Summit organizers Kate Petersen and Bruce Hungate share their team’s intentional focus on youth for the Climate 2020: Seven Generations for Arizona summit. By Melissa Sevigny, Reporter with KNAU “Teenage […]
What is the Climate 2020 Summit?
Journalist Ian James, Arizona Republic, reports on the Climate 2020: Seven Generations for Arizona summit: what it is, why it’s important, and how you can be involved. I want my […]
Innovative solutions to extreme heat in Phoenix
Learn how residents, city staff, The Nature Conservancy, Arizona State University, and others came together to identify innovative solutions that tackle extreme heat and climate change in Phoenix. “The American […]
Becoming Arizona: learning how to live with extreme heat
Content by Kat Kerlin, UC Davis, on October 3rd, 2019 (see original post) I call it Hot Land. It’s really like living in an oven for part of the year. […]
Phoenix residents will need to adapt to an even hotter climate
Phoenicians know the feeling of blistering summer temperatures, and should prepare for more of 100+ degree days with climate change. Learn what Arizona State University professor Ariane Middel recommends for […]
Photo gallery from Tucson’s climate strike
Youth, advocates, and community leaders gathered in El Presidio Park in Tucson, Arizona for the Youth Climate Strike on September 20th, 2019. See the full photo gallery here.
Flagstaff climate strike pulls 100s to City Hall lawn: the Arizona Daily Sun reports
“Like the sea level, we rise.” “Make our planet great again.” “Will we have really survived if we cannot go outside?” Such phrases filled the signs held by the more […]
Hundreds march across Arizona demanding action on climate change.
On Friday, September 20th, 2019, “hundreds of young people converged on the streets of downtown Phoenix Friday afternoon, demanding action on climate change. They were marching in solidarity with other […]
Extreme heat and health inequities in Tucson: the Guardian reports
According to a recent report by Climate Central, by 2050, Tucson, Arizona is projected to feel like 105F (40C) or higher for more than a third of the year. The Guardian […]
How extreme heat is changing life in Phoenix: New York Times feature
“Other cities with temperate climates may start to experience heat like Phoenix’s in the coming decades, said Ariane Middel, a professor of urban climate at Arizona State University. ‘We are […]