Combatting gender inequity is essential if we are to tackle the climate crisis. Despite half the world’s population being female, gender disparities remain entrenched in all corners of life, and unfortunately, this is also seen in the climate crisis. Climate change “poses threats to ways of life, livelihoods, health, safety and security for women and girls around the world.” But why is this?

Desertification threatens to displace 50 million people worldwide by 2030. This human-led process has caused the collapse of civilizations, and threatens livelihoods, ecosystems, and sustainable development. The consequences of desertification are exacerbated by the climate crisis, and it is an issue mentioned in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.

Language is vital for expressing ideas and communicating concerns. Action to combat the climate crisis relies on raising awareness and empowering positive change. Despite this, the English language dominates climate literature, further entrenching disparities in understanding the climate crisis and inciting climate action.

Increasing global temperatures continue to give rise to adverse climate and weather outcomes. One such outcome is the increased prevalence and intensity of wildfires. While wildfires themselves are devastating, the smoke during and after wildfires are equally if not more dangerous to local residents, as well as those living far from the fire’s path.

Reindeer herding has been economically and culturally important for the Indigenous Sámi People of Arctic Europe for thousands of years. Over the last several years, warmer and wetter winter conditions have led to mass starvation of reindeer populations and is predicted to worsen as the effects of climate change in the Arctic increase.

In September 2022, Australia announced its Climate Change Bill, setting targets to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 43% by 2030, as compared to 2005, and to become net zero by 2050.

Over the last 10,000 years, human activities have fundamentally changed biological, atmospheric, and geological processes on earth. In recent decades, humans have produced nearly 9 billion tons of plastic, farmed almost half of the globe’s habitable land, and threatened almost a quarter of the world’s species with extinction.

In 2020, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced a six-step approach to reduce climate-related human activity and limit global warming to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial temperatures by 2030. This requires us to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide by thirty gigatons every year by 2030.

Patagonia, a global retailer of outdoor clothing, has always been a champion of climate action. Now, corporate responsibility to combat climate change has been highlighted after the founder of Pategonia, a company which is valued at about $3 billion, has transferred ownership to the Holdfast Collective, a non-profit organization that advocates for causes and political candidates to make grants and investments that fight climate change.

Both human conflict and climate change have forcibly displaced millions of people. By the end of 2021, 89.3 million people worldwide had been displaced due to conflict and violence, the highest in over 75 years. Meanwhile, climate change is “widespread, rapid, and intensifying.” This begs the question, is there a correlation between the two?

While temperature may seem like a straightforward measurement, subtle variations in how it is quantified represent important differences in how our bodies experience heat.

Jackson, Mississippi is still without access to clean water for over 180,000 residents since powerful storms flooded the local water treatment plant on August 24th. Additionally, Jackson has been on a boil water notice since July—a result of poor infrastructure development that is characterized as an environmental racism issue.

The theory that hot weather and outdoor air pollution (such as particulate matter [PM], CO, O3, SO2, and NO2) interact together to produce health difficulties is well-supported by scientific research. The severity of these impacts on respiratory illness varies depending on the condition and the individual.

Human health and patient care are intrinsically interlinked with climate change. Therefore, positive action must be taken for healthcare to become Net Zero.

Most individuals are experiencing a particularly hot summer. This year, scorching temperatures have plagued Western Europe, the Mid-Atlantic, and the Northeast United States. As people suffer from extreme heat more frequently and for longer, climate change becomes that much harder to ignore.

Higher income countries are responsible for 79% of all carbon emissions between 1850 and 2011. G8 countries, including the US, the European Union, and the UK, continue to cause 85% of excess carbon emissions worldwide. In stark contrast, many energy-poor, urbanized countries with limited protection against extreme weather events are disproportionately suffering from the tangible consequences of climate change.

Pakistan is drowning. The country is suffering after experiencing heavy monsoon rains since June of 2022 and does not have the infrastructure to support its people. A devastating number of deaths and injuries have occurred due to this natural disaster.

From the Amazon rainforest to the Great Plains, ranching is an integral part of the cultural fabric of communities and economies around the world. Raising livestock can provide meat, dairy, and raw materials such as leather and wool. In fact, livestock comprise about 40% of agricultural gross domestic product (GDP) across the globe. Despite its importance, however, ranching can have cataclysmic effects on our environment and climate.

On August 16th, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 after its passage in the House of Representatives and the Senate. A significant piece of this legislation is almost $370 billion dedicated to addressing climate change outcomes and bringing further energy security to millions of citizens.

The triple planetary crisis describes three crises that we currently face: climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution.