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2022: The year of rolling polycrisis, but with a few glimmers of hope

14 December 2022

This year, there were the lows of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, soaring prices and extreme weather, and the highs of an accelerating shift to green energy and space wonders from the James Webb Space Telescope


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Our addiction to flying is ruining the climate, but it doesn't have to

2 January 2019

From simply flying planes in straighter lines to sucking fuel from thin air, a raft of new technologies that could help us fly guilt-free are in the offing


Banning straws isn't enough. We must get serious about climate change

Banning straws isn't enough. We must get serious about climate change

18 October 2018

To head off climate disaster requires difficult changes to our lifestyles, says Adam Corner, and politicians must not be afraid to say so


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Governor of California orders state to go carbon neutral by 2045

12 September 2018

The governor of California has signed an executive order calling for state-wide carbon neutrality by 2045, followed by net negative emissions after that


EU will limit the use of palm oil as car fuel but won’t stop it

EU will limit the use of palm oil as car fuel but won’t stop it

14 June 2018

The European Union will make only minor tweaks to “renewable” energy policies that are actually increasing greenhouse gas emissions and driving deforestation


Europeans now burn more palm oil in their cars than they eat

Europeans now burn more palm oil in their cars than they eat

6 June 2018

Palm oil consumption in the EU jumped by 7 per cent in 2017 because it is increasingly used as a biofuel – driving the destruction of orangutans’ habitat


Worst-case climate change scenario is even worse than we thought

Worst-case climate change scenario is even worse than we thought

14 May 2018

A possible future that climatologists treat as the worst of the worst, because it would produce huge greenhouse gas emissions, might lead to even more emissions than believed


We messed up our figures on how much carbon dioxide is too much

We messed up our figures on how much carbon dioxide is too much

14 May 2018

Climatologists have tried to set a “carbon budget” that tells us how much greenhouse gas we can emit and stay below 2°C, but their efforts have only caused confusion


Tourism is four times worse for the climate than we thought

Tourism is four times worse for the climate than we thought

7 May 2018

Tourism is being blamed for 8 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, and it emits more every year – making it harder to stop dangerous climate change


Just half a degree less global warming would avert food shortage

Just half a degree less global warming would avert food shortage

3 April 2018

Governments are dithering over whether to limit climate change to 1.5°C or 2°C, but it seems the stricter target would avoid food shortages and major economic losses


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