Heat & Temperature
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AfricaAsiaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesSouth & Central America
Massive Study Links Gender-Based Violence to Climate Change, Environmental Degradation
Climate impacts and environmental degradation are driving an increase in violence against women and girls, while gender-based exploitation obstructs efforts to address the combined ... -
ChinaCoalDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeHeat & TemperatureIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesNuclearOil & GasShale & FrackingUnited StatesWind
IEA: Electricity Emissions Hold Steady in 2019 as Developed Countries Dump Coal
Global carbon dioxide emissions from electricity unexpectedly held steady in 2019, at 33 billion tonnes, after increasing over the two previous years, even though ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseOceans
Antarctic Research Station Temperature Reading Hits Record High of 18.3°C
An Argentine research station in Antarctica logged an ominous new temperature record last Thursday with a reading of 18.3°C/65°C—warmer that day than Orlando, Florida, ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatDrive to 1.5EuropeFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityHeat & TemperatureMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaUnited States
Extreme Heat Drives North American, European Bumblebee Species Toward Extinction
Extreme heat waves brought on by climate change have already driven some North American and European bumblebee species to the edge of extinction, according ... -
Warming Speeds Up Ocean Currents Far Sooner Than Climate Models Predicted
Just over three-quarters of the world’s oceans have sped up in the last decade, in what the Washington Post calls a “massive development that ... -
Ocean Heat Wave Drove ‘Unprecedented’ Whale Entanglements Off California Coast
An ocean heat wave in the mid-2010s drove whales closer to the California coast, where an “unprecedented” number of them became entangled in fishing ... -
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 ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaDrought, Famine & WildfiresForests & DeforestationHeat & TemperatureResearch & Development
Wildfires Causing Permanent Change in Canada’s Boreal Forest
Canada’s vast boreal forest, one of the largest remaining intact ecosystems on Earth, is beginning to show signs of permanent damage and dissolution due ... -
AustraliaCoalDemand & EfficiencyDrought, Famine & WildfiresElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasSolar
57% of Australians See Direct Effects of Bushfires as Power Grid Faces Peak Cooling Demand
With more than half the population directly affected by raging bushfires, a record-hot summer is producing frequent power outages on an electricity grid powered ... -
BuildingsCitiesDemand & EfficiencyDemographicsEnergy PoliticsHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationLegal & RegulatorySupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
Trump Policies Hand Poor, Non-White Areas the ‘Brunt’ of Climate Impacts
Critics are warning that the Trump administration’s proposed changes to the environmental review process for pipeline and highway megaprojects will hit poor and minority ... -
2015-16 Ocean Heat Wave Drove Mass Starvation, Death for a Million North Pacific Seabirds
An ocean heat wave in 2015-16 produced the biggest-ever mass mortality event for an avian species, disrupting food supplies for common murres in the ... -
AfricaDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaSevere Storms & Flooding
Political Dysfunction, Economic Turmoil Exacerbate the Climate Crisis as Disease and Famine Spreads
Late 2019 saw the calamitous rise of both dengue fever in Honduras and hunger in Zimbabwe, events that demonstrated how government dysfunction, poverty, and ...
