Extreme Heat

The Climate Emergency Comes for Iran, as Thousands of Angry Farmers Protest in Dry Riverbed at Isfahan

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Friday, Kayhan London reports that thousands of farmers and other activists gathered in the dry riverbed of the historic Zayandeh Rud river at the major west-central city of Isfahan to protest the lack of water in the province. The crowd alleged that the Iranian administration of President Ibrahim Raisi […]

Climate Crisis

If We could Mobilize to Fight COVID-19, why can’t we Ramp up to Combat the Climate Emergency?

Jill Richardson

By Jill Richardson ( Otherwords.org ) – The recent COP26 climate summit in Glasgow was the 26th attempt to get the nations of the world to fix the climate crisis. During the summit, the Washington Post reported that countries have been under-reporting their emissions, so the negotiations are based on “flawed data.” We’ve known about […]

Climate Crisis

Climate Emergency: This Southwestern US City has had to Create an Office of Heat Response and Mitigation

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

By Shane Purcell | – ( Cronkite News) – PHOENIX – David Hondula recently got a job he never dreamed of – maybe because it never existed before. He’s the director of the city’s Office of Heat Response & Mitigation, which is touted as the first publicly funded municipal office of its kind. Hondula, who […]

Climate Crisis

Extreme Heat causes Heart Attacks, Miscarriages, Malnutrition, requiring Urgent steps to Curb CO2

The Conversation

By Abdu Mohiddin, Christopher Jack, Evans Kituyi, Kristie Ebi, Matthew Chersich, and Stanley Luchters | – The African continent is heating up more, and faster, than other regions in the world according to the recently released State of Climate in Africa Report. By 2030, the report says up to 118 million extremely poor people will […]

Climate Crisis

Top 5 Things you need to Know about the Glasgow Climate Pact

The Conversation

By Simon Lewis and Mark Maslin | – The COP26 UN climate talks in Glasgow have finished and the gavel has come down on the Glasgow Climate Pact agreed by all 197 countries. If the 2015 Paris Agreement provided the framework for countries to tackle climate change then Glasgow, six years on, was the first […]

Climate Crisis

As Activists sue, Judges are not waiting on Politicians to rule against Carbon Emissions

Clean Energy Wire

By Isabel Sutton | – ( Clean Energy Wire) – A string of landmark rulings forcing governments to step up emission cuts have turned the courts into a new and powerful line of defence in the fight against climate change. An increasing number of judges now consider global warming a human rights issue, and therefore […]

Climate Crisis

Oil and Gas Corporations are waging a Climate Disinformation Campaign on Twitter during COP26

The Conversation

By Jill Hopke | – When oil and gas companies took to Twitter during the first half of the U.N.’s Glasgow climate conference, they often presented themselves as part of the solution to climate change and talked about energy security. In many ways, their messaging on social media provides a window into how these companies […]

Climate Crisis

2021 was a bad year for glaciers in western North America — and it’s about to get much worse

The Conversation

By Brian Menounos | – The year 2021 will likely be one of the worst for glaciers in southern British Columbia, Alberta, Washington and Montana. It started out OK. A weak La Niña arrived in the fall of 2020 and continued through the winter. La Niñas tend to favour cool conditions and ample snowfall, so […]

Arab World

The Middle East is heating twice as Fast as the Rest of the World: How long will it be Habitable?

Middle East Monitor

By Nasim Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Alarm bells are ringing at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow over the perilous fate of the planet. The threat of a “doomsday” scenario was echoed in the speeches of world leaders taking part, warning of the “existential threat to human existence”. The message […]