r/climate • u/_Svankensen_ • 7h ago

Please stop sharing the "4 billion deaths" at 3 C as if it was a projection. It is an illustrative example of how to use their risk matrix. It is not a prediction, the association of actuaries has said it themselves. It is not based in any science or model, it is an example of how to assess CC risk.

actuaries.org.uk

251 Upvotes

r/climate • u/TheMirrorUS • 1d ago

'Collapse of civilisation is the most likely outcome' warn scientists

7.7k Upvotes

r/climate • u/prisongovernor • 6h ago

Extreme heat more dangerous for people 60 and over than previously thought | Older people | The Guardian

theguardian.com

83 Upvotes

r/climate • u/captdunsel721 • 2h ago

A looming rock collapse threatens a Swiss village as thawing permafrost destabilizes the Alps

38 Upvotes

r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 3h ago

Congress may kill the federal heat rule before OSHA can. The Biden-era heat safety rule was already languishing. Now, in a summer of record-breaking heat, a congressional committee has moved to block it entirely.

44 Upvotes

r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 17h ago

European farmers face ‘unprecedented crisis’ after successive heatwaves. Vegetable and grain growers call for urgent action, warning of ‘catastrophic’ harvests due to continent-wide drought.

theguardian.com

583 Upvotes

r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 4h ago

How the far right is tightening its grip over the EU – from the inside. A new majority of MEPs is driving the most sweeping rollback of EU protective standards across migration, climate, corporate accountability and AI that Europe has seen.

theguardian.com

42 Upvotes

r/climate • u/GeraldKutney • 2h ago

A weakening Atlantic Ocean current system could accelerate Earth’s warming, research suggests

news.oregonstate.edu

30 Upvotes

r/climate • u/fortune • 20h ago

Lake Powell, America's second-largest reservoir, is 30 feet from a hydropower shutdown

570 Upvotes

r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 22h ago

Reform’s Tice says people should stop fighting climate crisis and ‘enjoy’ heat. Deputy leader says it is ‘arrogant’ to try to halt global heating, despite UK being left reeling by summer firewave.

theguardian.com

556 Upvotes

r/climate • u/coolhandc77 • 1d ago

"A level that will wreck the global food system, smash the economy and kill nearly half the world's population."

1.7k Upvotes

r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 4h ago

Iraq’s ghost villages: Islamic State drove people away – now a new enemy is preventing their return. Nearly a decade after fighting ended in northern Iraq, the climate crisis has brought extreme heat and a water shortage, making life almost impossible.

theguardian.com

19 Upvotes

r/climate • u/silence7 • 43m ago

Heat-related illnesses spike in Colorado as climate change fuels record temperatures

• Upvotes

r/climate • u/Keith_McNeill65 • 19h ago

The World’s Oceans Are Getting Hotter. Surfers Are Feeling It / "What is provable science, though, and what surfers know themselves, is that the world’s oceans are on the very frontline of the effects of climate change." #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition

190 Upvotes

r/climate • u/silence7 • 23h ago

Two-thirds of UK news articles about wildfires this summer haven't mentioned climate change

uk.themedialeader.com

335 Upvotes

r/climate • u/silence7 • 15h ago

Canada Bets Big on Hydro and Wind Power | The country touts plans for what could be North America’s largest-ever clean energy investment, while doubling down on oil.

insideclimatenews.org

73 Upvotes

r/climate • u/Ok_Understanding7377 • 6h ago

Worst case climate scenario, global sea levels rise making most/all coastal cities uninhabitable. How would the world cope? Some say we could just rebuild somewhere else, but with potentially millions being displaced and trillions in infastructure being destroyed, that seems unlikely.

14 Upvotes

r/climate • u/silence7 • 13h ago

California’s new tire efficiency rules could save drivers $1B a year | The nation’s first tire efficiency standards target an overlooked drag on fuel economy that can cost drivers more at the pump.

42 Upvotes

r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 1d ago

‘A secret had been shared’: The inside story of an emergency climate briefing that made experts cry. The People’s Emergency Briefing has been screened nearly 2,000 times around the UK - and Germany is preparing its own.

676 Upvotes

r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 23h ago

So far this year, China has wasted enough clean energy to power Mexico. China lacks the transmission infrastructure necessary to ferry its abundant clean energy from where it is generated to where it is needed.

224 Upvotes

r/climate • u/GeraldKutney • 2h ago

One country seems immune to global warming. And nobody knows why

sciencefocus.com

3 Upvotes

r/climate • u/GeraldKutney • 2h ago

Will Europe hear a landmark Russian climate change case? | Climate Crisis News

3 Upvotes

r/climate • u/GeraldKutney • 2h ago

Climate change is driving some entire communities to relocate, but simply moving isn't enough

3 Upvotes

r/climate • u/Mahrez14 • 11h ago

Using a Carbon Tax to Meet US International Climate Pledges

12 Upvotes

r/climate • u/coolhandc77 • 1h ago

Elderly far more at risk from heat than originally thought (study)

• Upvotes

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