Traditional models still ‘outperform AI’ for extreme weather forecasts
Computer models that use artificial intelligence (AI) cannot forecast record-breaking weather as well as traditional climate models, according to a new study.
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Debates on degrowth: What drives us to keep growing?
Economic growth does not increase our well-being. It drives environmental damage and will inevitably slow as we hit resource limits. Yet many countries, companies, and individuals remain fiercely attached to growth. This article uses systemic analysis and System Dynamics diagrams to explore why we keep pursuing more, despite what we know.
How a different kind of education built the world’s most equal democracies
Nordic countries used an education system rooted in human ecology and civic formation to build high‑trust, more equal democracies. Could similar changes in U.S. schools help confront inequality, polarization and the climate crisis?
US policy, gangs and climate change are reshaping Central America
Migration and democratic decline in Central America cannot be understood separately from the intertwined impacts of US intervention, gang violence, economic instability and climate disruption. As droughts, displacement and insecurity deepen, the region faces growing pressure toward both migration and authoritarian rule.
Rebuilding after wildfire: Paradise, California hosts a gathering on community resilience
A gathering in Paradise, California, will bring together fire-affected communities, local leaders and resilience practitioners to explore what rebuilding after catastrophe can look like beyond simply restoring the old normal.
Wars destroy lives and the climate. Why aren’t we counting military emissions?
War is a major driver of greenhouse gas emissions, yet most conflict-related emissions remain excluded from official climate accounting. Governments and international climate bodies must begin treating military emissions and the climate costs of war as central issues of accountability and justice.
How environmental destruction is built into corporate design
Modern corporations are legally and financially structured to prioritize profit over ecological stability. The result is a system that normalizes environmental destruction while diffusing responsibility across institutions and individuals.
Heat‑resistant corals could help reefs adapt to climate change
Efforts to save coral reefs from climate‑driven heatwaves focus on conserving and breeding heat‑resistant corals and harnessing resilient algae and bacteria, offering a test case for conservation in a warming world.
We have entered the age of consequences for climate and energy inaction: An interview with Richard Heinberg
In the final part of this three-part interview series, Richard Heinberg reflects on decades of ignored warnings about energy descent and economic collapse, calling for a voluntary relocalization of economics and politics.
To change big things, start small
Author and climate activist Katharine K. Wilkinson on the human infrastructure of social change.
Who Gets to Adapt? Robert W. Collin on climate inequality and the politics of who is protected – review
Robert W. Collin’s Who Gets to Adapt? is a solid examination of one of the most overlooked dimensions of climate change: not who is at risk, but who has the power to respond.
How to Think About the Future – Part 2: Four variables shaping the coming decades
Nate Hagens expands on the case for holding a distribution of possible futures rather than a single preferred one, and walks through a structured scenario-building exercise.
