3 innovative ways to help countries hit by climate disasters, beyond a loss and damage fund
Getting aid to countries before the storm or drought hits is one response increasingly being used to limit the damage.
Erin Coughlan de Perez, Professor of Climate Risk Management, Tufts University •
conversation
Nov. 14, 2024 • ~8 min
Nov. 14, 2024 • ~8 min
Untreated sewage and fertilizer runoff threaten the Florida manatee’s main food source, contributing to malnutrition
Manatees along Florida’s coast are eating less seagrass and more algae than they did a few decades ago. This dietary shift could pose a new threat to the survival of the beloved species.
Aarin-Conrad Allen, Ph.D. Candidate in Marine Sciences, Florida International University •
conversation
Nov. 14, 2024 • ~9 min
Nov. 14, 2024 • ~9 min
We passed 1.5°C of human-caused warming this year (just not as the Paris agreement measures it)
The usual ‘pre-industrial’ baseline already contains some human-caused warming. Our method uses a much earlier baseline.
Piers Forster, Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds •
conversation
Nov. 14, 2024 • ~7 min
Nov. 14, 2024 • ~7 min
Tiny oceanic plankton adapted to warming during the last ice age, but probably won’t survive future climate change – new study
Scientists have compared data from the last ice age, around 21,000 years ago, and modern records to see what happened to plankton when the world has previously warmed.
Daniela Schmidt, Professor in Palaebiology, University of Bristol •
conversation
Nov. 13, 2024 • ~5 min
Nov. 13, 2024 • ~5 min
Thousands of corporate lobbyists are at the UN climate summit in Baku. But what exactly is ‘lobbying’ and how does it work?
An expert spells out how companies seek to influence climate policy at Cop29 and beyond.
Christina Toenshoff, Assistant Professor of European Politics and Political Economy, Leiden University •
conversation
Nov. 13, 2024 • ~7 min
Nov. 13, 2024 • ~7 min
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