents represents a major climate risk, yet governments are doing remarkably little to prepare for … Continue reading The climate threat missing from almost every national adaptation plan
Beyond the numbers: putting people at the heart of climate change
In an article on The Conversation website, Monika Frątczak, Postdoctoral Researcher, Digital Technologies, Communication and Artificial Intelligence, Manchester Metropolitan University, explains how climate data may tell us what is happening to the planet, but it does not always tell us who is affected or what those experiences mean for people and communities. It also raises … Continue reading Beyond the numbers: putting people at the heart of climate change
When flawed climate science influences public policy
Jessica McKenzie writes on the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists that scientists have identified serious errors in a controversial US government climate report, raising questions about scientific accuracy, accountability and the use of disputed research to influence climate policy. Scientists say authors of a controversial government climate report made basic error Did the authors … Continue reading When flawed climate science influences public policy
Scientists fight back as US climate research faces deep cuts
Jennifer Collins writes on the Deutsche Welle website about the erosion of US climate science capacity and the efforts of scientists to preserve independent, public access to climate information. Fired US federal workers have revived a defunct climate website — pushing back as the Trump administration escalates cuts to publicly funded science and research. … Continue reading Scientists fight back as US climate research faces deep cuts
Why scientists removed the worst climate scenario
In an article on The Conversation website, Andrew King, ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Climate Science, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, The University of Melbourne explains why climate scientists removed the most extreme emissions scenario, RCP8.5, not because climate change threats were exaggerated, but because the global expansion of clean … Continue reading Why scientists removed the worst climate scenario
Earthrise to Earthset: 58 years of climate change on a fragile planet
In an article on The Conversation website, Nick Dunstone, Climate Science Fellow, Met Office Hadley Centre discusses how much has changes on Earth since the first photos from Apollo 8, 58 years ago. Earthrise to Earthset: how the planet’s climate has changed since the photo that inspired the environmental movement A new Earthset image … Continue reading Earthrise to Earthset: 58 years of climate change on a fragile planet
Rewriting the rules of climate science: AI, indigenous knowledge and the future of the IPCC
In an article on The Conversation website, Hannah Cloke, Professor of Hydrology, University of Reading discusses how dozens of experts have been meeting to rewrite the rules for compiling the world’s most important climate reports. How diverse voices are transforming the UN’s climate science An environmental expert from Nigeria, a climate policy consultant from … Continue reading Rewriting the rules of climate science: AI, indigenous knowledge and the future of the IPCC
The new war on climate: Trump’s scorched-earth strategy
In an article on The Conversation website, Marc Hudson, Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex writes about how America is walking away from climate diplomacy and climate science. What are your views? US climate obstruction used to be about profits. Trump’s scorched earth policy is something else The Trump … Continue reading The new war on climate: Trump’s scorched-earth strategy
