Nukes, Climate Change, Cyber Disinformation Push Doomsday Clock to 100 Seconds
The iconic Doomsday Clock symbolizing the gravest perils facing humankind is now closer to midnight than at any point since its creation in 1947. Keep Reading
UN Ruling: Countries Cannot Deport Climate Migrants
The United Nations Human Rights Committee has determined that countries cannot deport people who have sought asylum due to climate-related threats. The historic ruling marks the first decision by a UN human rights treaty body based on a complaint filed by an individual seeking protection from the effects of climate change. Keep Reading
Virginia Beach Will Need to Spend Billions of Dollars to Battle Sea Level Rise, Says New City Report
The report, the culmination of a five-year, $3.8 million study conducted by an engineering consulting firm, lays out a sweeping vision for how the city must change to stave off the dangers of higher tides. Keep Reading
How the Security and Defense Sectors Are Best Suited to Address Climate-Change Threats
Maximize sector expertise in the 2020s to respond effectively to observed and predicted environmental threats. Keep Reading
More Wildfires Expected Globally as a Result of Human-Induced Climate Change
Human-induced climate change promotes the conditions on which wildfires depend, increasing their likelihood - according to a review of research on global climate change and wildfire risk. Keep Reading
Trump Administration’s Latest Disaster Preparedness Report Omits Climate Change
Abigail Dennis, a spokesperson for FEMA, wrote in an email that emergency managers need to be prepared for disasters regardless of the reasons why the climate is changing. Keep Reading
New State of Emergency Declared as Australia’s Deadly Fires Force Evacuations
A weeklong state of emergency has been called in the Australian state of New South Wales as deadly wildfires continue to ravage communities, forcing thousands from their homes. Keep Reading
Illegal Immigration, Climate Change, and China Feature in Pew Research Center’s Noteworthy Findings for 2019
Pew Research Center has named a decline in unauthorized Mexican migrants as one of its most noteworthy findings of the year, while the number of unauthorized immigrants from the Northern Triangle has risen. Keep Reading
Report: Climate Change Is Making Specific Weather Events More Extreme
A drought that parched the southwestern U.S. Extraordinary flooding in the Mid-Atlantic states. Heat waves that baked the Iberian peninsula and northeast Asia. Vanishing sea ice in the Bering Sea. Keep Reading
Only One in Five Countries Ready for Healthcare Risks of Climate Change
The impacts of climate change are no longer merely a warning for the future. We are already seeing myriad consequences such as the major heatwaves in Japan which caused more than 100 deaths and some 18,000 hospitalizations. In addition, about half the global population is now threatened by the dengue virus. Keep Reading
