Ice-Blog: Fires, drought, heatstroke – will this climate emergency tip the scales to action?
In Europe and other hitherto little affected parts of the world, we are currently experiencing some devastating impacts of climate
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Author: Irene Quaile
Report confirms heat records in Europe and Arctic, but war-fuelled energy crisis boosts renewables and embattled climate
As the European State of the Climate Report confirms Europe is the fastest-warming continent and the Arctic the fastest warming
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Blog—Trump’s distraction from the real Greenland problem
Heard any news about Greenland recently? A stupid question these days, since Donald Trump openly set his sights on the
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Blog: 2026—Reform the UN COPs but look beyond for rapid climate action
The United Nations COP 30 in Belém, Brazil, was not the decisive gathering that changed the world and set us
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Blog: Only highest possible ambition can cut global damage from accelerating ice loss
Given the heated times we live in, (in all the senses of the word) it was highly unlikely that this
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Blog: COP30 in Brazil—Same procedure as every year? I hope not
As world leaders head for Brazil to focus on climate change, it is time for realism, pragmatism – and maybe
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Can we reclaim the narrative in a world abandoning climate protection?
I am not one to complain about the weather. I love a sunny summer afternoon, get a buzz from a
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Blog: First UN World Day for Glaciers – A call to climate action in desperate times
Accelerating ice melt from glaciers worldwide means an increased loss of freshwater resources, ever-faster sea level rise and life-threatening floods
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Ice-Blog: Chilling prospects for a warming Arctic in 2025
Trump leaves Paris (Agreement) and sets his sights on Greenland – China and Russia flex muscles in the Arctic, as
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Blog: Heading into COP29 warming Arctic must top the global agenda
As we head into COP29 in oil-and-gas-rich Azerbaijan with the UN warning we are on course for up to 3°C
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Scorching heat, melting ice, forests ablaze: Why the Arctic needs Azerbaijan
With temperatures in the 30s as we head into September here in Germany, it’s hard not to worry about the
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Ice-Blog: Greenland greening, ocean in turmoil—seeking Arctic climate hope…
After the disappointing outcome of COP28 in Dubai, with February threatening to be the hottest in recorded history – the tenth record-hot month
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Blog: COP28 was bad news for the world’s ice & those whose future depends on it
I went to Dubai for the UN Climate Conference COP28 with mixed feelings. On the one hand, the controversy over
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Blog : COP28 in oil-rich Dubai – Can states agree action to protect the cryosphere ?
There has never been a more pressing need for the world to unite and take urgent, radical action to halt
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Blog: Don’t be fooled – we can and we must limit temperature rise to 1.5°C
“It’s too late to stop Antarctic ice melt.” But “the Greenland ice sheet might be more resistant to warming than
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