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Explaining the lack of rain in Spain (and Italy) - Mediterranean drought
THE Gonella Hut, more than 3,000 metres up on the Italian side of Monte Bianco, should be bustling with climbers in August. Instead, it is empty. D... (2017)
The U.S. Flooded One of Houston’s Richest Neighborhoods to Save Everyone Else
Bloomberg, 2017: "West Houston’s Energy Corridor was hit with a wall of water to avoid a catastrophic reservoir failure. The Army Corps of Engi... (2017)
Germany Is Burning Too Much Coal
Bloomberg, 2017: "Its reputation as a leader on climate change is not entirely deserved. Germany is widely seen as a world leader in the fight ... (2017)
Global pollution kills 9m a year and threatens 'survival of human societies'
The Guardian, 2017: "Landmark study finds toxic air, water, soils and workplaces kill at least 9m people and cost trillions of dollars every year..... (2017)
Tokyo Is Preparing for Floods ‘Beyond Anything We’ve Seen’
New York Times, 2017: "Japan has spent billions on an underground system to control water around the capital, but some fear that the city is vulner... (2017)
Global warming. The state of the climate in 2016
The Economist: 2016 is virtually certain to be the hottest year on record. (2017)
5 things to know about the (massive) iceberg
SCIENCE: 5 things to know about the iceberg, Scott Waldman, E&E News reporter Climatewire: Thursday, July 13, 2017. It's finally adrift. When the ... (2017)
The 'valley of death' for climate lies between early-stage funding and scaling up | TechCrunch
It's easier for climate companies to get enough funding to get started. It's much harder once they need money to scale. (2024)
Special Report: Carbon-dioxide removal needs more attention
It is vital to climate stabilisation, remarkably challenging and systematically ignored | Special report (2023)
To save the Amazon, Lula must work out who owns it
The fight against deforestation is going better. But it needs cash, cops—and a better property register | The Americas (2023)
Building better batteries. Sodium batteries offer an alternative to tricky lithium
Lithium is relatively scarce and mostly refined in China. Sodium is neither | Leaders (2023)
Singapore is the world leader in selling cultivated meat
Singapore and food security. The home of cultivated meat. Singapore has also become the global launchpad for foods made through precision fermenta... (2023)
Why Kenya could take the lead in carbon removal
Geothermal energy and cheap talent offer comparative advantage | Middle East & Africa Carbon removal; the great carbon valley. Kenya is a surpri... (2023)
De-growth: Meet the lefty Europeans who want to shrink the economy
De-growers of the world, unite! | Europe Stop the economy, lefty Europeans want to get off. “Panels of citizens can advise what is wasteful ... (2023)
How fast can European steelmakers decarbonise?
One of Europe’s dirtiest industries has ambitious plans to go green | Business (2023)
Labour’s green industrial policy will not cure Britain’s economic ills | The Economist
Trying to fight climate change and raise growth risks doing neither well | Britain (2023)
Organic farming is actually worse for climate change than conventional farming
Sorry common wisdom. (2015)
A Giant Blob of Seaweed Is Heading to Florida - The New York Times
The mass, known as the great Atlantic Sargassum belt, is drifting toward the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists say seaweed is likely to come ashore by sum... (2023)
Where Have All the Snow Crabs Gone? - Nautilus
Eleven billion crabs vanished. Is climate change really to blame? (2022)
India’s next green revolution | The Economist
The country’s clean-energy push shows a way to escape the coal addiction | Leaders (2022)
Which countries have put a price on carbon? - carbon tax, and trading system - Our World in Data
Putting a price on carbon helps us account for the real costs of fossil fuels in the market. Which countries have a carbon tax or trading system? (2022)
Here are the biggest technology wins in the breakthrough climate bill | MIT Technology Review
The bill includes $369 billion in spending on climate and energy. (2022)
Heat is bad for plant health. Here’s how gene editing could help | MIT Technology Review
Shoring up plants’ defenses could protect crops from rising temperatures caused by climate change. (2022)
Carbon Limit’s cement turns concrete into a carbon capturing sponge - Refresh Miami
Cement is at the forefront of the race to decarbonize emissions. Boca Raton-based Carbon Limit is working to accelerate this planet-saving pursuit ... (2022)
How rice gene edited with CRISPR could help tackle climate change - The Verge
Using gene-editing technology CRISPR, a group of researchers aims to develop crops that can help in the fight against climate change. The effort to... (2022)
The climate controversy swirling around NFTs - The Verge
Most NFTs are bought and sold with Ethereum, a cryptocurrency that guzzles up energy and pumps out a lot of greenhouse gas emissions. Artists are f... (2021)
Why America’s clean-energy industry is stuck | The Economist
Blame in part its climate-friendly president | Business (2022)
Investing in Flowcarbon - web3 on-chain carbon credit tokenization platform | Andreessen Horowitz
Flowcarbon is building an on-chain carbon credit tokenization platform through an open protocol that allows all market participants equal access. A... (2022)
Deforestation, reforestation - Our World in Data
Humans destroyed forests for thousands of years – we can become the first generation that achieves a world in which forests expand - Our World in D... (2022)
John Doerr Gives Stanford $1.1 Billion for Climate School - The New York Times
The billionaire venture capitalist said the study of climate change and sustainability would be the “new computer science.” (2022)
How Chicago Solves its Overheating Problem
How Chicago Solves its Overheating Problem (2024)
The end of globalization? How Biden's Inflation Reduction Act IRA changed the world | FT Film
The US was for decades the exemplar of free market globalisation. That changed with Donald Trump’s 'America first' agenda. President Joe Biden’s la... (2023)
Green Hydrogen in Namibia: This $10BN Desert Megaproject is a Game Changer
This project is worth the same as the country's entire GDP.Correction: The map at 3:41 shows the Walvis Bay. The Port of Luderitz is located furthe... (2023)
Oceans and Global Warming: Is Earth's Largest Heat Transfer Really Shutting Down?
Is Earth's Largest Heat Transfer Really Shutting Down? (2023)
The big problem with cement, and how to fix it. Concrete and carbon emissions
Concrete emits a ton of carbon. Here's how we get it to net-zero. (2023)
How we get tree planting wrong | It's Complicated
In the face of the impending climate catastrophe, there has been a growing clamour to repopulate the trillions of trees our planet has lost over th... (2023)
The $7BN Megaproject to Save Venice
The $7BN Megaproject to Save Venice Planning to build a flood defence system for your city? You'd better watch this. (2023)
I Misunderstood the Greenhouse Effect. Here's How It Works.
Global warming: I Misunderstood the Greenhouse Effect. Here's How It Works. (2023)
The Carbon Offset Problem - Wendover Productions
The Carbon Offset Problem - Wendover Productions (2022)
Carbon capture: the hopes, challenges and controversies | FT Film
Once a fringe idea, carbon capture and storage has become a key part of decarbonisation plans the world over. Supporters argue that we need a way t... (2022)
13 Misconceptions About Global Warming
13 Misconceptions About Global Warming (2022)
Is Nuclear Power Green? - Sabine Hossenfelder
Is Nuclear Power Green? - Sabine Hossenfelder (2022)
Why Electric Planes are Inevitably Coming
Why Electric Planes are Inevitably Coming (2021)
Make the World Greta Again (Full Documentary)
Upon realizing her generation won’t have a future unless the world’s politicians act now on climate change, then 15-year-old Greta Thunberg skipped... (2019)
Climate 101: Deforestation | National Geographic
Forests cover about 30% of the planet, but deforestation is clearing these essential habitats on a massive scale. What is deforestation? Find out t... (2019)
3 kinds of bias that shape your worldview - TED talk - J. Marshall Shepherd
TED Published on Jan 2, 2019 What shapes our perceptions (and misperceptions) about science? In an eye-opening talk, meteorologist J. Marshall Sh... (2019)
Climate Education — at COP22
Why is “education” important for climate change? (2018)
Sea level rise is so much more than melting ice - The Verge
While researching climate change, we heard something confusing: the sea level in New York City is rising about one and a half times faster than the... (2018)
The Sustainable Development Goals – Action Towards 2030 | CAFOD and SDGs
CAFOD Published on Aug 16, 2016 The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as part of Agenda 2030 Su... (2018)
The Sustainable Development Goals – Action Towards 2030 | CAFOD and SDGs
CAFOD Published on Aug 16, 2016 The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as part of Agenda 2030 Su... (2018)
How to green the world's deserts and reverse climate change | Allan Savory | TED
"Desertification is a fancy word for land that is turning to desert," begins Allan Savory in this quietly powerful talk. And terrifyingly, it's hap... (2018)
Did Hurricane Ian Bust Florida’s Housing Boom? - The Daily | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from The Daily on Spotify. Since Hurricane Ian devastated southwestern Florida last month, residents have filed a record num... (2022)
Externalities - Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin | Spotify
Listen to this episode from Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin on Spotify. How big is your backyard?Akimbo is a weekly podcast created by Seth Godin... (2022)
Bill Gates Book Talk - How To Avoid A Climate Disaster - Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Listen to this episode from Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard on Spotify. Dax and Monica host a conversation with Bill Gates about his new book, How... (2021)
Can Corporations Stop Climate Change? - The Daily podcast
One letter to executives around the world has prioritized climate change on corporate agendas. But will this make a difference without government r... (2020)
Can Global Shipping Go Zero Carbon? : NPR
A lot of the stuff we buy in the U.S. comes by ship — ships that use a particularly dirty kind of fuel. Now a big shipping company says it wants to... (2019)
An Investment Expert Says Florida Homeowners Should Sell Property Now As Climate Impacts Worsen | WLRN
An expert on the impact of climate change on financial markets has advice for anyone thinking of buying a home in Florida: don’t. Spencer Glendon o... (2019)
Should We Dim the Skies to Save the World? Podcast Crazy/ Genius from The Atlantic on Spotify
Climate change could be the most important problem facing humanity. To address it, scientists are thinking seriously about an idea that might sound... (2018)
NASA Scientist Says Wind, Flooding And Rainfall Increase The Intensity Of A Hurricane | WLRN
Thousands of scientists are working on research related to climate change and extreme weather. Dr. Tim Hall is one of them. Dr. Hall is a Senior Re... (2018)
In Miami, Combating Climate Change Street by Street | The Takeaway | WNYC Studios
In light of sea-level-rise threats, local organizations have begun to shift their missions towards resources and solutions in greater Miami that co... (2018)
Scientists In Alaska Find Mammoth Amounts Of Carbon In The Warming Permafrost | NPR
Just what exactly is permafrost? And what is happening now that it's warming up? To find out, we enter the Arctic Circle's secret world of ice and ... (2018)
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical—and accessible—plan for how the w... (2021)
Speed and Scale
Venture capitalist John Doerr reveals a sweeping--and actionable--plan to conquer humanity's greatest challenge: climate change. In 2006, acclaimed... (2021)
Wren | Offset your carbon footprint
Wren helps you calculate and offset your personal carbon emissions through a monthly subscription. (2022)
Toucan Protocol Carbon Bridge
Carbon On-Chained Toucan’s infrastructure brings programmable carbon to Web3 Toucan is on a mission to make DeFi work for the Earth. We're bu... (2022)
Frontier - An advance market commitment (AMC) to accelerate carbon removal
Frontier is an advance market commitment to buy an initial $925M of permanent carbon removal between 2022 and 2030. It’s funded by Stripe, Alpha... (2022)
Flood Factor - Find Your Home's Flood Factor
Flood Factor is a free online tool created by the nonprofit First Street Foundation that makes it easy for Americans to find their property’s past ... (2020)
Flood Zone Maps - Miami-Dade County
The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) detailed digital flood hazard maps reflect current flood risks for Miami-Dade County. (2020)