Opinion

The UK isn’t ready for the heat that’s coming

The world is getting hot. Last month was the planet’s hottest June on record, according to an analysis from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, with substantially higher-than-usual temperatures recorded on land and sea. The highest average daily global temperature was...

Opinion

Air conditioning can’t stop climate migration

It’s a good time to be in the air-conditioning business. As my colleagues at Bloomberg News write, an additional 1 billion cooling units are expected to be installed by the end of the decade. It’s one of the main ways in which humans are adapting to more frequent and intense heatwaves.Wi...

Opinion

Where’s the justice in net zero

When it comes to climate policy, net zero is our lodestar — the goal for nations and companies alike. But with greenhouse gas emissions yet to peak and anti-climate sentiments rising, it’s worth examining whether, in our quest to balance the numbers, we’ve forgotten about our socie...

Opinion

Mosquitoes are poised to swamp global health systems

When you think of dangerous animals, the ones that typically spring to mind have teeth or claws. But what about wings and a proboscis?In many countries, mosquitoes are nothing more than a nuisance. But in others, they spread tropical diseases that kill at least 700,000 people a year — more tha...

Opinion

UK can learn from Bangladesh on adapting to climate crisis

For anyone who has sweated through record-high temperatures or waded through floodwater, it will come as no surprise that Britain is “strikingly unprepared” for the effects of climate change. That’s the conclusion of a report published Wednesday by the Climate Change Committee, the...