A new study published today in Geophysical Research Letters by Rahmstorf and Foster of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research presents the first statistically robust evidence that global warming has measurably accelerated since 2015. The Core… Read More »New Research: Climate Change is Accelerating – It’s Getting Hotter Faster!
In this ClimateGenn episode I am discussing the forecast 2026 El Niño event with Dr Jennifer Francis from the Woodwell Climate Research Centre in the US. I don’t mind admitting my heart sank a little… Read More »El Niño 2026: The Strong Heat Spike That Could Break Global Temperature Records – Interview with Dr Jennifer Francis
Global climate data for 2025 paint a stark picture of a world now firmly in a new thermal regime. The Copernicus Climate Change Service finds that 2025 was the third warmest year on record, extending… Read More »Beyond the Threshold: Overshoot, Irreversibility and the Vanishing 1.5ºC Window
ClimateGenn host, Nick Breeze, speaks with Guest David Spratt reviewing our major stories of 2025. In this end of year episode I am looking back on the main climate highlights of 2025 with Research Director… Read More »2025 In Climate Review: AMOC, Overshoot & Emergency Briefings
This ClimateGenn episode with Professor Mark Maslin from University College London in the UK, was recorded on the 2nd June following the World Meteorological Organisations report finding that the safe boundaries for climate warming are… Read More »“The 8 Billionaires vs. The Planet: Time to Grab Pitchforks?” Professor Mark Maslin
In this climategenn episode I speak with climate policy analyst and Research Director at the Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration, David Spratt. He has recently published a report titled: Warming has reached 1.5°C. What… Read More »“At the point of systemic collapse – what is the least worst outcome?” David Spratt
The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has confirmed that 2024 was the warmest year globally, marking the first time the average global temperature exceeded 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. C3S, implemented by the European Centre for… Read More »2024 Marks a Critical Climate Threshold, Surpassing 1.5°C Above Pre-Industrial Levels
“Our land systems are at a breaking point,” says Johan Rockström, lead author of the planetary boundaries framework. “We stand at a precipice and must decide whether to step back and take transformative action or… Read More »New Report: Urgent Action Needed to Transform Global Land Use and Combat Degradation
I recorded this interview with Professor Kevin Anderson via Zoom from Baku in the last days of COP29. Kevin provides some critical insights into how the headlines we often see reported breakdown from a numerical… Read More »Prof. Kevin Anderson: COP failure crisis has led to large risks & dire consequences
In this Climategenn episode we hear two committed voices non different sides of the climate engineering debate, make their cases as to why we should or should not research geoengineering with the intention of deployment… Read More »Should we engineer the climate? Nick Breeze interviews Dr Heidi Sevestre and Herb Simmens
In this interview with the Vice Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Professor Diana Ürge-Vorsatz, gives her perspective on a range of critical issues – in part presenting a glass-half-full perspective, despite… Read More »Is the climate glass half full or half empty? IPCC Vice Chair Prof. Diana Ürge-Vorsatz
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The summer of 2024 brought some of the most extreme weather conditions Europe has ever seen, with record-breaking temperatures and highly uneven rainfall patterns depending on location. According to a preliminary analysis by the Copernicus… Read More »Record-breaking Heat Stress in Southeastern Europe During the Summer of 2024
Imagine you could give Earth a physical, complete with diagnostic tools, lab results, and a concerned doctor ready to offer advice. Well, the newly launched *Planetary Health Check* (PHC) is basically that – but for… Read More »The First Planetary Health Check Report Issues Red Alert – Highlights interconnectedness
Portugal is experiencing a brutal wildfire season, with blazes in the north of the country breaking records for carbon emissions this September. According to the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), these fires have already released… Read More »Portugal’s Wildfires Set New Record for Carbon Emissions, Smoke Set to Spread Across Europe
Below is a summary of the key-data from Copernicus released today showing the unprecedented global heating with additional data for Europe. The warming signals are unprecedented and should be at the front of policymakers decision… Read More »Summer 2024 – Hottest on record globally and for Europe
Carbon emission reductions are not happening fast enough and, even if they were, Professor Hugh Hunt argues they are now not enough to prevent dangerous climate impacts. Here he gives his reasons why future COP’s… Read More »COP29 must acknowledge geoengineering as necessary to fight extreme climate impacts
An international research team has unveiled the first comprehensive global evaluation of 1,500 climate policy measures from 41 countries across six continents. Published in the prestigious journal Science, this unprecedented study provides a detailed impact… Read More »Evaluating Climate Policy Measures Over Two Decades
