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Climate change
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Why Greenland’s People Will Pioneer A New Way Of Life
Greenland’s hunters are facing a threat to centuries of tradition. Albert Lukassen’s world is melting around him. When…
2015-11-23
Why Ancient Farming Wisdom May Feed Our Future
Terrace farming as practiced from time immemorial by native peoples in the Andes mountains contributes to food security…
2015-11-06
Why Small And Simple Is Key To Flood Resilience
How should cities respond to the threat of flooding? I think sometimes small, simple interventions can be the…
2015-10-29
How The World’s Largest Man-Made Waves May Prevent Deadly Floods
A new Dutch facility, called Delta Flume, can generate waves up to 15 feet high. The trailer feels…
2015-10-15
10 Nations That May Go Extinct By 2115
It can often seem as though nations are permanent fixtures on the landscape, immovable, unchangeable, and enduring. If…
2015-10-07
How Climate-Smart Cities Could Save The World
Green buildings and better infrastructure would not only spur economic growth but also cut carbon emissions equal to…
2015-09-24
How A City In Chile Recovered From Devastation
Five years on from the 2010 earthquake, Gideon Long revisits the city flattened by a tsunami to find…
2015-09-17
Who Will Suffer Most From Climate Change? (Hint: Not You)
A few years ago Melinda and I visited with a group of rice farmers in Bihar, India, one…
2015-09-14
How Earth Will Evolve 10,000 Years From Now
Climate change means the end of our world, but the beginning of another—one with a new set of…
2015-09-07
How The World Would Be Without Ice
Portland, Oregon, may not be a coastal city, but if all of the world’s ice sheets melted, it…
2015-08-04
Why Divesting Fossil Fuels Should Begin With Government To Succeed
Oslo’s move to sell its stocks in coal companies sets a precedent – but the real prize for…
2015-07-20
Why We Are Losing Time In Saving The Oceans From Climate Change
Until recently, you might be forgiven for thinking that the oceans were a trivial component of Earth’s climate…
2015-07-17
Who And What Are The Root Cause Of Climate Change
As the world gears up for a crucial climate summit in Paris this December, a few facts about…
2015-07-14
Even The Pope Gets It – Carbon Markets Won’t Fix The Climate
Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment has quickly made him one of the world’s most significant figures in…
2015-06-29
The Proof Is In The Clouds
In a few weeks, you may get to see evidence the atmosphere is changing — if you’re lucky.…
2015-06-10
The 9 Limits Of Our Planet & How We’ve Raced Past 4 Of Them
Johan Rockström says humanity has already raced past four of the nine boundaries keeping our planet hospitable to…
2015-06-08
How Your City Is Solving Global Warming
Cities may only occupy about 2% of the world’s habitable land, but they are big drivers of global…
2015-06-02
World’s First Tidal Lagoon For Generating Clean Electricity
The Swansea project’s plan to reopen a quarry in Cornwall angers locals there – having already provoked concerns…
2015-06-01
Big Data Could Help Cities On Climate Change
With last year’s U.S.-China Climate Accord came a new focus on municipal sustainability. Yes, power plants and national…
2015-05-28
CO2 On A New World Record High
The monthly global average concentration of carbon dioxide just broke 400 parts per million for the first…
2015-05-11
Easy To Praise Smaller Cities, Harder To Fix Large Ones
The mayors of Latin America’s biggest cities gathered in Buenos Aires for the C40 forum to discuss their…
2015-04-29
Cooler Cities With Electric Vehicles
EVs are not only greener, they also could alleviate sweltering city summers. Conventional cars produce a lot of…
2015-04-22
7 Ways Architecture Can Tackle Global Warming
Architecture is one of the key drivers of climate change. Between construction and the energy required to keep…
2015-04-17
Zero Carbon Buildings At Zero Cost
When it comes to cutting carbon, current commercial building standards simply don’t go far enough. If we’re to…
2015-03-20
The Best Technology For Fighting Climate Change? Trees
Between now and 2050, forests are one of our “most promising” geo-engineering tools. When people talk about technologies…
2015-03-17
A Top-down Approach To Flood Prevention
Gravity offers a simple and cheap way to attenuate stormwater flows – by storing water temporarily on a…
2015-03-12
World’s Cities Experiencing More Heatwaves
Number of extremely hot days a year has increased in hundreds of cities since the 1970s years, with…
2015-02-17
How Prepared Are We For Climate Change?
Whether you live in San Francisco or Mongolia, climate change is going to impact your life. But even…
2015-02-07
The Deadly Rise Of Sea Levels
Climate change is making the oceans rise, creating more and more dangerous situations for our coastal cities. See…
2015-02-02
Cities Are Key To Fighting Climate Change
Urban areas will be disproportionately impacted by rising sea levels and severe weather. Luckily, they’re leading the resilience…
2015-01-30