Revealed: wealthy western countries lead in global oil and gas expansion
The US and the UK among countries with low dependence on fossil fuels criticized for ‘hypocrisy’ on climate pledges
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Seniors who rent in Montreal and Toronto at greatest risk of death from heat: report
Seniors in both Montreal and Toronto had higher rates of deaths due to respiratory causes on extremely hot days.
Top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5 C
The planet is headed for at least 2.5 C of heating with disastrous results for humanity, a poll of hundreds of scientists finds.
Keeping new homes out of harm’s way
Canada lacks up-to-date, accessible and location-specific information about climate hazards such as floods and wildfires, undermining the ability of governments, developers and homebuyers to make good choices.
‘A matter of survival’: India’s dire need for air conditioners
For Muskan, the arrival of summer in Delhi is the “beginning of hell.” As temperatures in her cramped, densely populated east Delhi neighbourhood often soar above 45 C, she dreams of only one thing: air conditioning.
Climate crisis costing $16M an hour in extreme weather damage
A new analysis shows at least $2.8 trillion in damage from 2000 to 2019 through worsened storms, floods and heat waves.
Young people taking 32 European countries to court over climate policies
The claimants argue lack of adequate action is a breach of human rights in the largest climate legal action to date.
Canada’s relentless battle with record heat and devastating wildfires
My analysis of data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reveals a staggering revelation — more than 150 monthly temperature records have been broken across Canada this year.
Scientist who warned of ‘new climate frontier’ says without action, worst is yet to come
James Hansen, who testified before the U.S. Congress on global heating in 1988, says world is approaching a "new climate frontier."
See for yourself: This year’s climate carnage in Canada
My analysis of data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reveals a staggering revelation — more than 150 monthly temperature records have been broken across Canada in the first six months of this year.
Any way you slice it, sea level rise is ‘absolutely guaranteed’
Experts say that even if the world stopped emitting greenhouse gases tomorrow, ocean levels would continue to rise.
Global heating will push billions outside the livable zone
Scientists warn the world is on track for 2.7 C of heating with current action plans and this would mean two billion people experiencing average annual temperatures above 29 C by 2030, a level at which very few communities have lived in the past.
Brace yourself for hellish El Niño heat waves this year
Scientists say the phenomenon, coupled with the growing climate crisis, is likely to push global temperatures off the charts.
‘I am an optimistic person’: The scientist who studies catastrophes
Friederike Otto, a member of the world’s only rapid reaction force of climate scientists, on looking into the apocalypse of extreme weather.
Puffin nesting sites in western Europe could be gone by the end of this century
Researchers from the Zoological Society of London and the University of Cambridge have put together a guide on how the birds can be protected from worsening conditions, using the expertise of 80 conservationists and policymakers across 15 European countries.