Cities – Impacts
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Arctic & AntarcticaClimate & SocietyClimate Denial & GreenwashingHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Hurricane Sally Drenches U.S. Southeast as Climate Change Produces Slower, Lingering Storms
Hurricane Sally weakened to a tropical storm but still brought catastrophic flooding to parts of the U.S. Deep South this week, leaving at least ... -
CanadaClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Multiple Mega-Fires Deliver Toxic Air, Extreme Heat, Rolling Blackouts Across Western U.S.
With “multiple mega-fires burning more than three million acres”, and millions of people in California, Oregon, and Washington State facing a mix of toxic ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationEuropeHealth & SafetyInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictions
Study Links One in Eight EU Deaths to Air and Water Pollution
One in eight deaths in the European Union owes to dangerous and ever-increasing levels of air and water pollution, according to a new analysis ... -
Air & MarineCanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyJurisdictions
Vancouver International Airport Pulls Plug on $600-Million Expansion
With passenger traffic at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) down 63% from last year, airport authorities have terminated a C$600 million expansion project—and the 4,000 ... -
Batteries/StorageCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyDrought, Famine & WildfiresElectricity GridHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyNuclearOil & GasRenewable EnergySolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind
Hundreds of Thousands Face Blackouts, Wildfires, Evacuations as California Heat Wave Continues
Hundreds of thousands of Californians are facing down a continuing, extreme heat wave, while coping with power system blackouts brought on by a new ... -
CanadaCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Denial & GreenwashingDemand & DistributionEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsJurisdictionsSub-National GovernmentsTransit
Ontario Funding Model Undermines Transit, Favours Uber
As Ontario’s Doug Ford government signals an ever-increasing enthusiasm for microtransit services like Uber, critics warn that, far from being a panacea for transit ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationHealth & SafetyInternationalJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public Opinion
Climate ‘Doomism’ Scientifically Unsound, Politically Devastating
Two years after the release of Deep Adaptation, Jem Bendell’s highly influential paper warning of inevitable societal collapse from climate change, a trio of ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDemographicsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInsurance & LiabilityJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Hurricane Laura Delivers Predictable, Preventable Damage to Marginalized Communities
As the residents of Louisiana’s industry-heavy coast begin the long work of recovering from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Laura—and the highly toxic chemical ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationEncoreHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
Naming Heat Waves Like Hurricanes Would Boost Awareness, Experts Say
As triple-digit heat becomes commonplace around the world, public health experts and climate scientists are asking policy-makers to take a page from the handbook ... -
BuildingsCitiesDrive to 1.5EncoreEnergy PoliticsHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Sea Level Rise Drives ‘Extraordinary’ Flooding on U.S. Atlantic, Gulf Coasts
The Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States have seen an “extraordinary” increase in high-tide flooding since 2000, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ... -
Climate Action/"Blockadia"DemographicsEncoreHealth & SafetyMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionUnited States
Heglar: Climate Crisis ‘Hurts Black People First and Worst’
Calls to “press pause” on climate action in order to fight racism more effectively simply further the whitewashing of a crisis that is systemically ... -
AfricaArctic & AntarcticaAustraliaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEncoreEuropeHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesMethaneOceansSevere Storms & Flooding
WMO Sees ‘Enormous Challenge’ to Hit Paris Targets as 1.5°C Warming Looms
There’s a one in five chance that average global warming will hit 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels in at least one of the next five ... -
Chicago’s 1995 Heat Wave Predicted ‘Baked-In’ Racism in COVID-19 Deaths
In a bitter echo of the disproportionate suffering seen during Chicago’s killing heat wave of 1995, Black residents of the city are now facing ... -
CanadaCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionDemographicsEnergy Access & EquityFinance & InvestmentTransit
Op-ed: Metrolinx Betrayal of Toronto Neighbourhood Another ‘Ugly Form’ of Systemic Racism
After agreeing long ago to donate land so that Toronto’s impoverished but determined-to-flourish Jane-Finch neighbourhood could build a cultural and community hub, transit agency ... -
Even in Green California, Wealthy Communities Push Back Against Densification
U.S. efforts to build denser cities are facing pushback, and not just from Donald Trump—with even committed green residents of California seemingly unmoved by ...
