The Apocalypse Is Unevenly Distributed
Geoengineering, solar radiation management, Termination Shock. Oh my.
Welcome back to Wicked Problems. For our American cousins, today marks the beginning of the end of summer and a long weekend. Enjoy.
Florida is counting the cost of climate-change-supercharged Hurricane Idalia - but just a few weeks ago governor Ron DeSantis blocked the state receiving $350m in federal climate adaptation funding. 38-year-old Claire Coutinho is Britain’s new energy and climate minister. Politico explores her green credentials. (Actually better than expected?)
1.5°C is Toast. Are We Going to Talk Geoengineering?
The FT’s weekend Long Read is a doozy. DC corr Aime Williams and Brussels-based Alice Hancock byline a story that will drive conversations over the weekend.
IPCC chair Jim Skea started this summer to prepare the world for the bad news that the Paris goal of limiting global heating to 1.5°C is almost certainly out…
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