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2024-12-20

  This Year in Climate: 2024

2024 set new records for extreme heat around the world in what is already the warmest decade on record. According to the World Meteorological Organization, sea-level rise and ocean heating are accelerating along with the loss of ice from glaciers. We c...
  Climate One from The Commonwealth Club author
2024-12-13

  Transfer of Power: Life After Coal

For over a century, coal fueled much of the country and served as the economic backbone for many rural communities. But with the rise of more affordable wind and solar energy, coal is in decline, leaving these towns increasingly vulnerable. As jobs dis...
  Climate One from The Commonwealth Club author
2024-12-06

  What Trump 2.0 Means for the Climate

On the surface, climate policy couldn’t face a worse future than under a second Trump administration. As a candidate, Trump said on his first day back in office: “I want to drill, drill, drill.” So, what are environmental organizations, including those...
  Climate One from The Commonwealth Club author
2024-11-29

  REWND: You Gonna Finish That? Saving Good Food from Going Bad

Globally, one-third of food produced every year is wasted. That’s enough to feed about 2 billion people — twice the number of people who are undernourished. The global food system also accounts for a whopping one-third of the world’s greenhouse gas emi...
  Climate One from The Commonwealth Club author
2024-11-22

  Heroic Lives of Climate Defenders

Climate advocacy is a dangerous business. According to Global Witness, every week, somewhere in the world, between three and four environmental activists are killed. And even when they don’t suffer bodily harm, they are routinely arrested and jailed fo...
  Climate One from The Commonwealth Club author
2024-11-15

  Where Do We Go From Here? COP29 and the Path Ahead

For the third year in a row, the world’s most important climate conference is taking place in a country whose largest source of export revenue is fossil fuel. This year, over 190 countries are assembling in Baku, Azerbaijan. And despite nearly 30 years...
  Climate One from The Commonwealth Club author
2024-11-08

  In the Eye of the Storm: TV Meteorologists Talk Climate

When it comes to communicating climate science, weathercasters are uniquely positioned to connect the facts to viewers’ experiences. TV meteorologists are trusted members of their communities, and they’re often the only scientists the general public he...
  Climate One from The Commonwealth Club author
2024-11-01

  REWIND: Artificial Intelligence, Real Climate Impacts

Artificial intelligence can do some pretty amazing things, including for the climate. AI can help optimize the electric grid, make heating and cooling buildings more efficient, and pinpoint exactly where greenhouse gas emissions are coming from all aro...
  Climate One from The Commonwealth Club author
2024-10-25

  REWIND: What More Can I Do?

If you’re a climate-conscious person, you likely already know some of the main ways you can reduce your contribution to greenhouse gasses: buy less, eat less meat, ride your bike. But there are other, less obvious methods we don’t always think of: voti...
  Climate One from The Commonwealth Club author
2024-10-23

  The Tunnel Vision: A Look at California’s $20 Billion Solution to Its Climate Crisis

California has one of the most ambitious and highly engineered water delivery systems on the planet, and it’s being eyed for a new extension. The Delta Conveyance Project is Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposal for a 45-mile underground tube that would tap...
  Climate One from The Commonwealth Club author