How to Advise Patients on Climate Without Turning Them Off
Eating less meat and more fruits and vegetables or walking and cycling more — these recommendations benefit both health and the climate. Yet, many patients reportedly do not want the environmental benefit highlighted explicitly. A study by the University and University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, and the University Hospital of Halle, Halle, both in Germany, […]
Why climate change fades into the background – and how to change that
For a long time, many climate scientists and advocates held onto an optimistic belief: when the impacts of global warming became undeniable, people and governments would finally act decisively. Perhaps a devastating hurricane, heatwave or flood – or even a cascade of disasters – would make the severity of the problem impossible to ignore, spurring […]
Earth system tipping points are a threat to Europe – how to get prepared?
A JRC policy brief outlines the need for anticipatory governance to prepare for widespread, cross-boundary, systemic risks resulting from the crossing of Earth system tipping points (ESTP). As the world fastest warming continent, Europe is unprepared for the impacts of Earth tipping points being crossed. For instance, the melting of large ice masses in Greenland and […]
How To Make Money Betting Against Nature’s Wrath
Catastrophe bonds were the best performing alternative asset class in 2023, up 20%. A new ETF is coming, but its success depends on the weather. By Brandon Kochkodin,Forbes Staff The forecast is grim. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts an 85% chance for an intense hurricane season, with up to 13 of the storms […]
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 […]