East Africa is a region that will be hit hard by climate change. COP22 in Morocco presents an opportunity for the region to take steps to mitigate these possible harsh effects.
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Climate change – Analysis and Comment
At 2°C of warming and beyond, many megacities will have to cope with increased flood-risk.
Floods are a costly part of Australian life, which means we need to get better at predicting exactly when - and how severely - they are likely to strike in the future.
Unlike other issues, climate change has broad support among millennials across political parties and races. But it’s unclear that they’ll convert that into political activism.
Meet Bhokal, who has already lost so much due to environmental disasters, and who needs the Paris agreement to be a success.
Global temperatures like 2015 will by normal by 2030, and Australia’s record-breaking 2013 summer will likely be an average summer by 2035.
Wind and solar farms are great. But we need to reduce energy demand and start taking carbon out of the atmosphere.
Company directors who ignore or don’t properly asses climate related risks could be found liable for breaching their duty of care.
The Paris climate conference made key plans to avert global warming. The conference in Morocco will hope to put these plans in action.
Experts agree that a new era for climate policy here. But the hard work starts now.
More wind farms, electric cars and efficient lightbulbs, of course. But also lower taxes.
They ‘engulf living prey, suck out their innards, poison them, harpoon them, make them explode, and steal and reuse body parts’. And we ignore them at our peril.
Leonardo DiCaprio’s new climate documentary is an urgent call for the promised green tech revolution. But it shows too much faith in politicians and corporations to change their ways.
The SEC and others are pressing Exxon to disclose more climate change risks to investors. But new research suggests shareholders are already pricing in those costs on their own.
Wetland disappearance is destroying organic historical evidence that’s been preserved for thousands of years.
Warming waters due to climate change are losing oxygen, threatening the health of fish and ecosystems.
The science of attributing extreme weather events to human-induced climate change has evolved rapidly in recent years. But how we communicate it to the public has not kept pace with this advance.
Climate change and tourism development in Mexico are altering the country’s shoreline, endangering the habitat of sea turtles. But tourists prefer pristine, natural beaches, too.
Months after record breaking coral bleaching, research teams are taking stock of the damage on the Great Barrier Reef.
The new State of the Climate report outlines Australia’s rising temperatures and its regional rainfall declines - and the trends that are locked in for the coming few decades due to greenhouse emissions.
Lessons from the Soviet Union reveal how we can fret about climate change and celebrate Heathrow’s expansion at the same time.
Can Australia achieve fair and open decision-making and a just and sustainable energy transition when big coal players are involved?
Since April 2015, each month has been the hottest on record and it’s the longest hot streak on record.
Most businesses construct climate risk solely through the lens of profitability and market opportunity.
There are ticking time bombs, high up in the mountains.