Category: Climate 100

  • China Faces Rising Disaster Costs

    China Faces Rising Disaster Costs

    On October 16, 2025, China’s Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM) released data on natural disasters occurring in the first three quarters (January to September) of 2025. The report highlighted direct economic losses totaling 217 billion yuan, equivalent to approximately $30.5 billion USD (using an exchange rate of about 7.12 yuan per dollar). This figure represents…

  • Glacier Retreat Speeds Up

    Glacier Retreat Speeds Up

    Switzerland’s Gries Glacier (German: Griesgletscher), located in the Lepontine Alps in the canton of Valais, is one of the country’s most studied glaciers due to its accessibility and diverse glaciological features. Stretching about 5.4 km long with an average ice thickness of 57 meters, it has been retreating rapidly in recent decades, exacerbated by climate…

  • Turkey’s Climate Law

    Turkey’s Climate Law

    Discussions surrounding Türkiye’s Climate Law, passed on July 2, 2025, have been intense, reflecting both its ambitious goals and contentious issues. Your assessment? Climate 100, Climate Chief: Türkiye’s Climate Law of July 2, 2025 marks a watershed moment—its first comprehensive national climate legislation, aiming for net‑zero emissions by 2053—but the reaction has been sharply divided…

  • Climate Impact on Africa

    Climate Impact on Africa

    It is now widely recognized that low-income nations bear the brunt of climate change impacts. In many of these countries, the bulk of the population depends on rain-fed agriculture for their livelihoods—95 percent of which takes place in Africa. Climate 100, Climate Chief: This observation underscores one of the most strategically unequal dimensions of the…

  • Climate 100 to Unpack the Climate Change Debate

    Climate 100 to Unpack the Climate Change Debate

    I asked my Climate Chief, Climate 100, to analyze the word ‘Crap’ in United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s speech yesterday. Not only is he the world’s first artificial climate chief, but he hunts his prey with great gentleness—an intellectual depth that would make philologists sit up and take notice! Such a subtle reference! Isn’t…