Heat & Temperature
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Coal Plants Failed, Renewables Shone as Epic January Heat Wave Hit Australian Grid
Australia’s mammoth coal plants failed while its wind and rooftop solar installations shone during a major January heat wave in Victoria state, according to ... -
Climate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & Studies
Independent Data Confirms Warming Trend, as Models Suggest Worse May Be Ahead
A recent review of satellite data is confirming that the Earth is already warming, possibly somewhat faster in the highest latitudes than previously believed, ... -
Drive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionSevere Storms & Flooding
Central Bank Execs Stress Financial Sector’s Role in Addressing Climate Change
It’s time for central banks and the wider financial community to set clear, measurable goals for building a smooth transition to a low-carbon economy, ... -
CitiesDrought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Planners Look for U.S. ‘Climate Havens’ to Receive Millions of Internal Migrants by 2100
Urban planners are looking to cities like Duluth, Minnesota, Buffalo, Cincinnati, and Portland, Oregon as future refuges for climate migrants displaced within the United ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatCanadaFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseMethaneOceans
Canada’s Arctic is Warmest in 10,000 Years as Region Faces ‘Unprecedented’ Change
Canada’s Arctic is the hottest it’s been in 10,000 years, and the Arctic as a whole is being transformed into an “unprecedented state”, according ... -
BuildingsCanadaClimate Impacts & AdaptationHeat & TemperatureLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & FloodingSub-National Governments
Canada Rewrites Building Code to Avert $300 Billion in Climate-Driven Losses
Canada’s National Building Code is undergoing a major rewrite in a bid to avert C$300 billion in climate change-driven infrastructure failures over the next ... -
AfricaCitiesClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsElectricity GridHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & Studies
Cooling to Avert Heat Stress Could Cost African Regions $487 Billion by 2076
It will cost three key regions of Africa as much as US$487 billion in energy use by 2076 to deal with increased heat stress ... -
Climate-Induced Warming Harms Food Chains by Leaving Insects ‘No Place to Hide’
Overheating is just as hazardous to insects in shaded woodlands as it is in open grasslands, meaning they receive no respite from climate-induced warming, ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBuildingsCitiesDemand & EfficiencyDrawdownEuropeFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureSoil & Natural SequestrationUnited States
Green Roofs Would Save 770 Megatons of Carbon by 2050
Green roofs rank #73 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions. By the year 2050, an increase in green and cool roofs could save 0.77 ... -
AustraliaCitiesDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureIndiaSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
Australian Farmers Face Suicide Risk as Multi-Year Drought Turns from ‘Crisis’ to ‘Marathon’
A brutal, multi-year drought brought on by climate change is taking its toll on the mental health of Australia’s farmers, just as it has ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatCanadaFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureMethane
Rapid Warming Turning Banks Island to Mush, Triggers 60-Fold Increase in Landslides
Rapid regional warming is turning Banks Island in the Canadian High Arctic to mush, according to a new study in the journal Nature Communications, ... -
CanadaCitiesCulture, Curiosities, & HumourEnergy PoliticsFood SecurityHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseJobsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPodcasts & WebinarsPost-Carbon TransitionSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
WEBINAR SUMMARY: Connect Climate Crisis to Peoples’ Daily Lives, Pike Urges
At a time when public opinion on climate change is shifting in some “pretty positive ways”, climate communicators’ goal should be to make the ... -
‘Ecological Turmoil’ of Ocean Heat Wave Produces Six-Year Drop in Australian Dolphin Population
A single, extreme heat wave in Shark Bay, Australia spanning two months in 2011 drove down the local bottlenose dolphin population by 12% over ...
