the climate perspective

Climate change as a driver of water crises

The world’s freshwater availability is highly problematic, with only 3% of earth’s water being fresh, and 2.6% of that being locked away in glaciers and polar ice caps [1]. This freshwater availability ‘curse’ often provides the foundations for water crises to occur when a shortage of freshwater resources fails to meet the demand. Water crisesContinue reading “Climate change as a driver of water crises”

Climate Change Solutions as Top Trumps

Unfortunately, there isn’t one easy solution to climate change – if only it was that simple! Instead, scientists, policy makers, international organisations and governments have proposed numerous potential solutions to the crisis we are facing. The problem is that each ‘solution’ has its positives, but also its negatives. Whether that be it is too expensive,Continue reading “Climate Change Solutions as Top Trumps”

Introduction to The Climate Perspective

Hi All, and welcome to The Climate Perspective, a blog about all things climate related! I’m Abi and I’m writing the blog to get more people interested in the discussions surrounding climate science and climate change. I’ll aim to post about 1 blog per month, with topics covering a huge number of areas, including core climateContinue reading “Introduction to The Climate Perspective”