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Ash covered Skaftafell glacier in Iceland.

Guest post: What 1.5C overshoot would mean for climate impacts and adaptation

With average global temperatures set to see another record high this year, the chances of holding warming to no more than 1.5C continue to dwindle. ... Read More

Guest posts | Nov 11. 2024.
Baku, Azerbaijan.

Guest post: How COP29 host Azerbaijan could boost growth through climate action

Azerbaijan’s economy is highly dependent on fossil-fuel exports, making its economic prospects vulnerable to rising emissions-cutting ambition arou... Read More

COP29 Baku | Nov 1. 2024.
The Asian Tiger Mosquito, Aedes albopictus.

Guest post: The growing threat of climate-sensitive infectious diseases

Ahead of the Paris Olympic Games this summer, the organising committee was concerned about two principal diseases: Covid, which Europe is fully famil... Read More

Guest posts | Oct 15. 2024.
A man tries to keep cool by a fountain during a heatwave in France.

Guest post: Heat stress thresholds are not designed for vulnerable groups

As global temperatures rise, vast swathes of the global population are experiencing heat extremes that they have never faced before. In some parts... Read More

Guest posts | Oct 7. 2024.
A press briefing at COP28 in Dubai. Credit: IISD/ENB | Mike Muzurakis

Guest post: How to track progress towards the ‘global goal on adaptation’?

At COP28 in Dubai last November, countries agreed specific global targets on adaptation for the first time.  This marked a significant step f... Read More

Guest posts | Oct 7. 2024.
Solar panels and wind turbines in a field

Guest post: How solar geoengineering could disrupt wind and solar power

Solar geoengineering has been suggested as a temporary measure to buy time for the emissions cuts needed to stabilise global temperatures. These a... Read More

Guest posts | Oct 3. 2024.
Large vehicles submerged in floodwater, Worcestershire, UK.

Guest post: The forgotten role of logistics in achieving net-zero

Logistics is often thought of as merely the process of moving things from one place to another. The appearance of the word on the sides of lorries... Read More

Guest posts | Sep 23. 2024.
Coal-fired power plant, in Uttar Pradesh, India.

Guest post: Just 15 countries account for 98% of new coal-power development

Over the past 10 years, the global energy transition away from coal has accelerated. The number of countries with coal power under development (pre-c... Read More

Coal | Sep 3. 2024.
Woman on a withered maize field.

Guest post: Using El Niño forecasts to give early warning of crop failures

Extreme weather is one of the primary drivers of crop failures around the world. Crop failures – the total or near-total loss of a farm or regio... Read More

Food and farming | Aug 28. 2024.
Tired woman suffering from heat sits in bed at night.

Guest post: The growing problem of how extreme heat damages mental health

In recent years, discussions around the impact of climate change on mental health have tended to focus on climate anxiety. This distress regarding... Read More

Guest posts | Jul 19. 2024.
A power plant along route 95 in New Jersey.

Guest post: Tracking G7 climate progress with data from 116,095 power plants

Expanding and decarbonising the world’s electricity supplies is key to meeting global climate goals – and this has been reflected in a serie... Read More

International policy | Jul 15. 2024.
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