“Large-scale social changes take time: they are the sum of many individual changes, in both attitudes and behaviours. To minimise that time lag, we need to start acting now.” So says Timothy H. Dixon, Professor of Geology and Geophysics, Natural and human-caused hazards, sea level rise and climate change at the University of South Florida … Continue reading Understanding time lags as our climate policies and actions drag on →

It is important for all of us to better understand what is causing climate change and what we can do about it. Chelsea Harvey writes in The Washington Post about the importance of the agriculture sector.   This is why when you talk about climate change, you can’t ignore agriculture Agriculture has historically released almost … Continue reading The agriculture sector’s impact on climate change →

We read about the global climate target all the time and we know that even the 2015 Paris climate conference called for an aspirational goal of 1.5 degrees. David Titley, Professor of Practice in Meteorology, Professor of International Affairs & Director Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk at the Pennsylvania State University writes … Continue reading Discussing the importance of the 2 degree C target for climate change →