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

↪ Nearly a third of Tuvalu citizens enter ballot for climate-linked visa to relocate to Australia 1 year ago
↪ EU rollback on environmental policy is gaining momentum, warn campaigners 1 year ago
↪ Hot asphalt, ‘corn sweat’ and floods: midwest swelters as heatwave grips the US 1 year ago
↪ Mirrors in space and underwater curtains: can technology buy us enough time to save the Arctic ice caps? 1 year ago
↪ ‘It’s death by a thousand cuts’: marine ecologist on the collapse of coral reefs 1 year ago
↪ ‘Yuck factor’: eating insects rather than meat to help the planet is failing, study finds 1 year ago
↪ Rise in legal challenges over carbon credit schemes 1 year ago
↪ More than 150 fall ill from extreme heat at New Jersey graduations 1 year ago
↪ Europe’s pledge to spend more on military will hurt climate and social programmes 1 year ago
↪ ‘This is a fight for life’: climate expert on tipping points, doomerism and using wealth as a shield 1 year ago