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Giorgio Bertini
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Giorgio Bertini does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from these papers, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
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Category Archives: Climate change
What is COVID-19 teaching us about solving the climate crisis?
COVID-19 has rapidly changed the world we live in, as governments rightly prioritize our safety and wellbeing and ask us all to stay home. One of the upshots, for those of us lucky enough to be well, is that we … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, Coronavirus
Coronavirus and climate change: A tale of two crises
Coronavirus has cut emissions faster than years of climate negotiations. Does the outbreak reveal what life might be like if we were to act seriously on climate change? Or what it might be like if we don’t? China, the world’s … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Coronavirus
Tagged climate change, Coronavirus
The trouble with how we talk about climate change
It’s a rare day when the news doesn’t cover something related to climate change, whether biodiversity loss, climate refugees, retreating glaciers, or an extreme weather event. Though it’s broadly accepted that climate change is caused by “us,” at some level, … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Climate policy
Tagged climate change, climate policy
Why urgent action is needed to avoid centuries of global warming
In the climate change debate, we often hear the argument that the climate has been changing since time immemorial. This is true, but if modern climate change differs from pre-historic climate cycles, the statement by itself is empty. We need to … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, climate policy
Dialogic action in climate change discussions
Global efforts to prepare young developing minds for solving current and future challenges of climate change have advocated interdisciplinary, issues-based instructional approaches in order to transform traditional models of science education as delivering conceptual facts (UNESCO, 2014). This study is … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, Dialogue
Climate changes faster than animals adapt
Climate change can threaten species and extinctions can impact ecosystem health. It is therefore of vital importance to assess to which degree animals can respond to changing environmental conditions – for example by shifting the timing of breeding – and … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptive cycle, Animal, Climate change
Tagged adaptive cycle, animal, climate change
Children can foster climate change concern among their parents
The collective action that is required to mitigate and adapt to climate change is extremely difficult to achieve, largely due to socio-ideological biases that perpetuate polarization over climate change1,2. Because climate change perceptions in children seem less susceptible to the … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Climate change
Tagged Children, climate change
Indigenous knowledge networks in the face of global change
Indigenous communities rely extensively on plants for food, shelter, and medicine. It is still unknown, however, to what degree their survival is jeopardized by the loss of either plant species or knowledge about their services. To fill this gap, here we introduce indigenous knowledge … Continue reading
Why some conservatives are blind to climate change
Imagine this: A young professional couple at a party mentions they’re thinking of buying a home in a popular waterfront neighborhood that scientists have found is vulnerable to coastal flooding. That flood risk is made extra clear by murals in … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change
Climate Change is changing wind patterns and making Ocean waves stronger
Climate change is changing our wind patterns, which is strengthening waves traveling across the earth’s surface. As climate change has gradually heated oceans around the globe, it’s also been making ocean waves stronger and more deadly, according to a new … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Ocean
Tagged climate change, ocean
