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Modelling suggests climate is considerably more sensitive to carbon emissions than thought Worst-case global heating scenarios may need to be revised upwards in light of a better understanding of the role of clouds, scientists have said. Recent modelling data suggests the climate is considerably more sensitive to carbon emissions than previously believed, and experts said

Publication date: October 2020 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 176 Author(s): Idiano D’Adamo, Pasquale Marcello Falcone, Piergiuseppe Morone

The effects of global heating are in evidence everywhere across the islands of Antarctica – from penguin colonies to melting glaciers. The Guardian’s global environment editor Jonathan Watts witnessed how conditions are changing quickly This episode first aired on Today in Focus, the Guardian’s global daily news podcast made by the Guardian team in London.

On 5th June 2020 Professor Carol Propper, Professor James Poterba, and John gave evidence to the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee on how Economics can inform our understanding of, and response to, the coronavirus pandemic. You can find a transcript of the discussion here. The post Economics and Modelling: Evidence Given to

Publication date: October 2020 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 176 Author(s): A. Leblois, T. Le Cotty, E. Maître d’Hôtel

The pandemic is an opportunity to tackle the climate emergency by creating productive green jobs for those made redundant by the crisis Britain needs a green job-filled recovery from the coronavirus crisis. Unlike Germany and South Korea, it is far from clear that we will get one. While Berlin and Seoul are retooling their fossil