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Ignoring the science has brought us to the edge. The climate summit is the last chance to turn back
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Ignoring the science has brought us to the edge. The climate summit is the last chance to turn back
The veteran climate researcher, a Nobel peace prize winner, on the urgency of the UN climate conference in Glasgow
The world has been hit by record temperatures and devastating weather in 2021
When weather disaster strikes, observers near and far ask the same question: Climate change—is it or isn't it? The simplest answer, yes, lacks
When weather disaster strikes, observers near and far ask the same question: Climate change — is it or is it not? The simplest answer, yes, lacks specificity. All weather is a joint human-nature venture, because humans have made the atmosphere hotter than it has been in 125,000 years. Disasters are nothing new. Assigning blame for them is. A breakthrough out of the UK is providing better, more nuanced answers faster with powerful implications for citizens, first responders and the media. Friederike Otto is at the heart of it. Otto is a climate scientist at Imperial College London and coleade...