Source: Union of Concerned Scientists Nations will soon be gathering in Belém, Brazil for the annual UN climate “conference of the parties”— COP30 —against a backdrop of incredibly challenging geopolitical and climate realities. Grossly insufficient action from world leaders has already resulted in worsening climate extreme events and has put the crucial, science-informed goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels out of reach . As I write this, Jam

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists Next week, COP30 —or the UN Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)—returns to my home country of Brazil, in Belém. The UNFCCC is the treaty adopted by most of the world’s countries in 1992 to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations and prevent dangerous human-induced interference with the climate system. Longer ago than I like to think about… I was actually in Brazil for the UN’s C

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists The US government’s move to enact the fossil fuel industry’s agenda by basing climate and energy policy on official disinformation could cause us to despair. As my colleague Carlos Martinez recently wrote, “99% of the peer-reviewed scientific literature substantiates… human-caused climate change and its impacts.” But apparently, we must keep fighting the same lies, misrepresentations, and mischaracterizations—straight out of the dis

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Source: Union of Concerned Scientists The true costs of coal, natural gas, and other fossil fuels aren’t always obvious—but their impacts...

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists Attribution science shows us precisely how much climate change is shaping and changing our world....

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists How Major Carbon Producers Drive Sea Level Rise and Climate Injustice Major fossil fuel producers...

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists A Runner’s Quest Through a Changing Landscape In 2022 I visited Glacier National Park for the...

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists Last month, the Pew Research Center released a report on public trust in scientists–overall and,...

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists Five Ways the Fossil Fuel Industry Tries to Co-opt UN Climate COPs The fossil fuel industry’s...

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists How Do You Talk to Children about Climate Change? One Book Has a Few Ideas Science communication is...

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists How to Protect Coastal Infrastructure at Risk from Sea Level Rise A new UCS study released today,...

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists Taking a Lesson from the Tobacco Ad Ban to Shut Down Fossil Fuel Greenwashing When was the last...

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists From Whale Oil to Wind Power: The Fossil Fuel Industry’s Disinformation Is an Ocean of Hypocrisy...

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists After Decades of Disinformation, the US Finally Begins Regulating PFAS Chemicals In April 2024, the...

Source: UCS How International Courts Can Drive Climate Action Fossil fuel companies are well established as founts of disinformation,...

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists Banks Continue to Prop Up the Fossil Fuel Industry The hypocrisy of the world’s biggest banks on...

Fighting Big Ag Pollution with Maps and Math Source: Union of Concerned Scientists When I was living in Cleveland in 1969, the shores of...

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists If 2022 was the year that corporate climate-related financial disclosure jumped out of the...