‘The stakes could not be higher’: world is on edge of climate abyss, UN warns – the Guardian
Top climate figures respond to Guardian survey of scientists who expect temperatures to soar, saying leaders must act radically…
We Asked 380 Top Climate Scientists What They Felt About the Future – the Guardian
They are terrified, but determined to keep fighting. Here is what they said…
Climate crisis costing $16m an hour in extreme weather damage, study estimates – the Guardian
The damage caused by the climate crisis through extreme weather has cost $16m (£13m) an hour for the past 20 years, according to a new estimate.
Storms, floods, heatwaves and droughts have taken many lives and destroyed swathes of property in recent decades, with global heating making the events more frequent and intense. The study is the first to calculate a global figure for the increased costs directly attributable to human-caused global heating…