When people found out I was going to be in Brussels, invitations for lunch and dinner came out of the woodwork, and people started booking train rides, including two from London. Lengthy conversations on different decarbonization challenges ensued, around the main event itself, the book launch of the second edition … [continued]
Sadly, most people don’t take climate change seriously. After all, we all have a lot on our plates. Heck, I write for CleanTechnica and I don’t have solar panels on my roof or electric heat in the winter. It’s just not something I’m in a position to do yet, regardless … [continued]
By Jeremy Deaton By making it easier for people to migrate to the United States, President Biden could give a much-needed boost to countries hard-hit by climate change. The United States has generated more heat-trapping carbon pollution than any other nation, but it has not felt the impact of climate … [continued]
People forced from their homes by the impacts of climate change have no legal definition under international (or American) refugee law, but the Biden administration may seek to change that, the AP reports. The matter is urgent. A UN World Meteorological Organization report released Monday showed an average of 23 … [continued]
I’ll never forget when the fires first woke me up. It was 2017, and a dumb local teenager threw a firework into a tinder box of dry trees and plants, and in a blink of an eye the beloved Columbia River Gorge was on fire and the City of Portland was covered in smoke for days on end.
The creation of special “climate refugee” visas for Pacific Islanders forced from their homes by rising sea levels were proposed by New Zealand, the country’s new climate change minister has revealed, as the UN climate talks in Bonn, Germany, concluded.
When rising waters from superstorms like Katrina or Sandy inundate heavily populated coastal communities, vast numbers of people will abandon their destroyed homes and flee for safety and shelter elsewhere.
Where will they go — and how will their destination cities cope with them?
Expect climate change to open the floodgates of migration. Mass migration will become the “new normal” as climates are disrupted across the world, with global warming thus posing a clear and present security threat. That’s what many generals have recently said, warning that climate change sets the stage for an “unimaginable” refugee crisis.
The Maldives is one of the nations most threatened by sea level rise, but while it has committed to clean technology, they know it won’t save them.
The top American military officer in the Pacific, in charge of watching over the region containing China, North Korea, and Russia, has warned that the greatest long-term threat to security in the region isn’t any of those countries, it’s climate change. In an interview with the Boston Globe, Navy Admiral … [continued]
