COP29: Clashes over cash are set to dominate the climate conference
Thousands of delegates representing almost every country will arrive in Azerbaijan in just a few days.
Most climate policies do little to prevent climate change
Many policies fail because they are too specifically targeted. One tool that seems highly effective is outright bans.
Best-case scenario for climate change is now 1.6°C of warming
Bringing temperatures back to 1.5°C later in the century would require actively removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
The wall pattern that could keep buildings cooler
"Walls with a protruding zigzag pattern could stay up to 3°C (5.4°F) cooler than regular walls, without using any energy."
In the race to ramp up renewables, we can’t ignore heat storage
Thermal Energy Storage could help deal with solar's intermittency, but Governments need to step up and encourage development.
Making roofs white or reflective is the best way to keep a city cool
"Cool roofs outperformed all other interventions ..lowering average outdoor temperatures"
Arctic permafrost is now a net source of major greenhouse gases
The longer climate change goes on, the more the arctic permafrost will worsen it.
Food costs more because of climate change – and it will get worse
Rising temperatures will drive up food inflation by between 0.9 and 3.2% a year by 2035
US coastal cities face higher 2050 flood risk because they are sinking
"Sea levels are rising faster than expected in coastal cities in the US, largely due to land sinking as a result of the extraction of underground water and fossil fuels."
A container ship just tested a system to capture its own CO2 emissions
About 3 per cent of all carbon emissions are due to the shipping industry.
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