Climatewatch


concept art of a wooden door in a barren field opening up to a lush green landscape

Doors are closing on solutions, argues the Climate Crisis Advisory Group

ByMarco MagriniApr 18, 2024
The four Rs – reduce, resilience, repair & remove - are now considered to be the keys to tackling the climate crisis, reports Marco Magrini
Wind turbines, Xinjiang, China

Climatewatch: The politics of net zero needs to move as fast as the technology changes

ByMarco MagriniMar 25, 2024
Marco Magrini points out that climate technology is racing ahead of climate politics in finding much-needed solutions
1.5 climate threshold graphic climate change

Climatewatch: 1.5°C? It’s now impossible

ByMarco MagriniFeb 9, 2024
Marco Magrini explains why he fears the 1.5°C warming target is going to be impossible to meet 
Glacier melt in Greenland

Climatewatch: Probability problems

ByMarco MagriniDec 22, 2023
Rather than scaremongering, Marco Magrini argues, scientists have, in fact, erred on the side of caution when predicting climate outcomes
Aerial view of coal power plant high pipes with black smoke moving up polluting atmosphere at sunset

Will the COP28 pledge to ‘transition’ away from fossil fuels be enough?

ByMarco MagriniDec 14, 2023
Marco Magrini considers whether this really is the beginning of the end for carbon energy and we can keep to climate targets
Sultan Al Jaber

COP28 update: can a conflicted president deliver on fossil fuel reduction?

ByMarco MagriniDec 10, 2023
As the haggling in this year's COP gets to the final stages, Marco Magrini, wonders what it will deliver on fossil fuel reduction
Graphic of seasons in a row with summer the biggest

Climatewatch: changing seasons

ByMarco MagriniDec 6, 2023
Marco Magrini on implications of the changing length of the seasons as a warming world brings longer summers and shorter, hotter winters
COP28’s president, Sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber, is also CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company

Climatewatch: COP28 predictions and fears

ByMarco MagriniNov 8, 2023
Marco Magrini fears the only success of the forthcoming COP28 is going to be in obfuscation and diplomatic double talk
Statue of Adam Smith in Edinburgh

Climatewatch: Can the market get us to net zero?

ByMarco MagriniOct 2, 2023
Marco Magrini considers whether markets alone can get us to net zero
A map showing heatwaves across europe and north africa in summer 2023

2023 Europe heatwave showed off the charts climate anomalies

ByMarco MagriniSep 7, 2023
Marco Magrini warns that we shouldn’t assume that dramatic change can’t suddenly happen
Large ships are powered by polluting ‘bunker’ fuel

Should we use geoengineering to tinker with the planet?

ByMarco MagriniJul 11, 2023
Marco Magrini considers the problems of geoengineering and it's consequences
Extrapolations, with Eiza González and Edward Norton, looks to the future

Climatewatch: Dystopian fact not dystopian fiction

ByMarco MagriniMay 24, 2023
Marco Magrini ponders why we have an insatiable appetite for dystopian fiction but seem willing to ignore the reality of climate change. Will the lessons from Apple TV's Extrapolations be heeded?
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