Despite the short-term concerns, the offshore wind sector is well positioned to weather the challenges and come out delivering affordable, reliable energy along with myriad climate, health, and economic benefits as the U.S. industry matures.
IPCC Oceans & Cryosphere Report Author Quotes Read IPCC Oceans & Cryosphere Report key takeaways here. “Taken together, these changes show that the world's ocean and cryosphere have been taking the heat for climate change for decades. The consequences …
MONTE CARLO, Monaco – Today, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC) in the Principality of Monaco. This report, the product of a week of editing in …
SPOTLIGHT The European Banking Authority is revising the framework that sets industry-wide capital requirements for lenders, known as Pillar 1, to incorporate environmental and social risks. These rules will likely impact high-emitting sectors like oil, gas, cement, steel, and mining.While the EU is making progress …
MEET THE CLIMATE NEXUS TEAM Olivia AmitayAssociate for Projects and Partnerships Read bio As an Associate for the Projects and Partnerships Team, Olivia Amitay works to craft an effective climate finance communication strategy. She has approached climate communications from a …
Impacts, some locked in, will be extreme at 1.5°C and worse at 2°C Narrow window to avoid catastrophic outcomes by reducing carbon emissions is open but closing rapidly On August 9th, 2021, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the …
On Monday, February 28, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report from the IPCC Working Group II: AR6 Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. The report assesses the science literature documenting the devastating effect of human-caused climate change …
Impacts, some locked in, will be extreme at 1.5°C and worse at 2°C Narrow window to avoid catastrophic outcomes by reducing carbon emissions is open but closing rapidly On August 9th, 2021, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the …
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COP25 Will Take Place in Spain, but Chile Will Lead Negotiations While the 2019 UN climate talks (COP25) are now taking place in Madrid, Chile retains the presidency of the negotiations. Chile’s constrained geography has left the country increasingly vulnerable …
Hurricane Dorian is the fifth Atlantic hurricane in four years to reach Category 5 strength and is one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic basin. Dorian made its initial landfall at Elbow Cay, Abacos, in the Bahamas …
Coverage of the fires raging in the Amazon rainforest are incredibly concerning, but many stories describing the fires include the inaccurate figure that the Amazon represents 20% of the planet’s oxygen production. Multiple climate scientists have pointed out that this …
Climate Change Polling Partnership Climate Nexus, in partnership with the Yale University Program on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication, conducts polling on climate change, public policy and the energy transition. View …
From floods and hurricanes to wildfires and mudslides, climate change set the stage for numerous natural disasters across the U.S. in 2018. In the list below, we rank ten of the year’s most noteworthy events by their “climate buzz,” as …
