Tag Archives: heatwave

Climate emergency ‘widespread, rapid and intensifying’

Posted on August 15, 2021 by John Gibbons

I was asked by TheJournal.ie to write a reaction piece to mark the release of the first part of the IPCC’s new climate report in early August. I also recorded an Explainer Podcast with TheJournal.ie later in August. JUST HOW … Continue reading →

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The heat is on: climate emergency deepens

Posted on July 2, 2021 by John Gibbons

After the savage heatwaves that swept the northern hemisphere in June and continuing into July, I was asked by TheJournal.ie to contribute a piece putting these ominous events into context. Here’s what I wrote: “WORDS CANNOT DESCRIBE this historic event”. That’s … Continue reading →

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2029 – A letter from the future

Posted on August 30, 2019 by John Gibbons

We live in consequential times. “What we do over the next 10 years will determine the future of humanity for the next 10,000 years”, is how former UK chief scientific advisor Prof David King put it recently. There is no … Continue reading →

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