Climate Change

Photos by Adrienne Surprenant July 1 at 2:00 a.m. KOULKIMÉ, Chad — Alhadji Yaro was a teenager when Boko Haram militants stormed onto his island in the vast, blue-green waters of Lake Chad and made villagers an offer at gunpoint. “‘We will give you good lives,’” he recalled the fighters’…

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has reiterated the commitment of the Nigerian legislature to efforts that will address the challenges of climate change globally. The Speaker, in a statement on Friday to mark the International Day of Parliamentarism, called on parliaments across the world to intensify efforts…

As a child, Alberto Moreira discovered his passion for electronics from the kits for exploring science, technology, engineering, and mathematics that his father bought him every month. The kits taught him not only about electronics but also about chemistry and physics. As he got older, he and his brother began…

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Let’s face it — climate change is humanity’s greatest screw-up. We’ve known about it for almost a century. The science is clear. And yet, we’ve done nothing. It’s a f**king embarrassment.  Now, finally, global leaders are scrambling to clean up the mess. But, even though most of the climate solutions…

A new study says climate change is turning major snowfalls into more extreme rain over mountains, somehow worsening both dangerous flooding like the type that devastated Pakistan last year and long-term water shortages. Using rain and snow measurements since 1950 and computer simulations for future climate...Read More

The international community must band together to wage a borderless battle against climate change, Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan has told London Climate Action Week. The president and chief executive of the UAE Independent Climate Change Accelerators warned that the number of people forced to flee their homes as a result…

The tide is turning against big road building schemes like the Lower Thames CrossingThe Climate Change Committee, a statutory government advisory body, says that only roads that advance the net zero cause, that get people out of cars rather than make life better or easier for motorists, should be allowed.…

Left-hand pane: ticked marks represent the eight storylines identified in the articles of the top circulating U.K. national newspapers and in the top three circulating newspapers of the Yorkshire and the Humber region. Data on potential ambitions for mid-century BECCS deployment taken from the Committee on Climate Change's modeling. Right-hand…

"A green transition will not be good for everyone. If we pretend it's not true, we are only creating an opportunity for populist politicians to say Oh look, they don't want you to hear about that," says Alexander Ruser. Credit: Maria van Schoor If you have been following the climate…