Dams are more common than you think. Author Steven Hawley reports that 58,500 large dams worldwide have trapped 3,155 gigatons of sediment, meaning they are rapidly filling up and will eventually become useless for storing water or generating electricity. Steven’s new book, Cracked: The Future of Dams in a Hot, Chaotic World, was published by Patagonia. A wide-ranging study of […]
CO2 emissions are warming the planet more every year, contributing to longer, more dangerous wildfire seasons. As of 2023, wildfire season has grown by two months per year in the West. From smoke days to the loss of entire communities to wildfire conflagrations, the consequences of our continuing use of fossil fuels has already transformed life. What kind of changes […]
Sultan Al Jaber is the CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and served as the President of COP28. Photo credit: AFP. By Anders Lorenzen Life on Earth is, however much we try to live in ways that do not match reality, still within some constraints. All the resources of our planet do have their limits even though […]
The COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber applauds the deal reached after two weeks of climate negotiations. Photo credit: COP28. By Anders Lorenzen Whether or not to include the language stating ‘fossil fuels must be phased out’ rather than ‘phased down’ became the key contentious issue at this year’s UN climate talks. A draft text released Friday, with just under a […]
Al Gore addresses the audience during his COP28 speech. Photo credit AP / Joshua A. Bickel. By Anders Lorenzen Al Gore, former US Vice President (1992-2000) in the Clinton administration, and strong advocate of tackling climate change, has delivered a strong criticism of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the hosts of COP28 – the United Nations (UN) annual climate talks. […]
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Photo credit: Fernando Astasio / Adobe Stock. By Anders Lorenzen As the UN climate summit, COP28, kicked off in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday, the United Nations (UN) body the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) delivered another stark warning. In its provisional State of the Global Climate report, they confirmed, that not only is 2023 on track to be […]
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), site of the COP28 conference at the end of the month, where government representatives from all UN countries will discuss global efforts to limit climate change and adapt to its effects. Photo credit: Frank Peters / Alamy. By Kashmala Kakakhel COP28 will be judged on its solutions to questions of climate finance – for mitigation, […]
climate change Photo credit: Make My Money Matter. By Anders Lorenzen Olivia Colman, the British film and TV star whom readers outside the UK might best know for her role portraying the Queen in the Netflix blockbuster The Crown, takes on an entirely different role in a campaign film released by the campaign group Make My Money Matter. In the […]
By Anders Lorenzen On the eve of the COP28 climate summit, scientists at the United Nations (UN) warned that the world is on track for 3 degrees C of warming by the end of this decade. This is double the target that world leaders agreed to in 2015 when the Paris Agreement deal was struck and subsequently implemented. But with […]