Is hydrogen the lifeblood of a low-carbon future, or an overhyped distraction from real solutions? One thing is certain – the coal, oil and natural gas which currently power much of daily life must be phased out within coming decades. From the cars we drive to the energy that heats...
Joe Biden’s presidency is likely to be dominated by “the three Cs”: COVID-19, China and climate change. Each one of these behemoths could make or break him. Despite wildfires and hurricanes, this was not the long-awaited climate election. Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris campaigned on the promise of a...
While there is debate about whether or not a second wave of the COVID-19 crisis is rolling in, the far bigger waves of the climate and ecological crisis are looming large on the horizon. For too long, governments have largely ignored the scientific evidence and now time is running out...
A blog by Professor Piers Forster, Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate at the University of Leeds, with Dr Debbie Rosen, Science and Policy Manager for CONSTRAIN I’m a climate scientist not an epidemiologist, but like many of my colleagues, I’ve been reading the swiftly published papers coming...