Category: Climate crisis

The climate crisis is an urgent and growing global problem that threatens the health and safety of people, animals, and the environment. It is caused by human activities such as burning fossil fuels, deforestation, and agricultural practices that release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. These gases trap heat and cause the planet to warm, leading to extreme weather events, rising sea levels, and other impacts.

The effects of the climate crisis are already being felt around the world. Heat waves, floods, drough

↪ Storm Bert: forecasters and politicians criticised after devastating floods 2 years ago
↪ Communities ‘left at mercy’ of Storm Bert owing to poor readiness 2 years ago
↪ Multilateralism faces a toxic brew of debt, climate crisis and war. It’s time for a reboot | Mo Ibrahim 2 years ago
↪ Live at the Port of Newcastle, it’s aquatic ecolarrikins vs gigantic fossil fuel death ships | First Dog on the Moon 2 years ago
↪ A cool flame: how Gaia theory was born out of a secret love affair – podcast 2 years ago
↪ A mystery in Finnish Lapland, and what it means for the climate crisis – podcast 2 years ago
↪ As Cop29 wraps up and the climate crisis gathers pace, Australia’s dash for gas is confounding | Bill Hare 2 years ago
↪ Australia urged to do more on climate crisis as activists rue trillion-dollar Cop29 funding gap 2 years ago
↪ The Guardian view on Cop29: poor-world discontent over a failure of rich countries to deliver | Editorial 2 years ago
↪ Cop29 climate finance deal criticised as ‘travesty of justice’ and ‘stage-managed’ 2 years ago