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Climate Change
A new wildfire insurance model rewards resilience in climate-stricken California
On the California insurance market—battered by wildfires that have slashed coverage and driven up costs—a new wildfire insurance model has just emerged. The twist? Premiums and deductibles…
Editorial Team•4 April 2025

Climate Change
SStronger climate policies could boost global…
Climate action impact on GDP: ambitious policies today mean +3% by 2050…
Editorial Team•28 March 2025

Climate Change
36 companies behind half of global…
The Carbon Majors report by InfluenceMap outlines the corporate giants most responsible…
Editorial Team•26 March 2025

Climate Change
Gold, smartphones, and renewables fuel mining-driven deforestation
Since 2001, 14,000 km² of forests have been lost due to mining activities and related operations—an…
Editorial Team•24 October 2024

Climate Change
Since 2001, forest fire emissions have increased by 60%
Warmer, drier climates and higher forest growth rates are factors—linked to the climate crisis—that fuel forest…
Editorial Team•23 October 2024

Climate Change
Global carbon capture capacity remains stalled: only 51 million tons of CO2…
The CCS Institute has updated its global monitoring of carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects. While…
Editorial Team•18 October 2024

Climate Change
For Europe, adaptation to climate change is still a black hole
Report from the European Court of Auditors on actions for climate crisis adaptation. States provide generic…
Editorial Team•17 October 2024

Climate Change
Vital parameters of the Earth, 25 out of 35 reach extreme records
The “2024 State of the Climate” report highlights a deterioration, with 20 red-alert indicators in 2023.…
Editorial Team•9 October 2024

Climate Change
The LNG imported from the United States pollutes 30% more than coal
A study by Cornell University calculates the carbon footprint of liquefied natural gas by including all…
Editorial Team•8 October 2024

Climate Change
What would life be like in cities if global warming exceeded 3…
A report from the World Resources Institute (WRI) shows what would happen in cities if global…
Editorial Team•28 September 2024

Climate Change
We have almost exceeded another Planetary boundaries
The global indicator for ocean acidification, the aragonite saturation state, has worsened and is very close…
Editorial Team•25 September 2024

Climate Change
The year 2024 will be the worst for fires in the Amazon…
Half of the fires have devastated areas of old-growth forest. Emissions are on track to surpass…
Editorial Team•23 September 2024

Climate Change
In 2024, nearly 1,900 extreme events in Italy
The data released by Anbi. More than half of the total are cloudbursts. A particular concentration…
Editorial Team•20 September 2024

Climate Change
Climate change: the degradation of the cryosphere generates tsunamis
The glacier retreat caused by rising temperatures led to a rockslide of 25 million cubic meters…
Editorial Team•18 September 2024

Climate Change
Antarctic Glaciers: Decisions Today Will Shape Their Fate in 300 Years
We are making decisions today that will determine the future of Antarctica's glaciers 300 years from…