Top news of the week: 01.12.2021.
Climate
Avoiding temperature ‘overshoot’ reduces multiple climate change risks, say scientists
After mid-century, temperature overshoot leads to higher mitigation costs and greater economic losses from the additional climate impacts.
Prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize awarded to Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
LSE is delighted to announce that the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment has been awarded a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for its excellence and innovation.
Calling climate change a ‘crisis’ doesn’t do what you think
Getting people to act takes more than strong words, a new study says.
Seeking Certainty on Climate Change: How Much Is Enough?
Two physicists object to a Scientific American essay calling for an end to one climate report. A science historian counters that the report has done its job
‘Confronting’: Great Barrier Reef faces frequent extreme coral bleaching at 2C heating, research finds
Even if warming is kept to 1.5C, bleaching lethal to corals would hit more than three times a decade, study predicts
Countries finally agreed to create an international carbon market. Here’s why it’s controversial.
From accounting problems to Indigenous rights, the market is already raising concerns.
The US Clean Energy Transition Isn’t Equitable — But it Could Be
Inequity causes climate change to disproportionally endanger those who are least responsible for it. Intentionally directing clean energy toward those who disproportionately carry the costs ...
Biden’s Scorecard on Climate Change
At home and abroad, the administration is rising to the challenge.