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“Climate Change could Bring Near-Unliveable Conditions for 3 Billion” Scientists Say
November 1st, 2021
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at recent climate change projections which estimate that each degree of warming above present levels corresponds to roughly 1bn people falling outside of ‘climate niche’: Up to 3bn out of the projected world population of about 9bn could be exposed to temperatures on a par with the hottest […]
Read more »US Reports Warn Climate Change Threatens Global Security
October 23rd, 2021
Via The Washington Post, an article on a deepening concern within the U.S. security establishment that the shifts unleashed by climate change can reshape U.S. strategic interests: As the United States and nations around the world struggle to blunt the effects of rising temperatures and extreme weather, sweeping assessments released Thursday by the White House, U.S. […]
Read more »World’s Looming Water Crisis
October 10th, 2021
Via the World Meterological Organization, an article on the world’s looming water crisis: Water-related hazards like floods and droughts are increasing because of climate change. The number of people suffering water stress is expected to soar, exacerbated by population increase and dwindling availability. But management, monitoring, forecasting and early warnings are fragmented and inadequate, whilst global […]
Read more »Migration: Soon To Be The Biggest Climate Challenge Of All
October 4th, 2021
Via National Geographic, a look at how – as heat, drought and rising sea levels make regions uninhabitable – millions of people will need to find new homes: As diplomats and negotiators from around the world prepare to gather in Glasgow, Scotland, in November for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, governments and industries are getting […]
Read more »How Water Shortages Are Brewing Wars
October 1st, 2021
Courtesy of BBC, an article on how unprecedented levels of dam building and water extraction by nations on great rivers are leaving countries further downstream increasingly thirsty, increasing the risk of conflicts: Speaking to me via Zoom from his flat in Amsterdam, Ali al-Sadr pauses to take a sip from a clear glass of water. […]
Read more »Four West African Countries Pledge Cooperation On Giant Aquifer
October 1st, 2021
Via Terra Daily, an article on four West African countries making a pledge on giant shared aquifer: Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania and Senegal on Wednesday pledged to exploit their joint water resources sustainably. Ministers in charge of water, meeting in Geneva, made the vow over the Senegal-Mauritanian Aquifer Basin (SMAB), a vast groundwater resource on which […]
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