This report provides an overview of the global buildings and construction sector. It discusses the trends in energy demand, the role of policy, technological
advancements, and investment in shaping a sustainable future for the sector.Read More →
Daniel Levitt, Peter Andringa, Frank Hulley-Jones, Lydia Smears, Jonathan Watts
The Guardian
This article describes the climate disasters that the world experienced in 2018 by month, including extreme temperatures in Europe, drought in Argentina, flooding in India, and hurricanes and wildfires in the United States.Read More →
This report shows that in 2018, scientists published at least 43 research papers looking at links between climate change and extreme weather events, of which 32 found that climate change made the events more likely or more intense.Read More →
This article discusses how countries pledge Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the terms of the Paris Agreement, and the implications of each country's NDCs. Read More →
Kristie L. Ebi, Christopher Boyer, Kathryn J. Bowen, Howard Frumkin, Jeremy Hess
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
This paper describes an approach to climate and health indicators, including characteristics of the indicators, implementation, and research needs.Read More →
Thomas L. Frölicher, Erich M. Fischer, Nicolas Gruber
Nature
This report argues that marine heat waves (MHWs) are becoming longer-lasting and more frequent, extensive and intense in the past few decades, and that this trend will accelerate under further global warming.Read More →
KGM & Associates Pty Ltd., Global Eciency Intelligence, LLC.
This report provides an analysis of the carbon loophole at the global level, surveying global trends and delving into the countries and sectors most implicated in the carbon loophole.Read More →
Benjamin D. Santer, Stephen Po-Chedley, Mark D. Zelinka, Ivana Cvijanovic, Céline Bonfils, Paul J. Durack, Qiang Fu, Jeffrey Kiehl, Carl Mears, Jeffrey Painter, Giuliana Pallotta, Susan Solomon, Frank J. Wentz, Cheng-Zhi Zou
American Association for the Advancement of Science
The results of this study suggest that attribution studies with the seasonal cycle of tropospheric temperature provide powerful and novel evidence for a statistically significant human effect on Earth’s climate.Read More →