Climate News: Clive Hamilton and George Wilkenfeld have a change of consciousness and write 'Living Hot: surviving and thriving on a heating planet'
Clive Hamilton and George Wilkenfeld continue to be urgently concerned about mitigation, but now see adaptation to be the primary issue of concern for all levels of government - listen to Hamilton as he talks with Michelle Grattan on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation: "Politics with Michelle Grattan: Clive Hamilton on how Australians must adapt to ‘Living Hot’"
"The Arctic is heating up nearly four times faster than the whole planet, study finds";
"The impact of climate change on language loss";
"Why do so few people cycle for transport in Australia? 6 ideas on how to reap all the benefits of bikes";
"Oil and Gas Companies Are Trying to Rig the Marketplace";
"A Matter of Survival as South Asia’s Heat Wave Reaches 127 Degrees";
"Burning book festivals is not a climate solution";
"Salt in the Womb: How Rising Seas Erode Reproductive Health";
"My Climate View: online tool allows Australian farmers to project changes out to 2070";
"Is it possible to fry an egg on the sidewalk if it's hot enough?";
"Vermont just became the first state to try to make big oil pay for climate damages";
"Tuvalu turns to the metaverse as rising seas threaten existence";
"The Delhi heatwave is testing the limits of human endurance. Other hot countries should beware and prepare";
"Are the climate wars really over, or has a new era of greenwashing just begun?";
"As global temperatures rise, are liberal democracies on trial?";
"The $50 billion gas deal Australia hopes will keep China quiet";
"‘People prefer that we’d never close’: Eraring lifeline a mixed blessing for a coal community in limbo";
"Climate activist defaces Monet painting in Paris";
"Scientists develop method of making healthier, more sustainable chocolate";
"Simon Armitage: Poets can fight climate crisis by making us spellbound by nature";
"What to Know About Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s Newly Elected President";
"If regional communities don’t want a windfarm, why would they accept a nuclear power station?";
"Heat can kill - here's how to help!";
"India’s deadly heat kills over 200 people, including dozens of poll workers as elections wrap up";
"Which of Australia’s favourite ski fields will survive by 2080?";
"The National Centre for Climate Restoration (Breakthrough)";
"Oceans face ‘triple threat’ of extreme heat, oxygen loss and acidification";
"Reality check: the Reform UK party’s claims on the climate crisis examined";
"ACCESS: Australia’s climate and earth systems model";
"U.S. Electric Bills Could Increase 8% This Summer Amid Rising Temperatures";
"‘Perfect storm’ hurricane season could be break records";
"Massachusetts kicks off first pilot to shift gas utilities to clean heat";
"'Sounding the alarm': World likely to temporarily pass 1.5C limit by 2028, UN weather agency warns";
"May breaks global temperature record for 12th month in a row. Will La Nina bring cooler weather?";
"Scientists say Earth is heating at a record rate, but there’s still time to stop crisis accelerating";
"‘Depressing and dystopian’: UAE used COP28 to boost fossil fuel deals, investigation says";
"EU Policy: Ambitions for global renewable energy capacity unrealised, says report";
"A year of record global heat has pushed Earth closer to dangerous threshold";
"How is climate change affecting heat waves in California and the West?";
"Half the world will vote in 2024, but how many elections will be fair?";
"‘An intergenerational crime against humanity’: what will it take for political leaders to start taking climate change seriously?";
"How animals are changing to cope with stronger heatwaves";
"Why the US oil majors may end up doing more for the green transition than their (slightly) more progressive European rivals";
"To tackle the climate crisis we need more democracy, not less";
"Rising authoritarianism and worsening climate change share a fossil-fueled secret";
"Trump, Covid, the climate crisis – we’ve had a hard few years. The wounds linger";
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