Climate Crisis

Few would have expected Saito’s Japanese-language solution to the climate crisis to have much appeal outside leftwing academia and politics.

Dams form ponds, widen rivers, and create wetlands, building all kinds of aquatic habitats that many other animals like birds and frogs rely on. That’s why beavers are often called ecosystem engineers.

he New Zealand government says global heating is of ‘insufficient weight’ to stop new oil and gas projects.

That translates to a saving of 292 kilogrammes of carbon emissions, based on CLP’s 2021 greenhouse gas emission footprint of 0.39 kg per kWh

High temperature records are being obliterated across western Europe. Raging wildfires are displacing thousands of people.

This isn’t some quirk of the official forecasters. The Earth’s climate was broadly stable. But what if the environmental shocks just keep coming?

The TUC is calling for 30C as a new absolute maximum indoor temperature to indicate when work should stop, or 27C for those doing strenuous jobs.

‘Nobody is more vulnerable to extreme temperatures than people forced to live on the streets.’