Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 6, 2022
Deadly heatwaves, extreme drought, food and water shortages, catastrophic flooding, rapidly intensifying tropical storms, raging wildfires—around the world, climate change is exacerbating extreme conditions and their harsh toll on people and ecosystems. The fearsome toll of climate impacts is already clear, leading U.N.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 13, 2022
People can no longer deny climate change must be addressed. Many lawmakers acknowledge that their constituents are being hammered by climate impacts, and they see the world around them changing. Clean solutions must be scaled up globally in the time frames needed to meet climate and sustainable development goals.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 31, 2024
After spending a week in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, I’m now gearing up to attend the 29 th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the Framework Convention on Climate Change in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11-22.
Circle of Blue
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Over the past 20 years, the majority of flood losses have occurred in Asia, where climate change-induced rainfall is expected to hit the hardest. Climate change is poised to thrust billions more into water insecurity. Photo © GKarunakar / Wikimedia Commons. The risks have intensified in the last two decades.
Real Climate
AUGUST 12, 2021
Joeri Rogelj is Director of Research, Grantham Institute Climate Change & Environment, Imperial College London, UK, and Senior Research Scholar, International Institute for Appl ied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria. Nature Climate Change. In: Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis.
Yale E360
JANUARY 13, 2021
Although climate change is often blamed for coastal inundation in places like the Bay of Bengal, other factors such as dam building and urbanization play an important role. Scientists say that more sustainable development policies can help blunt the impacts of rising seas. Read more on E360 ?.
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Reforming the international multilateral lending architecture to be fairer and more aligned with climate and sustainable development objectives is also critical. Now, what’s desperately needed are new funding commitments from countries to help meet the significant and growing needs as the climate crisis worsens.
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