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New research may help scientists predict when a humid heat wave will break

January 6, 2026

As these events become more common at midlatitudes, a phenomenon called an atmospheric inversion will determine how long they last. Jennifer Chu | MIT Newshttps://news.mit.edu/2026/new-research-may-help-scientists-predict-when-humid-heat-wave-will-break-0105 A long stretch of humid…

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This year’s climate talks saw real progress – just not on fossil fuels

November 24, 2025

Antonio Scorza/COP30, CC BY-NC-ND Jacqueline Peel, The University of Melbourne It wasn’t a comfortable process for the tens of thousands of delegates trying to hash out progress on climate change…

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Five key issues at the UN climate summit in Brazil – and why they matter to you and the planet

November 15, 2025

Alix Dietzel, University of Bristol and Katherine Fitzpatrick, University of Bristol The world’s most important climate summit – known this year as Cop30 – has begun in the Amazonian…

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Why climate summits fail – and three ways to save them

October 21, 2025

Climate governance is a mess. Orjan Ellingvag / Alamy (Art: ‘The Thinker’s Burden’, by environmental artist Benjamin von Wong outside the UN headquarters) Francesco Grillo, Bocconi University Nearly three decades…

Think Globally, Rebuild Locally

April 2, 2024

In order to recycle construction materials, keep them close to home, a new study of Amsterdam suggests. Peter Dizikes | MIT NewsMIT News (https://news.mit.edu/2024/think-globally-rebuild-locally) Building construction accounts for a huge…

How We Can Identify Climate-Vulnerable Neighbourhoods And Protect Inhabitants

January 27, 2024

The Netherlands is working to protect its climate-vulnerable neighbourhoods It is not the disaster of large floods, but the stacking of smaller damage from climate change that will likely become…

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Putting People At The Centre Of The Green Transition

January 21, 2024

Labour market disruptions, risks to the accessibility of products, and gaps in financing and capability impact fairness in the green transition. The window to avert the consequences of climate change…

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Renewables Now Generate More Of Britain’s Electricity Than Fossil Fuels – But What Happens Next?

January 14, 2024

David Falconer / Shutterstock Will de Freitas, The Conversation At the start of 2016, in an article noting some exciting changes in British energy, The Conversation published the following paragraph:…

Why The COP28 Climate Summit Mattered, And What To Watch For In 2024

December 27, 2023

U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and his Chinese counterpart, Xie Zhenhua, had front-row seats at COP28’s final session. Kiara Worth/UN Climate Change via Flickr,, CC BY-NC-SA Rachel…

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