Climate and architecture

By Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights

Prior to the invention of air-conditioning, architects had to figure out ways to keep people cool and ventilated through design rather than through the action of refrigerants and compressors.

Media Reaction: The 2018 Summer Heatwaves and Climate Change

By Daisy Dunne, Carbon Brief

From heatwave deaths in Japan, Algeria and Canada, to wildfires in Sweden, Greece and California, the extended spells of hot, dry weather have become frontpage news around the world. Carbon Brief looks back at how the media has reported the extreme weather and how the coverage has – or has not – referenced climate change.

Heat Check

By Justine Calma, Grist

Improving cooling center signage and generally making the facilities more inviting is part of New York City’s $106-million “Cool Neighborhoods” plan, launched last year to mitigate the health risks of extreme heat.

Movements without leaders: What to make of life on an overheating planet

By Bill McKibben, TomDispatch

The history we grow up with shapes our sense of reality -- it’s hard to shake.

Reflecting the urgency of the climate crisis — a conversation with 350′s Matt Leonard

By Bryan Farrell, Waging Nonviolence

Summer has been the season of climate action for the past two years.