climatechange

Look beyond climate talks for action: UNEP chief

29 November 2017

To solve an environment problem, turn it into a business opportunity, says Erik Solheim As a parent of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), UN Environment (UNEP) always watches anxiously as government negotiators bicker at the annual climate summits. And after all the hot air [read more]

This Is How Climate Change Will Shift the World’s Cities

5 September 2017

By Brian Kahn Summers around the world are already warmer than they used to be, and they’re going to get dramatically hotter by this century’s end if carbon pollution continues to rise. That problem will be felt most acutely in cities. The world’s rapidly growing population coupled with the [read more]

Climate Change: Heat Waves as a Growing Threat to Human Health

3 September 2017

When considering the effects of climate change there are frequent references to increased temperatures, heat waves and the impact on human health. In the last few years a considerable amount of research has been undertaken, and show would uncover have suggested a human survivability threshold based [read more]

What’s causing so many changes to India’s monsoons?

1 September 2017

Raghu Murtugudde, September 1, 2017 Fewer monsoon depressions in the Bay of Bengal are causing shifts in the duration and intensity of the rainy seasons. What does this mean for South Asia? For the third year in a row, India’s monsoon season has produced floods in the northwest and the northeast, [read more]

Experts explore reasons for glacier collapses in Tibet

22 August 2017

by Joydeep Gupta Last year, two glaciers collapsed in quick succession. Experts studying the events on the ground and with satellite imagery say they may have been caused by climate change Images of Dongru glacier in central Tibet before and after the collapse on July 17 2016. (Image courtesy: Tian [read more]

Young people’s burden: requirement of negative CO2 emissions

20 July 2017

From Volume 8, issue 3 Earth Systems Dynamics (Creative Commons) James Hansen1, Makiko Sato1, Pushker Kharecha1, Karina von Schuckmann2, David J. Beerling3, Junji Cao4, Shaun Marcott5, Valerie Masson-Delmotte6, Michael J. Prather7, Eelco J. Rohling8,9, Jeremy Shakun10, Pete Smith11, Andrew [read more]

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