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The article discusses the relationship between education and climate, particularly how less-educated people in countries like Nepal, Kenya and Malaysia are less likely to adapt to climate change. Also cited are how Kenyan accountant Shadrack Lolokuru is disagreeing with his uneducated brother in adapting to climate change as example, and the under appreciation of the role of education in battling global warming and climate change.

The article emphasizes the role of methane emissions in man-made global warming and highlights the need for companies to detect and fix methane leaks to help reduce methane emissions and combat climate change. Topics covered include the natural gas leak in Turkmenistan detected by a satellite called Claire which would have released 142,000 tonnes of methane and the emergence of methane-hunting satellites to monitor and reduce methane emissions.

The article explains the need of corporations to reconsider their approaches to climate change. It explores the impact of climate change on supply chains of companies around the world. Global warming is blamed for the occurrence of extreme whether events such as floods, droughts and storms that affected corporate assets. The effect of climate change on the market value of a company is also discussed.

The article discusses how people can adapt to climate change in order to reduce its human and economic costs. It warns about spending on adaptation because it may complicate already-confounding politics. The efforts to slow global warming by reducing emissions are explored, as well as the outcome of efforts to mitigate climate change in rich countries.

The author discusses the need for countries to adapt to extreme heat caused by climate change. Topics covered include deaths resulting from heat waves, the more frequent occurrence of heat waves due to the continued accumulation of atmospheric greenhouse gases, and urbanization's intensification of heat-related health risks. Also mentioned are the need for warning systems about extreme heat's lethality, the necessity of cool shaded areas and fresh water, and designing heat-resilient buildings.

The article discusses the position of Ben van Beurden, chief executive officer (CEO) of oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell, on the issue of climate change. Van Beurden and the company are encouraged to get shareholders' support to move in the right direction in responding to climate change. Some investors have regarded global warming as their highest priority.

The article discusses the impact of climate change and perception of the issue, focusing on a March 2014 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Topics include tension among climate scientists over whether to simply report findings or urge the public into action, the categorization of global warming effects as purely bad, potentially manageable, or impacting species' ranges, and proposed policies for responding to the multiple-problem view.