Explainers

The urban heat island effect is a phenomenon whereby cities experience higher air temperatures than the surrounding countryside, making them more vulnerable to a warming Earth.

Cities concentrate people into small areas for good reason, but this makes them major sources of greenhouse gases and uniquely vulnerable to climate risks.

Wildfires are becoming more frequent and severe as a result of climate change, as forests in arid parts of the world become hotter and drier.

Carbon capture and storage is a technology that captures the carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels before it is released to the atmosphere.