#climate-crisis

#climate-crisis

As the climate crisis throws its destructive effects ever more fully in our faces, cities during heatwaves are their own type of ground zero.

In near-future Thailand, food is scarce, but federal propaganda assures us that life is worse elsewhere. Purposefully isolated from the outside world, Thai society is still more or less functional, thanks in part to the efforts of a wealthy entrepreneur named Mr Vasu, who popularized a new type of food made from processed insects.

Ted Cruz ensured the Republican spending bill slashed funding for weather forecasting, then went on vacation to Greece while Texas faced deadly flooding. Cruz visited Greece on Saturday after a flash flood killed over 100 people in Texas, including children at a camp, during which he promised lawmakers' response upon his return. Cruz acknowledged that something went wrong with the warning system for the flood, emphasizing the need for a better system of alerts to get children to safety.

Kelly Ramsey, the first woman in nearly a decade to join the Rowdy River Hotshots, shares insights from her memoir detailing her two years as a wildland firefighter.

Success in achieving climate goals hinges on countries submitting effective national plans to cut emissions, yet preliminary negotiations suggest a bleak outlook.

NATO's leaders agreed to invest 5% of their countries' GDP on defense by 2035, prompting concerns over military escalation, social service cuts, and climate outcomes.

The exhibition illustrates how art can act as a catalyst for environmental dialogue, inviting public participation to address pressing global crises while dismantling boundaries of traditional exhibition spaces.

The Trump administration appears sceptical about the climate crisis but is deeply concerned about another weather phenomenon: chemtrails. To conspiracists, chemtrails are visible trails left by commercial airliners, lasting longer than the usual condensation trails from jets and containing unknown, sinister chemicals.

Dorian Lynskey's work emphasizes how the climate emergency, while catastrophic, unfolds at a pace slower than typical disaster storytelling allows, challenging traditional narrative forms.

the most powerful people in the world are preparing for the end of the world, an end they themselves are frenetically accelerating.

High fire risk alerts have been issued across New Jersey as crews battle one of the largest wildfires in state history, highlighting the severe fire danger in the region.

I feel as useless as a tree in a city park / Standing as a symbol of what we have blown apart.

Ed Miliband criticized Conservatives and Reform for abandoning the climate crisis, asserting Labour's commitment to green energy investment and transition.

A little unsettling... It was tough because that episode, to me, needs to work, otherwise the audience is just not in it.

As the climate crisis escalates in Pakistan, rural women face life-threatening challenges during childbirth, with extreme temperatures and floods severely impacting health services.

Amitabh Behar emphasizes that while billionaires amassed $2 trillion last year, 3.6 billion people live below the poverty line, highlighting increasing global inequality.