Climate science is understood in varying degrees by most people, while the essence of the climate crisis has now gained mainstream acceptance. We learned about non-renewable energy and greenhouse gases as far back as primary school. The milestone Charney Report¹ to the US government in the late 1970s predicted...

In mid-February we felt a comfortable indifference to the impending threat posed by Covid-19. This ‘Chinese’ virus, as US president Trump inappropriately labels it, seemed to be limited mainly to the Chinese city of Wuhan. Similar to previous epidemics like SARS in 200 3 and MERs in 2012, the coronavirus...

Climate change is a reality and is happening now. It will affect every aspect of our lives over the next few decades and way into the future.^1,3 It is not just an environmental issue but has major economic, political, social, cultural, educational, security and of course, health implications. As regards the...