A recent report by the Greater Sydney Commission singles out urban heat as one of four priority areas given our coming climate.

A common demand in discussions about climate change is to respect the science. This is appropriate. We should all be paying close attention to the urgent and terrifying conclusions being published by climate scientists.

As the brutal reality of climate change dawned this summer, you may have asked yourself a hard question: am I well-prepared to live in a warmer world?

If you’re a traveller who cares about reducing your carbon footprint, are some airlines better to fly with than others?

Academics travel a lot. Whether for fieldwork or conferences, we’re often encouraged to do it. Often internationally, invariably by aeroplane.

The slogan “What you can measure, you can manage” has become a guiding principle for local climate action. There’s an accounting standard made for this purpose

Transforming the way we travel is an essential part of tackling the climate crisis. The transport sector contributes about 20% of global carbon emissions. In the UK the figure is 33%, and the country has made virtually no progress in reducing emissions from transport.

In the quest to cut carbon out of civilisation, the future of transport is key. Emissions from the sector have doubled in the past 40 years and continue to rise.

The 2020s will have to involve some very big decisions about transport – the UK’s most polluting sector. The UK government’s response so far has been erratic, choosing to intervene to prevent the collapse of Flybe (Europe’s biggest regional airline) and give the green light for the high-speed rail project, HS2.

A majority of American millennials reject the economic system, while 55% of women age 18 to 54 say they prefer socialism.

Earth’s forests oxygenate the atmosphere and store vast quantities of planet-warming carbon dioxide (CO₂). But research suggests that the health of these vast ecosystems in large part depends on the work of indigenous people.

I want you to imagine a highway exclusively devoted to delivering the world’s energy. Each lane is restricted to trucks that carry one of the world’s seven large-scale sources of primary energy: coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear, hydro, solar and wind.

Human society is literally built on soil. It feeds the world and produces vital fuel and fiber. But most people rarely give soil a second thought.

We have heard a lot about climate change, and we need to hear more about what we can do, individually and collectively, to address it.

The UK government recently pledged to bring forward a ban on new diesel and petrol car sales from 2040, to 2035.

Glaciers have carved some of Earth’s most beautiful landscapes by steepening and deepening valleys through erosion.

Thanks to the climate crisis, we are fast approaching the “point of no return”, according to world leaders.

Australia’s recent bushfire crisis will be remembered for many things – not least, the tragic loss of life, property and landscape.

The UK’s official climate advisor, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), recently published a report outlining how to reduce the 12% of greenhouse gas emissions that come from land use by two thirds by 2050.