World leader warns of worsening crisis with global implications: 'There is a new kind of opposition'

Not acting will be much more expensive than the alternative. World leader warns of worsening crisis with global implications: 'There is a new kind of opposition' first appeared on The Cool Down. Read More

Climate Change and the Lancet’s ‘Heat Death’ Deception

Climate Change and the Lancet’s ‘Heat Death’ Deception With COP27 approaching, the journal claims rising temperatures have killed people but ignores that they appear to have saved far more. By ... Read More

Can you trust climate information? How and why powerful players are misleading the public

Ten years ago, the world committed itself to keeping global warming well below 2°C (and preferably below 1.5°C) above the pre-industrial era. This would be done by reducing greenhouse gas emissions ... Read More

Climate change explained: Definitions, news, updates on global warming

Two terms – climate change and global warming – point to the same existential threat: Global temperatures have risen dramatically in about the past 150 years and scientists say they're on pace ... Read More

The West’s climate crisis is bad news for the Global South too

The West’s climate crisis is bad news for the Global South too. Increasing heatwaves, floods and hurricanes in the West threaten to divert climate finance away from developing nations. Read More

Climate change, extreme weather & conflict exacerbate global food crisis

Global food insecurity has risen substantially since pre-pandemic times, exacerbated by extreme weather, climate change, war and conflict. What the U.N. World Food Program calls “a hunger crisis ... Read More

The Coming Global Crisis of Climate Policy - WSJ

If climate change is an 'existential threat to human existence,' as President Biden suggests, nuclear power may have to be part of the transition from fossil fuels. The Bill Gates-backed ... Read More

Climate Change and the Escalation of Global Extreme Heat

A global review of extreme heat over the past 12 months (May 2024 to May 2025), climate change’s influence on that heat, and strategies to prevent increasingly frequent and intense heat from ... Read More

How Will Global Health Survive Climate Change?

This change is as much an inevitability of the climate crisis, which scientists have identified unequivocally as “the greatest threat to humanity and global ecosystems,” as it is an entirely ... Read More

The Carbon Aristocracy: How the Rich Engineered the Climate Crisis ...

When we talk about the climate crisis, the blame often trickles downward. Ordinary people are told to recycle more, eat less meat, buy electric cars, and shrink their “carbon footprints.” ... Read More

Health and Climate Change - World Bank Group

Unabated climate change is also expected to make the global goal of poverty reduction even more challenging to reach. A recent World Bank study estimates that climate change may push an additional 132 ... Read More

The world's wealthiest 10% caused two thirds of global warming since ...

Wealthy individuals have a higher carbon footprint. A new study quantifies the climate outcomes of these inequalities. It finds that the world's wealthiest 10% are responsible for two thirds of ... Read More