Renée Cho's articles Environmental Science Why Climate Finance Is Key To Fighting Climate Change – State of the Planet Flooding in Klodzku, Poland Photo: Jacek Halicki 2024 was the hottest year on record. Around the world, 151 unprecedented extreme weather events devastated countries around the planet, including heat waves in Japan and Iran, floods in Italy, Pakistan, Poland and Brazil, and typhoons in Vietnam and the Philippines. Massive sums of money are needed to […] Written by Renée Cho April 17, 2025April 17, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Environmental Science The Earth Is Getting Dryer – State of the Planet Photo: Guando Andelei As Earth continues to warm, more and more of the planet is becoming dry. A 2024 UN report found that in the last three decades, over three-fourths of all the world’s land became drier than it had been in the previous 30 years. Drylands now comprise 40.6% of all global land (excluding […] Written by Renée Cho March 19, 2025March 19, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Environmental Science A Climate Change Adaptation Expert on How To Reduce Fire Risk – State of the Planet The Palisades Fire in Los Angeles. Photo: CAL FIRE_Official In light of the recent Los Angeles fires, a 2023 Columbia Climate School and Headwaters Economics report on wildfire mitigation strategies provides valuable insight into what’s needed to reduce fire risk and how it might be done. According to the report, wildfires have always occurred naturally […] Written by Renée Cho January 31, 2025January 31, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Environmental Science A Disaster Expert Explains Why the LA Fires Have Been So Catastrophic – State of the Planet The Palisades fire, taken on January 8th. As of January 9th, the fire was 0% contained. Photo: CAL FIRE Official The ongoing wildfires in L.A. are among the most destructive and terrifying disasters to ever hit the city. As of the time of publication, five people have died, 27,000 acres have burned and at least […] Written by Renée Cho January 10, 2025January 10, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Environmental Science How Climate Change Impacts Affect Renewable Energy – State of the Planet Damaged solar panels in eastern Puerto Rico. Photo: Lorie Shaull “The world’s capacity to generate renewable electricity is expanding faster than at any time in the last three decades,” the International Energy Agency said in a report published earlier this year. This sign of growth offers “a real chance of achieving the goal of tripling global […] Written by Renée Cho November 3, 2024November 3, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Environmental Science The Case for Climate-Resilient Infrastructure – State of the Planet The June heat waves that roiled the U.S. put tremendous pressure on the electric grid as air conditioning demand soared, resulting in rolling blackouts and power outages. Heavy rains in Midwestern states caused severe flooding that washed out a bridge and almost destroyed a Minnesota dam. Earlier in the month, rising temperatures caused the collapse of […] Written by Renée Cho July 23, 2024July 23, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Environmental Science Why Climate Finance Is Key To Fighting Climate Change – State of the Planet Flooding in Klodzku, Poland Photo: Jacek Halicki 2024 was the hottest year on record. Around the world, 151 unprecedented extreme weather events devastated countries around the planet, including heat waves in Japan and Iran, floods in Italy, Pakistan, Poland and Brazil, and typhoons in Vietnam and the Philippines. Massive sums of money are needed to […] Written by Renée Cho April 17, 2025April 17, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Environmental Science The Earth Is Getting Dryer – State of the Planet Photo: Guando Andelei As Earth continues to warm, more and more of the planet is becoming dry. A 2024 UN report found that in the last three decades, over three-fourths of all the world’s land became drier than it had been in the previous 30 years. Drylands now comprise 40.6% of all global land (excluding […] Written by Renée Cho March 19, 2025March 19, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Environmental Science A Climate Change Adaptation Expert on How To Reduce Fire Risk – State of the Planet The Palisades Fire in Los Angeles. Photo: CAL FIRE_Official In light of the recent Los Angeles fires, a 2023 Columbia Climate School and Headwaters Economics report on wildfire mitigation strategies provides valuable insight into what’s needed to reduce fire risk and how it might be done. According to the report, wildfires have always occurred naturally […] Written by Renée Cho January 31, 2025January 31, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Environmental Science A Disaster Expert Explains Why the LA Fires Have Been So Catastrophic – State of the Planet The Palisades fire, taken on January 8th. As of January 9th, the fire was 0% contained. Photo: CAL FIRE Official The ongoing wildfires in L.A. are among the most destructive and terrifying disasters to ever hit the city. As of the time of publication, five people have died, 27,000 acres have burned and at least […] Written by Renée Cho January 10, 2025January 10, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Environmental Science How Climate Change Impacts Affect Renewable Energy – State of the Planet Damaged solar panels in eastern Puerto Rico. Photo: Lorie Shaull “The world’s capacity to generate renewable electricity is expanding faster than at any time in the last three decades,” the International Energy Agency said in a report published earlier this year. This sign of growth offers “a real chance of achieving the goal of tripling global […] Written by Renée Cho November 3, 2024November 3, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Environmental Science The Case for Climate-Resilient Infrastructure – State of the Planet The June heat waves that roiled the U.S. put tremendous pressure on the electric grid as air conditioning demand soared, resulting in rolling blackouts and power outages. Heavy rains in Midwestern states caused severe flooding that washed out a bridge and almost destroyed a Minnesota dam. Earlier in the month, rising temperatures caused the collapse of […] Written by Renée Cho July 23, 2024July 23, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
