We're in an El Niño – so why has Australia been so wet?
Dec 05, 2023 09:20 am UTC| Nature
After three La Niña summers many of us would have been expecting much hotter and drier conditions this spring and summer after the arrival of El Niño. Instead, in many parts of eastern Australia its rained...
COP28: with a ‘loss and damage’ fund in place, protecting climate refugees is more urgent than ever
Dec 05, 2023 05:36 am UTC| Insights & Views
It has taken decades, but the complex and increasingly urgent issue of climate mobility has gradually become central to international climate negotiations. At the COP28 summit currently taking place in Dubai, there are...
Dec 05, 2023 05:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Humanitys emissions of greenhouse gases have caused rapid global warming at a rate unprecedented in at least the past 2,000 years. Rapid global warming has been accompanied by increases in the frequency and intensity of...
Why renewed China-US cooperation bodes well for climate action
Dec 01, 2023 08:54 am UTC| Insights & Views
The relationship between the US and China is the most important in the world, and it has been unstable and sometimes under extreme stress in recent years. But a recent meeting between presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping in...
COP28: the climate summit’s first Health Day points to what needs to change in NZ
Dec 01, 2023 08:14 am UTC| Nature
Climate change has many effects, but one of the most significant will feature for the first time at COP28 its impact on human health. Now under way in Dubai, the latest Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework...
Nov 19, 2023 06:02 am UTC| Nature
The idea that we can mitigate current carbon emissions by offsetting them with carbon reduction initiatives elsewhere has become central to government and business responses to climate change. But its an idea we need to...
This is the hottest autumn on record – and it's impacting the climate system and human society
Nov 15, 2023 01:47 am UTC| Nature
We are still getting used to a new normal of devastating summer heatwaves. But the effects of a warming climate are being felt throughout the year, and recent autumn months have been further off the charts than ever. In...
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