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Attention documentary filmmakers! We want to see your view of our climate future. Submit your short film to our Bloomberg Green Docs competition.
>> Grand prize: $25,000
>> Deadline: August 14, 2026
>> Official rules: bloom.bg/3qiOFPe
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NEW: Leaked documents reveal Exxon's secret projections for higher carbon emissions, even as other oil giants cut back trib.al/30BQCZY
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A ship loaded with about 100 climate scientists just confirmed the obvious: the Arctic is melting.
What’s most terrifying: they’re witnessing the Arctic’s final summers with ice
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Global emissions will fall by 2.6 billion metric tons in 2020—the largest fall in history
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Shipwrecks, corpses, secret gardens and ancient cities are being revealed as extreme weather dries lakes, drains reservoirs and melts sea ice around the world 🧵 bloom.bg/3pbE33b
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The Western US is an empire built on snow. And that snow is vanishing.
Disappearing snowpack is accelerating the historic drought across the Western US, and so far government responses haven't matched the scale of the problem 🧵 bloom.bg/3vyzKSY
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Global average temperature is projected to be as much as 0.75C higher in 2020 than it was in 1980
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After witnessing its hottest February, historic droughts in Galicia, Spain, have revealed a small village that was flooded to make way for a reservoir
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In Italy's River Po, 70-year record-low water levels have revealed a previously submerged World War II-era barge
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Waterways are drying up due to droughts and heat waves that owe their origins to climate change.
These photos reveal what lies beneath normal water levels 🧵 bloom.bg/3RiwmEp
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As Iraq's Mosul Dam was drained to protect farmers and their yields, the ruins of an ancient city resurfaced.
Kemune, which lies on the Tigris River, bustled during the Mitanni Empire from 1550 to 1350 B.C.
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As a heat wave broiled across the UK, a 17th-century landscape reemerged.
Ornate patterns make up what was once part of a garden commissioned for the first Duke of Devonshire
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As the world shuts down, emissions from most activities dropped, while renewable electricity generation held steady.
The upshot: an unprecedented 8% decline in global carbon dioxide emissions this year
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Antarctic sea ice cover was so low, it may have helped researchers locate and film the wreckage of Shackleton's Endurance, which was trapped and crushed by thick sea ice in 1915
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For example, here's a look at the Sierra Nevada snowpack.
"The snow in the mountains is this incredible gift that created California," said Spencer Glendon, founder of climate outreach initiative Probable Futures
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While temperatures can vary from one year to another, the trend is clear. 9 of the 10 hottest years on record have happened during the 21st century
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The US is the latest country to pass what's become a critical EV tipping point: 5% of new cars sold are powered only by electricity 🧵
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The farming technology company Plenty is gearing up to build its biggest indoor complex yet.
The $300 million facility will grow multiple crops, including strawberries, leafy greens and tomatoes.
How will it work? 🧵 bloom.bg/3BpxVKj
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By the end of Summer 2019 the Arctic ice cap had shrunk to a record low since satellite monitoring started in 1979 and the first ice-free summer could happen by the middle of the century
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It’s one of the scariest questions facing billions of humans on a hotter planet: How many of us will die from extreme heat in the decades ahead?
Your future risk of dying from heat will be determined by where you live and economic inequality
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Clean energy is about to go mainstream.
From solar power and electric cars, to grid-scale batteries and heat pumps—the world is crossing into a mass-adoption moment for green technologies trib.al/Aj17qEM
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NEW: When the residents of Barcelona came out of the coronavirus lockdown they were greeted with miles of shiny yellow new bike lanes. Meet the man who's rethinking transit in a car-centric city trib.al/dg2W400
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A startup backed by Paris Hilton and the Hemsworth family is launching an initiative to resurrect the Tasmanian tiger, a marsupial that went extinct in the 1930s 🧵 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Joe Biden is considering creating a special White House climate office if he is elected president trib.al/ga9hQbw
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There's plenty to criticize Elon Musk for, but he and Tesla deserve credit for getting car-buyers to go electric trib.al/0uSSc1f
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NEW: Elon Musk is putting $100 million of his fortune into prizes for technologies to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Here's a breakdown of the groundbreaking carbon-removal contest bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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In April 1970, on the first Earth Day, the planet had warmed by about 0.06°C—today we're at 1.16°C
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Lake Mead, the massive reservoir at Hoover Dam in the US, has shrunk to a fraction of its former self, unveiling human remains and sunken boats
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NEW: Exxon knows how much it will warm the planet—and it's hiding the data. Now, investors want that information trib.al/T1FnLRy
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Exxon quietly shelves one of its most ambitious carbon capture projects, a technology essential to reversing climate change trib.al/NZTVwdM
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“Things that we will experience over the next couple of decades are already happening in the Arctic,” says @grosse_guido, head of the permafrost research unit at the Alfred Wegener Institute
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As the Arctic melts, Earth’s most dramatic warming is happening at sea.
93% of heat captured by greenhouse gases since the 1970s has been absorbed by oceans
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If the US follows the trend established by 18 countries that came before it, 25% of new car sales could be electric by the end of 2025, according to a Bloomberg analysis of adoption rates around the world.
That would be a year or two ahead of most major forecasts
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The Southwest US is gripped by its worst drought in 1,200 years.
The West's mountain snowpacks have shrunk, on average, 23% between 1955 and 2022
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Dying oil and gas wells are a climate menace.
One company — Diversified Energy — has amassed about 69,000 wells across the U.S.
Our reporters went to some of those sites and found that many were emitting methane. [THREAD] bloom.bg/3iUjBRI
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In the US West, Rocky Mountain snowmelt has dropped so much that the massive reservoirs along the Colorado River are in danger of no longer being able to produce power at their hydroelectric dams — much less supply all the water needed by the seven states that rely on them
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Those in poor countries who can’t afford air conditioning will be disproportionately affected.
By 2100, heat alone could kill as many people as heart disease does, humanity’s biggest killer
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1/ Biden's goal to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 will require sweeping changes in the power generation, transportation and manufacturing sectors.
It will also require a tremendous amount of land.
@merrill_dave reports: bloom.bg/3b7AzrV
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The shrinking ice cap accelerates warming globally, and that melting ice in turn leads to rising sea levels potentially exposing millions of people to flooding
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The world is fully in the grip of accelerating climate change, and it has a profound economic impact.
Losing waterways means a serious risk to shipping routes, agriculture, energy supplies — and drinking water
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The flow of plastics into our oceans is on a trajectory to triple over the next 20 years.
If no action is taken, the amount of plastic litter will grow to 29 million metric tons per year by 2040. Yes — you read that correctly
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Since most of the region gets little rain in the summer, even in good years, its bustling cities and bountiful farms all hinge on fall and winter snow settling in the mountains before slowly melting into rivers and reservoirs
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Even 1.5C of warming will make certain parts of the world unrecognizable. If emissions rise or stay flat, the picture gets disastrous
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Our view of the traditional lawn is being challenged.
It's one of the ugly realities homeowners are facing as global warming hits suburbia.
Still wanting to keep the look, a growing number of people are pulling up grass and laying down artificial turf trib.al/vK4yCCB
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Earlier this year, South Korean car makers Hyundai and Kia rolled out new electric cars — the Ioniq 5 and EV6 — which promptly tore up the sales charts 🧵 trib.al/YFSFhHw
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This image shows the stark drop in water levels in the Lake Oroville reservoir in California from 2011 to 2022
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Progressives @SenWarren and @AOC are combining green transport and labor priorities in their first major climate bill under the Biden administration trib.al/rFqukCJ
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Nearly every dramatic, headline-grabbing effect of climate change, from alarming coastal erosion to intense and frequent fires, is already happening in the Arctic, at a fast pace and at a giant magnitude
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Plenty says that its 30-foot vertical towers maximize light for crops, producing 350 times the yield per acre of traditional farms
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Scientists for the first time measured the thickness and movement of more than 250,000 mountain glaciers using new satellite imaging techniques.
The bad news? The world's shrinking glaciers contain less ice than previously estimated trib.al/sDZshjM
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"They invite cherry-picked young people to pretend they are listening to us. But they are not. They are clearly not listening to us. Just look at the numbers. Emissions are still rising. The science doesn’t lie," said Greta Thunberg bit.ly/3F1drbC
"Build back better, blah blah blah. Green economy, blah blah blah. Net zero by 2050, blah blah blah."
Climate activists @GretaThunberg and @Vanessa_vash criticized world leaders over "empty words and promises" during a #Youth4Climate event in Italy
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Scientists aboard the Polarstern are trying to better understand the mechanics driving the difference of melting ice across the centuries.
There’s one thing they’re certain of: Arctic ice is disappearing
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"Mother Nature is making the case herself."
15 years since the release of “An Inconvenient Truth," @algore says those previously skeptical can now “see with their own eyes that the climate crisis is obviously real." Watch the full interview ▶️ bloom.bg/2PSvFHE
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NEW: The world is grappling with severe heatwaves alongside rising energy prices and limited power supplies. That will make for a dangerous, scorching summer across the globe.
Read The Big Take ⬇️ trib.al/uEiLLAN
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The Arctic might seem far from civilization—yet what happens at the poles affects everything.
Arctic wildfires emitted the equivalent of 244 million metric tons of carbon dioxide from January to August, compared with 181 million tons for the whole of 2019 trib.al/mstZ0ux
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Billions have been spent on building infrastructure to support natural gas, but demand is waning decades ahead of expectation.
Renewables’ dominance may come as soon as 2028, demolishing the bridge gas was supposed to provide after coal’s demise
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It took weeks, not years, for skies in polluted cities to clear as emissions dropped
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The globe is in the grips of a climate crisis as temperatures soar and rivers run dry, and yet it’s never been a better time to make money by digging up coal trib.al/GXNFWDa
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Renewable energy plants are now cheaper to build and run than than running an existing fossil fuel plant trib.al/cKjuoy9
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"We have to act on climate now. We have to act against slave labor now," says Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff.
His solution: boosting domestic manufacturing trib.al/uUxAYgn
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In Europe, rivers that have been critical to commerce for centuries are now shriveled, threatening the global movement of fuel, food and other commodities
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But there are major criticisms.
The most obvious environmental problem with artificial grass is it's rooted in the biggest climate nemesis of all: fossil fuel.
Synthetic turf is made from a stew of petroleum-based components, making it nearly impossible to recycle
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While all sources of energy — oil, coal, natural gas, and even nuclear — will see a decline, renewable energy is likely to be the bright spot.
Yet, without deep structural changes, emissions are expected to rise again when economies recover
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The American fracking boom and slow rise of renewables made gas look like the future of energy not too long ago.
Now, the demand for gas may be peaking decades ahead of schedule—and the future looks a lot different
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Why are rivers shrinking?
The reasons global waterways have dried to a trickle are complex.
There's the impact of La Nina, prolonged drought — and also simple bad luck.
But the biggest driver underpinning the shift is climate change
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Calling all filmmakers!
Bloomberg Green Docs is accepting submissions of short documentaries about climate change for two more weeks.
Deadline: Sept. 16
Grand prize: $25,000 + a screening at our film festival in Los Angeles on Oct. 26
Official rules: bloom.bg/3qiOFPe
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Pick any world-shaking event from 20th century history—none has produced a bigger decrease in emissions than Covid-19
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The polar vortex hitting the U.S. froze natural gas pipelines, sent electricity prices skyrocketing and forced Texas’s grid operator to plunge more than 2 million homes into darkness.
The climate vulnerabilities the U.S. faces can now longer be ignored
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“I saw the transformation that was happening in mobility and how it was going to improve things in this battle.”
Former F1 champ @NicoRosberg explains what drew him to sustainability and fighting against climate change.
Watch ▶️ bloom.bg/3uP8o9v
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[THREAD] The famed farming valleys of California are being swept into what feels like permanent dryness, raising the specter of food inflation.
So almond farmers must do what they fear most: rip out their trees early.
Read our report: bloom.bg/2T6ZeXv
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Travel emissions have practically halted.
By the end of March, road transport activity was down about 50% around the world, while air travel in some European countries had plunged more than 90%
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Senator Jon Ossoff, Democrat of Georgia, is poised to introduce legislation establishing a tax credit for domestic solar manufacturers trib.al/Ek4GWgQ
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Energy demand is likely to fall 6% in 2020, which is seven times the scale of the drop suffered in the 2008 financial crisis
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The UAE has set a new target to cut emissions by 40% as it prepares to host a major climate conference later this year trib.al/g7Qmwrt
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Senator Jon Ossoff, Democrat of Georgia, is poised to introduce legislation establishing a tax credit for domestic solar manufacturers trib.al/IZ4Pwvw
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"This is just the very beginning" of the climate fight, says Greta Thunberg trib.al/sforp3X #wef20
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"We simply don’t have time to be part of the convincing.”
Ikea CEO Jesper Brodin explains why he wouldn't hire a climate change denier. Watch the full interview ▶️ bloom.bg/3yX7z04
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London's traffic congestion once meant that residents had to endure some of the worst air quality in the developed world.
Three years ago, the city introduced tough restrictions on heavily polluting cars anywhere. The impact? 🧵 bloom.bg/3T9rYZa
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The new farm aims to produce 20 million pounds of food, starting with Driscoll's strawberries that will find their way to plates across the US
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Joe Biden plans to unveil sweeping action to combat climate change just hours after becoming president, moving to rejoin the Paris accord and impose a moratorium on oil leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
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"The ongoing and strong La Nina connects the droughts and low river flows in North America, Europe, Middle East and the southern hemisphere," says Richard Seager, a research professor at Columbia University's Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory
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Only a small portion of the world's oceans are protected. This year, the world had high expectations to preserve biodiversity, rein in overfishing and bolster social responsibility.
Then the coronavirus arrived
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BREAKING: Joe Biden to call for $2 trillion in clean energy spending over four years trib.al/6MIfKXl
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See more photos of our world "melting back in time" in the report by @Simauchi_: bloom.bg/3pbE33b
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Joe Biden is considering creating a special White House climate office if he is elected president trib.al/BI0wNcH
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All of the world's food waste taken together creates about the same climate emissions as India. That’s because food waste in landfills releases methane, which is way worse than carbon dioxide.
It's a global issue—and Covid has only made it worse
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New Zealand’s parliament declares a climate emergency trib.al/mgcRAIS
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9/ If the U.S. wants a carbon-free economy by 2050 using the least amount of land, it will need to rely less on wind and solar and instead build hundreds of nuclear plants and natural gas plants outfitted with systems to capture carbon dioxide.
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Heat waves are becoming more intense and more frequent as the planet warms. Increased demand for air conditioning is causing sharp spikes in energy use
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The war in Ukraine is "making the world understand that fossil fuels are deeply unreliable" and "the cause of immense immeasurable pain," says Andrew Forrest of Fortescue Metals Group.
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In Christine Gemperle’s orchard, water is so scarce that she’s been forced to let a third of her acreage go dry
You can actually feel the temperature start to go up as you’re surrounded by the brittle, lifeless branches that look like they could crumble into dust.
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Why is 5% so important?
Most successful new technologies — electricity, TVs, mobile phones, the internet, even LED lightbulbs — follow an S-shaped adoption curve.
Sales move at a crawl in the early-adopter phase, then surprisingly quickly once things go mainstream
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1/ Exclusive:
Homeowners across the U.S. are being sold on a form of financing called property assessed clean energy, or PACE, which leverages the taxing authority of local governments to cover the high upfront cost of a climate-friendly renovations: bloom.bg/3upn9i0
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And in the US Southwest, dramatic low levels plague Lake Mead, as seen here from the Hoover Dam in Arizona
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That could raise the specter of energy blackouts in the US West and force fossil fuel power plants to burn more natural gas or coal
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In tropical countries like Singapore and Brazil, architects are designing green buildings that not only look cool, but are cool trib.al/k0b9bRw
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“When you compare the extent of the sea ice with previous decades you see that it is decreasing,” says @arndt_st, a sea physicist at @AWI_de.
When will the Northern Sea Route become ice-free?
“This decade or the next one,” Arndt says.
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