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 […]
Sir David King addresses the audience at the Net Zero Festival. Photo credit: Anders Lorenzen. By Anders Lorenzen The former Chief Scientist for the UK Government, Sir David King did not hold back the scientific reality of years of climate inaction when he addressed the audience at the Net Zero Festival in London, organised by Business Green, a clean energy […]
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 […]
Karakul, a large lake in Tajikistan formed by a meteor. Photo credit: NASA – via Wikimedia. By Anders Lorenzen Tajikistan, the central Asian country nestled between Afghanistan and China, has big plans for the future of energy. The country, with a population of nearly ten million, gained independence with the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. And it is positioning […]
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 […]
Derna following the devastation. Photo credit: X, formerly Twitter. By Anders Lorenzen The North African country of Libya is counting the cost after they experienced a catastrophic and devastating flood which have so far killed thousands of people, with many people having been swept out to sea. On Sunday night the Mediterranean city of Dernan were obliterated by a torrent […]
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 […]
The fire seen from the distance when it started on the 8th of August. Photo credit: Michael Johnson via Flickr. By Anders Lorenzen A wildfire that broke out in Hawaii last week has so far killed 93 people making it the worst natural disaster to ever hit the island state. In addition to the 93 casualties, a 1,000 people have […]
A proposed tipping cascade where the AMOC would mediate a connection between the other tipping elements. Graphic credit: Nico Wunderling, Jonathan F. Donges, Jürgen Kurths, and Ricarda Winkelmann – Earth System Dynamics paper – Interacting tipping elements increase risk of climate domino effects under global warming, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia. By Anders Lorenzen In a recent study, Danish researchers […]
A burning shipyard in Mandra, west of Athens pictured on the 18th of July 2023. Photo credit: Petros Giannakouris, AP By Anders Lorenzen The tragic and unprecedented wildfires in many parts of Greece seem to have no end in sight as they escalated on Sunday and have now burned for a week – painting the country as a key climate […]