What has the world learned from recent extreme weather events that can limit damage and human suffering?
Every new extreme weather event brings new lessons about climate change, be it to better understand the science behind it or equally important how to respond effectively. …
Saving the planet from climate change is increasingly dependent on cooperation among countries with contentious relations
As President Biden’s Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry has been visiting foreign nations at a furious pace, most recently China. His mission: to save the planet from increasingly imminent climate disaster through coordinated global action on a massive scale. US climate policy to date has been limited and…
If some of the fittest humans on earth can’t handle the heat, what does that mean for the rest of us?
The Tokyo Olympic Games were memorable for numerous reasons, many having nothing to do with athletics. In addition to the year-long delay and ban on spectators due to the pandemic, much of the media coverage had to do with the extreme heat. A Spanish tennis player collapsed during her match…
A visit to Alaska triggers different perspectives on a subject I’ve researched for decades
Every week brings news of some new climate disaster. Recent extreme events have included record heat in the Pacific Northwest, wildfires across the west, and deadly floods in China and Germany. Reporting on each includes dramatic pictures and mortality data. Human nature being what it is, perhaps growing public awareness…
What we don’t know about climate change can hurt us
The dramatic collapse of the Champlain Tower in Surfside, Florida along the coast north of Miami Beach led to questions about the possible contributing role of climate change. Understanding why it happened is a pressing question, not only because of the more than 140 persons missing or dead attributable to…
In a previous post, I addressed the complex universe of corporate and financial claims to climate change leadership, lifting the veil on marketing claims to distinguish the good (and maybe good), bad, and truly ugly. So, what can and is being done to make companies and investors more responsive to…
The global oil industry is not going away and needs to become part of the solution to climate change
The bigger they are, the harder they fall is a cherished belief among Americans especially when applied to large, politically powerful corporations. …
There’s a growing sense of excitement among climate change experts, and it’s not about the jaw-dropping low prices of renewable energy that will help reduce the world’s CO2 emissions. …
Those of us who grew up with Kermit the Frog and his song are likely to think of “being green” as a binary state — either you are or you aren’t. But when it comes to corporate claims of good environmental behavior, and especially those with respect to climate change…
One in an ongoing series of blogs about responding to the challenges of climate change. Previous blogs are available at https://medium.com/me/stories/public.
Climate change is a complex and often contentious subject. Among the most hotly debated issues is a question about human behavior rather than science: is it better to scare…
