Large coastal cities in perilous path of climate-change juggernaut

onMar 28, 2007 @ 10:45 PDT

The study, by researchers at Columbia University’s Centre for International Earth Sciences Information Network and the London-based International Institute for Environment and Development, is the first of its kind.

To be published in the peer-reviewed journal Environment and Urbanisation, the study assesses risks to populations and urban settlements along coastal areas less than 10 metres above sea level. Although this accounts for only two percent of the world’s land area, it contains 10 percent of the world’s population and 13 percent of the world’s urban population.

“Of the more than 180 countries with populations in the low-elevation coastal zone, 130 of them – about 70 percent – have their largest urban area extending into that zone,” said Bridget Andersen, a research associate at CIESIN. “Furthermore, the world’s largest cities – those with more than five million residents – have on average one-fifth of their population and one-sixth of their land area within this coastal zone.”

By Bill Miller

Carney Government Knew Carbon Capture Was ‘Very Limited,’ Docs Show

ByGeoff Dembicki

onFeb 20, 2026 @ 06:01 PST

Briefing notes obtained by DeSmog reveal the Carney government had major knowledge gaps about CCS even as it made the technology central to its climate plan.

Series: Mark Carney’s Climate Betrayal

Series: Carney's Climate Betrayal

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Alberta Separatism Has Always Been About Joining Trump’s America

ByMitch Anderson

onFeb 19, 2026 @ 07:22 PST

Leaders of the Alberta separatist movement are insisting they do not want to become the U.S.’s 51st state, but their actions (and own words) say otherwise.