The Quiet Crisis
Is Jakarta sinking because of climate change?
Jakarta sinks several centimetres a year, mostly because of pumped groundwater. Climate change adds sea-level rise and heavier rain. Here is what that means for Indonesia's new capital.
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Why are some city streets so much hotter?
Hard surfaces, little shade, tight buildings and little wind make some streets several degrees hotter. Here are the numbers, who is most exposed, and what you can check on your own street.
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Climate & society
Why are some city streets so much hotter?
Hard surfaces, little shade, tight buildings and little wind make some streets several degrees hotter. Here are the numbers, who is most exposed, and what you can check on your own street.
Everyday action
What can I do with household waste before I throw it away?
Use the waste order of avoid, reuse, recycle or compost, then dispose. A step-by-step guide with food-waste facts, worked examples and a one-week log.
Ideas & perspectives
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather is what happens today. Climate is the 30-year pattern. Learn the difference, see what the long record shows, and use four questions to read any claim.
Ideas & perspectives
How do you tell good climate information from bad?
A six-question check for any climate claim, with what the IPCC's wording means, what scientific consensus is, and what trustworthy fact-checkers promise.
Everyday action
A cooler city starts with a safer street
Understand why heat is unequal, make a practical safety plan, and turn a familiar route into a useful conversation about public space.
Community voices
Tell the story without taking someone's voice
A practical approach to evidence and consent that makes room for people to speak on their own terms.
Everyday action
Before the recycling bin, ask a better question
Use the waste hierarchy to decide what to avoid, keep, repair and recycle without buying a new set of sustainable-looking things.
Ideas & perspectives
The shade you left us
An imagined letter about the ordinary work behind a more liveable street.
Ideas & perspectives
The river declines to be a metaphor
A fictional exchange with a river that asks for fewer promises and more attention.
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