Kamyar Razavi

Burnaby

Climate Change Reporter at Global News

journalist, traveller, student - and climate change communicator!

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The Fallout of Trump and Musk’s Cuts at America’s Climate Agency.

2 months ago | medium.com | Kamyar Razavi

‘The cuts were indiscriminate,’ says fired NOAA worker, as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. Kamyar Razavi·FollowPublished inThe New Climate. ·8 min read·--Photo from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) showing a U.S. Air Force C-130 turbo landing at the South Pole. Climate science research is on the chopping block as the Trump administration signals it is not interested in expanding this work.
Risky Real Estate: How Climate Risk Is Changing House Prices

Mar 3, 2025 | medium.com | Kamyar Razavi

The threat of global heating is finally starting to be felt across property markets, with cascading effects. Kamyar Razavi·FollowPublished inThe New Climate. ·8 min read·--Homes destroyed by the fires in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles in January, 2025.
Animals and Purity: Ways to Influence Trump 2.0 on The Environment

Jan 29, 2025 | medium.com | Kamyar Razavi

Communication strategies for connecting conservatives with climate do exist — we just have to reframe the narrative. Here’s how. Kamyar Razavi·FollowPublished inThe New Climate. ·11 min read·--It’s still early days in Donald Trump’s re-assumed the presidency of the United States. But for environmental advocates — it feels like a decade. In his very first day back as President, Trump doubled down on his pro-fossil fuel agenda.
How Layers of ‘Garbage Lasagna’ are Heating Up the Planet

Jan 14, 2025 | medium.com | Kamyar Razavi

Landfills sites are a major source of methane emissions. Meet the methane hunters looking to change the recipe. Kamyar Razavi·FollowPublished inThe New Climate. ·7 min read·--Public service campaign in Canada aimed at informing people about the rightful place to throw away food scraps. Source: Metro VancouverCow burps. That’s the rather unglamorous image that springs to mind for many when we think of planet-warming methane emissions.
Could Geothermal Energy be the Key to ‘Green’ EV Batteries?

Dec 11, 2024 | medium.com | Kamyar Razavi

The lithium in geothermal brine could be set to solve two renewable energy problems in one. Kamyar Razavi·FollowPublished inThe New Climate. ·8 min read·--Steam rises from a geothermal pond in Myvatn Geothermal Area in Iceland. Photo by Job Savelsberg on UnsplashTechnological innovations and engineering advances in the field of geothermal energy could — at long last — accelerate what has been one of the most promising yet under-capitalized forms of renewable energy.
What is Environmental Peacebuilding?

Nov 20, 2024 | medium.com | Kamyar Razavi

Rethinking conflict and bipartisan community cohesion through an environmental lens. Kamyar Razavi·Follow7 min read·--Photo by Elaine Casap on UnsplashThere is a new idea trending in environmental circles with broad implications for economic development around the world. It’s called ‘environmental peacebuilding’ and it comes at a time of accelerating ecological decline caused by global heating.
New British Columbia Institute of Technology course focuses on why it matters how we talk about the climate emergency

Aug 20, 2024 | treefrogcreative.ca | Kamyar Razavi |Robert McKellar |David Elstone |Derek Nighbor

New British Columbia Institute of Technology course focuses on why it matters how we talk about the climate emergency By Kamyar Razavi BC Institute of Technology August 14, 2024 Category: Carbon, Climate & Bioenergy Region: Canada, Canada West From forest fires to floods, Canadians are not immune to the ever-worsening effects of the climate crisis. But why is it so difficult to engage people, organizations, and policymakers on the need for urgent action to mitigate the effects of our changing...
How To Motivate Climate Action

Aug 2, 2024 | medium.com | Kamyar Razavi

How can the public get more excited about taking action on climate change? This is the age-old question facing environmental journalists, scientists and others keen on building engagement on the preeminent challenge of the 21st century. How is it possible that less than one per cent of all television network news coverage in the United States last year focused on climate change? That coverage actually saw a significant decrease from 2022 to 2023?
The underrated power of nostalgia for tackling the climate emergency

Jul 10, 2024 | medium.com | Kamyar Razavi

A collection of Polaroid-style and other printed photos of the past. Photo credit: Jon Tyson/Unsplash.com (Creative Commons) The daytime highs in my hometown of Vancouver, B.C., flirted with 30C, or 86F, this week. That might sound like nothing to someone from Phoenix, or Delhi. But for the West Coast of Canada, it's a lot. There have been a lot of 'it's a lot' when it comes to heat in recent years.
Sci-fi to cli-fi: How climate fiction is driving change

Mar 27, 2024 | globalnews.ca | Kamyar Razavi

Mar. 27, 2024 Fantasy. Dystopia. Even crime.

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