THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. When summer starts with a stifling heat wave, as many places are seeing in 2024, it can pose risks for just about anyone who spends time outside, whether they’re runners, people who walk or cycle to work, outdoor workers, or kids playing sports. … Read more
Julia Roberts is Mother Nature in a series of short films titled Nature Is Speaking; but are humans listening? One human who is listening intently and inviting others to listen as well is Dafina Nonkulovska, CFO Lead Sustainability at Rabobank, the Dutch cooperative bank with a mission. Speaking at the recent SAP and SAP Fioneer … Read more
Kim Stanley Robinson’s novel The Ministry for the Future opens with citizens in Uttar Pradesh trying desperately to escape the searing heat, even standing neck-deep in a river for respite. Robinson’s is a work of “climate fiction”, but Prasad Vaidya, who leads the Sustainable Energy Lab at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements, says the … Read more
The recent heatwave has reminded us of the stark risks posed by climate change and highlighted the criticality of the efforts taken by the Conference of Parties (COP). The World Meteorological Organisation has confirmed that 2023 was the warmest year on record. This has brought the focus back on sectors like power and industry, which … Read more
Three decades ago, the global community came together to protect Earth’s ozone layer from damaging chemicals. This effort, one of humanity’s greatest environmental achievements, offers a promising model for phasing out fossil fuels and remaining within planetary boundaries. NEW YORK – There was a time, not so long ago, when the depletion of Earth’s ozone … Read more
Step 1: Focus on the key issues … Across the EU, while there is no runaway “top issue,” fighting poverty and social exclusion, public health, support for the economy and job creation, and defense and security were identified as the topics that should be prioritized during electoral campaigns. Typically polarizing issues such as gender equality, … Read more
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – If you feel like allergy season is coming earlier and earlier each year, you’re not wrong. Research shows allergy season has been getting longer over the past few decades. A pollen count study found that climate change could be the reason. Researchers say allergy season is starting 20 days earlier on … Read more
Buying cheap clothing online can be satisfying, but it comes with not-so-hidden environmental costs. When designer Diarra Bousso was growing up in Senegal, her family bought and created new outfits for longevity rather than on impulse — an intention she carries forth in her fashion tech brand. Outlining three sustainable principles, including crowdsourcing designs and … Read more
That’s according to Arshad Mansoor, president and CEO of the Electric Power Research Institute, a leading independent, nonprofit energy research and development institute. Mansoor spoke to The Hill at CERAWeek by S&P Global, a leading energy conference based in Houston. He said that estimated power needs shot up in the 12 months between … Read more
When then-President Donald Trump was briefed on the California wildfires in 2020, the scientific opinion he heard was that climate change was real and had contributed to the conflagrations that ended up consuming more than 4 million acres and killing 31 people. His response? “Science doesn’t know.” Millions of Americans trusted Trump, a fact he … Read more