Opinion / #geoengineering
Such technologies appeal to those who repudiate the need for transformative societal change to limit global warming and could become a dangerous distraction, especially as it gains traction as a delay tactic for the fossil fuel industry.
The areas most prone to sinking are megacities that house almost 20 per cent of the global urban population, and these areas are also the most heavily impacted by sea-level rise.
Policy & Finance
Pseudoscience is taking over social media–and putting us all at risk
The majority of a randomised sample of YouTube videos related to climate change showed that they oppose the scientific consensus that it is primarily caused by human activities, a new study has found.
As we face up to the challenges of the coming year, how does the global landscape for sustainable development look? IIED director Andrew Norton offers his thoughts on the key debates and changes we may see during 2018, and what they might mean for IIED's work.
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16 October 2017
Carbon & Climate
Geoengineering will not save us from climate change
20 June 2016
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Towards a more reflective planet
7 March 2016
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Book Review: Little Climate
13 July 2015
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The Paris climate-change spectacular
5 January 2015
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‘Climate hacking’ would be easy – that doesn’t mean we should do it
16 May 2012
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The smartest ways to save the world
30 April 2012
Carbon & Climate
The particle-emissions dilemma, by Henning Rodhe
26 July 2011
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Climate forcing and the threats of feedback mechanisms
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