Global Warming: What to Believe?
This winter some parts of the world are freezing in record cold conditions. Is this really what global warming looks like?
This winter some parts of the world are freezing in record cold conditions. Is this really what global warming looks like?
Seemingly rational doubt about global warming is not founded on facts but on a campaign of disinformation, says the author of ‘Climate Cover Up’ James Hoggan.
Everybody is talking about "climate change" and "global warming". But what is global warming, actually?
Earth is a blue planet, but its color is fading fast. The world’s oceans, two thirds of the planet’s surface, are in rapid decline. Climate change and overfishing lead the list of culprits: to save our seas we must cut carbon and put away our nets.
For millennia the weather has been the most important thing in human existence. We feared drought and prayed for rain. “Owning the Weather”, the latest film from director Robert Greene, investigates whether modern technology could control it and trick a changing climate.
For years the World Economic Forum has warned of spendthrift governments. Apparently nobody was listening, because in 2010 the threat became reality. The biggest impacts will be a rise in unemployment and less money for social security systems.
Cop out or breakthrough? The Climate Group’s senior analyst Damian Ryan, just returned from Denmark, assesses the climate summit and explains what needs to happen next.
Throughout history, inspirational new technologies like the steam engine or the internet have generated long cycles of prosperity. The current financial crisis could kick-start a new cycle of green prosperity, argues a study from Allianz Global Investors.
Only economic growth will allow India to lift hundreds of millions of its citizens out of extreme poverty. But rapid Indian development also increases pressure on the global climate. How will India face this dilemma?
