Business may be the most potent force in the world, perhaps more powerful than government. The largest corporations—only 20 companies—are responsible for one-third of carbon emissions, and some firms carry more economic heft than many nations. For example, Apple earned $99 billion in net income in 2022, and if Apple were a nation, it would rank 67th in the world […]
By Jeremy WilliamsThere’s a giant cognitive dissonance at the heart of global climate politics. Almost every country now agrees that it has work to do to prevent climate disaster. The age of scepticism is over and every major economy has set carbon targets. At the same time, those governments all want to maximise fossil fuel production. According to the recent […]
By Anders Lorenzen Analysis by the Net Zero Tracker has established, that even though half of the world’s 2,000 biggest listed companies have set targets to reach net-zero emissions by the middle of this century, only a fraction have met the targets set out in the United Nations (UN) guidelines. Net Zero Tracker, an independent data consortium including Oxford University, […]
Melt Ponds in the US Arctic. Photo credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / PDTillman, Public Domain, via Wikimedia. By Anders Lorenzen Nearly a month out from the crucial COP28 climate summit, United Nations (UN) climate scientists have warned. The world is rapidly heading towards a cascade of environmental ‘tipping points’ which, if they were to materialise, could cause irreversible […]
For many of us, the Climate Crisis looks like a brick wall, something the internal combustion-driven economy will slam into and total the system we grew up in. John J. Berger, Ph.D., author of Solving the Climate Crisis: Frontline Reports from the Race to Save the Earth, explored the path forward without getting up with the doom-saying that discourages people from […]
Geeta Kushwaha, with two other women, tying betel vines to a bamboo bareja in Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. Photo credit: Tej Prakash Bhardwaj. By Tej Prakash Bhardwaj Erratic regional rainfall and temperature fluctuations pose risks for the hugely popular but climatically sensitive plant. Farmers across India are reporting that climate change is adversely affecting the quality of the betel leaf. The […]
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Some scientists worry that the West Antarctica ice sheet could soon enter a phase of being destabilised. Photo credit: TiPACCs / Ronja Reese. By Anders Lorenzen The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), founded in 1992, has identified that six of the world’s planetary boundaries have been crossed. The Institute is led by Prof Johan Rockström who specialises in […]
By Jeremy Williams If I step outside my front door and look down the street, I can see planes coming into land in one direction, and a water tower across the street in the other. The airport is a major source of climate pollution, and aviation is a growing concern for climate campaigners as it continues to grow unchecked. So […]
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe at a press conference at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest. Image credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY By Anders Lorenzen Sebastian Coe, the head of World Athletics has warned that in the wake of the climate crisis athletics face an uncertain future and the sport needs to adapt. He explained that already now athletes are suffering […]