Future

May 22, 2020

Could government relief efforts signal future policy priorities?

Greg Dalgetty

On Wednesday, applications opened for the federal government’s Large Employer Emergency Financing Facility (LEEFF), a COVID-19 relief package that provides loans and bridge financing to companies with at least $300 million in revenue.

May 22, 2020

Mississippi Delta marshes in a state of irreversible collapse

Tulane University

Restore The Mississippi River Delta

Climate Change, Ecological Impacts, Ecosystem Services, Flooding, Fresh Water, Future, North America, risk factor, Sea-level Rise

Given the present-day rate of global sea-level rise, remaining marshes in the Mississippi Delta are likely to drown, according to a new Tulane University study.

May 18, 2020

Just how hot will it get this century? It’s worse than we thought

Michael Grose and Julie Arblaster, The Conversation

Climate Change, Climate Modelling, Climate Narratives, Future, Paris Agreement, risk factor, Temperature Increase, uncertainty

Climate scientists use mathematical models to project the Earth’s future under a warming world, but a group of the latest models have included unexpectedly high values for a measure called “climate sensitivity.”

May 9, 2020

No COVID-19 Models Are Perfect, But Some Are Useful

Peter H. Gleick

COVID-19, Decision-making, Disease, Future, Modeling, uncertainty, Vaccine

The global coronavirus pandemic has brought renewed interest and focus on scientific models as we try to get a handle on what the future will bring, how many people will fall sick and die, what the economic impacts will be, and what actions politicians should take. But confusion abounds about what these “models” say and how to reconcile their often seemingly conflicting visions of the future.

May 2, 2020

How climate change could make infectious diseases even more difficult to combat in the future

Natalie Colarossi

Climate Change, COVID-19, Future, Health Impacts, Infectious disease, Water

According to research from the World Health Organization, and other institutions, the threat of climate change could make outbreaks even worse in the coming decades

April 30, 2020

Green pivot: Canadian oil well drillers turn to geothermal market in effort to put rigs back to work

Emma Graney

Climate Change, Energy, Energy Transition, Future, Infrastructure

In a rare united front between environment and energy, oil well drillers in Western Canada are exploring the emerging geothermal market in an effort to put oil rigs back to work, pivoting to green

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