Jonathan Foley: The problem with food and climate — and how to fix it | TED Talk
Global food production — from meat to grains — accounts for a third of all greenhouse gas emissions, says sustainability scientist Jonathan Foley. Source link
Heading off for ‘Eurosummer’? How to help your body adapt to the heat when you travel
50 degrees Celsius at noon. Melting roads. Out-of-control wildfires. This is summer for parts of the northern hemisphere right now. The searing heat has claimed many lives, from Crete to California, and New Delhi to Mecca, as temperature records have tumbled over the past month. Sunday 21 July was the hottest day since at least […]
How to talk to your kids about climate anxiety, according to an environmental educator
In recent weeks, flooding has put parts of Texas, Minnesota and Florida underwater, wildfires have ravaged California, and Hurricane Beryl has brought winds, rain and destruction to the Caribbean — just a few examples of the kinds of natural disasters being made more damaging or more frequent by climate change. The visible effects of climate change […]
How to Exercise Safely During a Heat Wave
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. […]
How To Be A Financial Ambassador For The Planet
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 […]
heat waves: Cruel Summer: Rethinking how to live, work in a world that is getting warmer
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 […]
Hurdles on the path to green growth — and how to remove them
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 […]
The Ozone Layer’s Recovery Shows How to Protect the Planet by Robert Redford & Xiye Bastida
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 […]
How to win the European election – POLITICO
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, […]
Allergy season is starting earlier each year. Here’s how to manage it.
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 […]