Top news of the week: 28.07.2022.
Do men and women think about climate change differently?
A new study finds men in rich countries are the least likely to care about a warming world
Global warming of 2C could ‘double’ flooding costs in China compared to 1.5C
Economic losses from flooding in China at 2C of global warming could be double those at 1.5C, research suggests. The study, published in the journal Natural Hazards and Earth System ...
Heat waves are hitting around the globe. Scientists say climate change is making them more frequent
Driven by climate change, heat waves and drought go hand in hand. And in one U.S. city, heat kills as many people as homicide.
Looking for someone to blame for the extreme heat? Try Wall Street
Banks’ financing of coal, oil, and gas was higher in 2021 than it was in 2016, the year after the Paris agreement was adopted
‘Super scorchio!’: heat brings out new face of climate denial in UK press
Rightwing outlets are increasingly covering complaints about extreme heat as a culture war issue
HELP WANTED: Self-starter to run U.N. climate program
Knowledge of foreign languages a plus. Travel required. The preferred candidate will have a plan to avoid climate catastrophe and manage the squabbles of
Melting ‘snowflakes’? How climate change became a new front in the right’s culture war
The Daily Mail and others have now switched focus to criticising the policy response, says Leo Hickman, editor of Carbon Brief
The Barbados Rebellion
The Caribbean is trapped between crushing debt and a climate disaster caused by rich nations. Prime Minister Mia Mottley is battling for a fairer system.