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how stuck air pressure systems drive floods and heatwaves
How stuck air pressure systems cause heatwaves and floods

[ad_1] Climate change – fuelled by increasing greenhouse gases – is causing more Extreme weatherEvents…

Average premiums for combined home and contents insurance in Australia, 2018–19
We need a better strategy

[ad_1] The floods affecting Australia’s eastern seaboard are a “1 in 1,000 years event”, according…

aerial view of brown flood water and built structures
Why does water flood a home but not the next time?

[ad_1] My phone buzzed with messages from friends as the floodwaters rose in Southeast Queensland…

aerial view of brown flood water and built structures
Why does water submerge a home in one flood, but not the next?

[ad_1] My phone buzzed with text messages from friends last week as the floodwaters rose…

Green street in the Netherlands
Australia could get to net zero emissions much quicker than 2050 – if our politics was a force for change. Here’s how.

[ad_1] Let’s imagine Australia was able to use politics to work on the single largest…

Average premiums for combined home and contents insurance in Australia, 2018–19
We need a better strategy

[ad_1] The floods affecting Australia’s eastern seaboard are a “1 in 1,000-year events”, according to…

Young people raise plastic containers filled with water from a well.
IPCC report reveals how inequality makes impacts worse – and what to do about it

[ad_1] Nearly half of the global population – between 3.3 and 3.6 billion people –…

Black and white image of men in a small boat in front of a tall brick building that is half submerged in flood water. The building had 'West End Brewery' written on it
Climate scientists discuss floods and future risk

[ad_1] The deluge that swept through southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales over the…

Three adults and two young children wade through flood water carrying suitcases.
US Climate risks are rising – a scientist looks at the dangers her children will have to adapt to, from wildfires to water scarcity

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Tackling inequality will break the gridlock on what to do about climate change
The gridlock over what to do about climate changes can be broken by tackling inequality

[ad_1] There have been many discussions about the urgency of climate change. But it’s universally…