climate change

Director of the city’s Office of Environment and Sustainability Ollie Kroner sat down with WVVXU to talk about how far the city has come and what happens next.

The Comprehensive Climate Action Plan was developed by several local organizations, including the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments, City of Cincinnati, Green Umbrella and Southwest Ohio Air Quality Agency.

The city has seen a 39.6% reduction in carbon emissions since 2006, on track to meet the goal of 50% reduction by 2030 and full carbon neutrality by 2050.

Green Umbrella kicked off its 25 Communities Project Tuesday. Over the next year, the nonprofit will provide climate-focused trainings, resources, and technical assistance to communities including Hamilton County, Newport, and Colerain Township.

Climate experts discuss the deadlines for these programs, what will go away and what will remain.

Locals create neighborhood-specific plans for climate resiliency.

New York, North Carolina, New Mexico and Texas have all suffered serious flooding this month. Climate change is causing even more rain to fall during the heaviest storms.

While spring allergy season usually starts in March, more warm weather earlier in the year means people might begin experiencing symptoms in February, or even January.

Assistant Professor in the College of Engineering and Applied Science Dongmei Feng mapped the daily streamflow of 2.9 million rivers. The goal? To determine how their flows have changed over the past several decades.

Young people are leading climate action in several Cincinnati neighborhoods, with support from a new grant program.