Solar panels at the Golmud solar park inΒ China Qilai Shen/Panos
Heatwaves on land and at sea. Melting ice. Wildfires. This shocking year of weather extremes has brought home the reality of climate change, but it is also building the political momentum to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. βThe upside is a lot of people are going, βHoly mackerel, what is going on here?βββ says at the Woodwell Climate Research Center in Massachusetts.
That sense of urgency is reflected in the unprecedented scale and speed of decarbonisation in many countries across the world. This year is expected to see…
