For decades, people in the UK tended to view air conditioning as something that belonged elsewhere. It was associated with office buildings, hotels and hotter countries rather than their own homes. But as summers become warmer and heatwaves more frequent, that picture is beginning to change. Colleagues and I analysed data from the English Housing […]
The answer is anything but simple. Over recent decades, the relationship between climate change and migration has become an active, dynamic field of research. But far from producing a unified view, the topic is still plagued with major conceptual, methodological and political discrepancies. Our new research project, published in the journal Papers, aims to better […]
The Australian government has agreed to invest almost $53 million in a north Tasmanian company that will upgrade its coal-fired kiln to burn wood “waste” and used tyres for cement manufacturing. The Federal Minister for Climate Change, Chris Bowen, says this initiative will help decarbonise the Australian economy. However, the science is clear: burning forest […]
Deep in the Atlantic, a vast circulation of water carries heat from the tropics towards Greenland. This is the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, or Amoc. It does this work largely out of sight, so doesn’t have the public profile of rainforests, polar ice caps or other huge climate-regulating systems. Recent studies suggest it is weakening. […]
Muscat: The Environment Authority presented the Oman Climate Week agenda at the Ambassadors’ Gathering on Monday morning at the Intercity Hotel. The President of the Environment Authority, Dr Abdullah al Amry, in his speech urged the ambassadors to invite their respective ministers and researchers for the annual event that is to take place from September […]
Around the world, ocean warming is causing fish to move polewards in search of cooler water. But what if you’re a tiny prawn, barramundi or rare sawfish in a northern Australian gulf and your exit southwards is blocked by land? To date, there’s been a global gap in understanding how shallow tropical gulfs and bays […]
Imagine living in the same forest as your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents and all your ancestors as far back in time as stories can tell, and depending on the forest for food, shelter, recreation and education. Imagine, then, that the forest depends on you, too, because you and your people have protected it for generations. Then, […]
MUSCAT: Alizz Islamic Bank hosted a workshop on capacity building in climate finance for Omani banks at its headquarters on Tuesday. The event was organised by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, in cooperation with the Oman Banks Association. The workshop focused on global trends in climate finance, priority […]
