17 October 2023 - COP28 is fast approaching and political leadership on climate action is absent. Into this void, Pope Francis has sounded the alarm, urging “strategists” attending the international climate conference in Dubai next month to be “capable of considering...
12 October 2023 - There is a curious tendency among us humans to turn every issue into a battle of extremes, where opposing sides wield strawmen arguments like weapons. We champion open debate, but it often leads us down a fruitless path. Take renewable energy, for...
08 September 2023 - In the last few months events have occurred globally which indicate an astonishing, but not unexpected, acceleration in the pace of climate change. The world has now entered a new era of extremely dangerous climate impacts which are already proving...
13 August 2023 - We are in a race of tipping points. We are exceeding biophysical planetary boundaries and the climate is fast approaching irreversible tipping points that could give us a world human civilization has never experienced. Climate change is however only...
31 July 2023 - On July 16th, the heat index in Iran surpassed 66°C: 10°C higher than the tolerable limit for human life. The waters off the coast of Florida in the United States exceeded 36°C: 2°C above normal, and enough to completely wipe out the life of corals that...
05 July 2023 - I recently attended a conference in France, near Mont Blanc, where I was invited to comment on a discussion about the beauty of experiencing what mountains have to offer – how they affect people who have the opportunity to ‘enjoy’ them. Attendees at the...
22 June 2023 - In our first instalment of the Q&A series with authors of the Limits and Beyond, we talked to Ugo Bardi, the co-editor of the book, a member of the Club of Rome and a professor at the University of Florence. Bardi touches on the legacy of The Limits...
05 June 2023 - Six months’ worth of rain in 36 hours. At least 14 people dead. More than 36,000 people left homeless. Fields, crops, homes, roads destroyed. Climate science has warned for years that more extreme weather events will be the result of rising emissions....
31 May 2023 - The proposed legislation would require changes to farming methods in Europe to tackle the climate crisis and restore nature, ensuring affordable food for all. For 10,000 years, human civilisation has grown and thrived because of Earth’s remarkable...
02 May 2023 - Do forests create rain? It is a question that has been debated for a long time. We know that trees produce huge amounts of water vapor that is pumped from humidity in the ground and condensed into clouds that generate rain, but the mechanisms that govern...
