Tag: climate justice

• The State of Climate Tech 2020

  September 27, 2020

  As the COVID-19 pandemic has taken hold of the world, the question of whether venture capital, and early stage investing more broadly, is backing and scaling the innovations our world… more ›

• COVID‐19 Pandemic Imperils Weather Forecast

  September 20, 2020

  Weather forecasts play essential parts in economic activity. Assimilation of meteorological observations from aircraft improves forecasts greatly. However, global lockdown during the COVID‐19 pandemic (March to May 2020) has eliminated… more ›

• A New Ship’s Mission: Let the Deep Sea Be Seen

  September 20, 2020

  Mr. Dalio is one of a growing number of billionaire philanthropists seeking to reinvent themselves as patrons of social progress through science research. According to Forbes, he has an estimated net worth of… more ›

• Time wars

  September 8, 2020

  Every human generation fights for survival, demanding from the earth all the means and resources it needs to thrive and evolve. This is not a conscious or coordinated effort, and it… more ›

• Climate migration

  September 6, 2020

  Sea level rise, sweltering temperatures, parching drought, intense wildfires, catastrophic flooding, powerful hurricanes—the effects of climate change are widespread and varied across the globe. These events, which are becoming more… more ›

• Air conditioning technology is the great missed opportunity in the fight against climate change

  September 6, 2020

  Soaring AC demand will threaten our power grids and accelerate global warming – unless we begin making major changes soon. https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/09/01/1007762/air-conditioning-grid-blackouts-california-climate-change/ more ›

• 130 Degrees

  August 8, 2020

  So now we have some sense of what it’s like: a full-on global-scale crisis, one that disrupts everything. Normal life—shopping for food, holding a wedding, going to work, seeing your… more ›

• COVID-19 is awful. Climate change could be worse.

  August 4, 2020

  A global crisis has shocked the world. It is causing a tragic number of deaths, making people afraid to leave home, and leading to economic hardship not seen in many… more ›

• Microsoft’s astonishing climate change goals, explained

  August 1, 2020

  You could be forgiven for missing it, given the surplus of news, but the past few years have seen a profusion of climate change commitments from big tech companies. Facebook,… more ›

• China Wants Food. Brazil Pays the Price.

  February 17, 2020

  This article is a collaboration between The Atlantic and the Pulitzer Center. The Amazon tends to evoke an Edenic vision—of a mysterious and impenetrable land, pregnant with beasts from jaguars… more ›