Vanuatu: why a chain of tiny Pacific islands wants an international court opinion on responsibility for the climate crisis

A vote at the next UN General Assembly could open the floodgates to international climate litigation.

Nadia Sánchez Castillo-Winckels, Visiting Research Fellow, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University • conversation
Nov. 4, 2022 • ~7 min

Loss and damage: Who is responsible when climate change harms the world's poorest countries?

That’s the big question at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference, known as COP27, and it’s controversial.

Bethany Tietjen, Research fellow in climate policy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University • conversation
Nov. 2, 2022 • ~8 min

Loss and damage: Who is responsible when climate change harms the world's poorest countries, and what does compensation look like?

That’s the big question at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference, known as COP27, and it’s controversial. Here are some of the ideas being floated.

Bethany Tietjen, Research fellow in climate policy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University • conversation
Nov. 2, 2022 • ~8 min

Coastal erosion is unstoppable – so how do we live with it?

Moving entire communities threatened by rising seas isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds.

Robert James Nicholls, Professor of Climate Adaptation, University of East Anglia • conversation
Oct. 12, 2022 • ~7 min

Hurricane Ian capped 2 weeks of extreme storms around the globe: Here's what's known about how climate change fuels tropical cyclones

Two hurricane and climate scientists explain what’s known – and still unknown – about global warming’s influence on intensity, rainfall and much more.

Suzana J. Camargo, Lamont Research Professor of Ocean and Climate Physics, Columbia University • conversation
Oct. 3, 2022 • ~9 min

Hurricane Ian capped 2 weeks of extreme storms around the globe: Here's what's known about how climate change fuels hurricanes

Two hurricane and climate scientists explain what’s known – and still unknown – about global warming’s influence on intensity, rainfall and much more.

Suzana J. Camargo, Lamont Research Professor of Ocean and Climate Physics, Columbia University • conversation
Oct. 3, 2022 • ~9 min

Thwaites Glacier: the melting, Antarctic monster of sea level rise – podcast

If and when the Thwaites Glacier melts, it will result in nearly 0.6 metres of sea level rise, but it holds back another three metres of sea level rise lurking within the Antarctic continent. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.

Gemma Ware, Editor and Co-Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation • conversation
Sept. 22, 2022 • ~5 min

What’s going on with the Greenland ice sheet? It's losing ice faster than forecast and now irreversibly committed to at least 10 inches of sea level rise

A field glaciologist explains the changes scientists are now seeing.

Alun Hubbard, Professor of Glaciology, Arctic Five Chair, University of Tromsø • conversation
Aug. 29, 2022 • ~11 min

Arctic is warming nearly four times faster than the rest of the world – new research

The Arctic may be warming four times faster than the rest of the world.

Jonathan Bamber, Professor of Physical Geography, University of Bristol • conversation
Aug. 11, 2022 • ~6 min

The world's biggest ice sheet is more vulnerable to global warming than scientists previously thought

But new research offers some hope if we are able to keep climate change under control.

Guy Paxman, Assistant Professor (Research), Department of Geography, Durham University • conversation
Aug. 10, 2022 • ~7 min

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