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

↪ Unprecedented number of heat records broken around world this year 2 years ago
↪ How does today’s extreme heat compare with Earth’s past climate? 2 years ago
↪ ‘You feel like you’re suffocating’: Florida outdoor workers are collapsing in the heat without water and shade 2 years ago
↪ Commonwealth Bank to stop financing fossil fuel companies that don’t comply with Paris climate goals 2 years ago
↪ Police remove climate protesters from Parliament House in Canberra – video 2 years ago
↪ Half a billion children live in areas with twice as many very hot days as in 1960s 2 years ago
↪ ‘The dumbest climate conversation of all time’: experts on the Musk-Trump interview 2 years ago
↪ US workers launch Heat Week to fight for ‘the right to water, shade and rest’ 2 years ago
↪ Greece takes stock of wildfires that raged through Athens suburbs 2 years ago
↪ Greek minister says wildfires reduced to ‘scattered hotspots’ – as it happened 2 years ago