Why home insurance rates are rising so fast across the US – climate change plays a big role
Sep 25, 2024 12:42 pm UTC| Business Life
Millions of Americans have been watching with growing alarm as their homeowners insurance premiums rise and their coverage shrinks. Nationwide, premiums rose 34% between 2017 and 2023, and they continued to rise in 2024...
Sep 25, 2024 12:37 pm UTC| Nature
Todays climate change is man-made. The consensus in the climate science community is unequivocal, but in order to determine just how exceptional current climate change is, we have had to contextualise the present on a much...
Aug 26, 2024 12:06 pm UTC| Nature
The Great Barrier Reef will continue to deteriorate, largely to climate change, and the window to secure its future is rapidly closing. That is the sobering conclusion of a major new report into the state of the...
Dug up in Australia, burned around the world – exporting fossil fuels undermines climate targets
Aug 12, 2024 09:17 am UTC| Economy Business
Australia is one of the worlds largest exporters of fossil fuels. While this coal and gas is burned beyond our borders, the climate-warming carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions affect us all. My colleagues and I at global...
The Jasper fire highlights the risks climate change poses to Canada’s world heritage sites
Aug 01, 2024 22:11 pm UTC| Nature
Climate change and extreme weather events pose a real risk to the worlds heritage sites a stark reality laid bare by the recent wildfire in Jasper, Alta.. Canada has 22 United Nations Educational, Scientific and...
China: still the world’s biggest emitter, but also an emerging force in climate diplomacy
Jul 29, 2024 11:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Seven years seems a lifetime in politics. In 2017, President Donald Trump announced the United States would withdraw from the Paris Agreement. It prompted Canada, China and the European Union to convene an urgent meeting...
Jun 12, 2024 05:59 am UTC| Insights & Views
Foods role in climate change has emerged as one of the defining challenges of our time. The journey of a steak, fruit or salad from the vast expanses of agricultural lands to the plates on our tables leaves a significant...
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