As Texas faces another winter storm, can it prevent a ‘failure on all fronts’?

The state's capacity to handle the challenges of more severe weather will be tested yet again as the climate crisis intensifies

As many Texans endure another harsh cold snap this week when a winter storm hits the state, some 50,000 people have been hit by power outages in a grim reminder of last year's big freeze in the state.

While this week's experience will probably not rival the 2021 winter storm that left much of Texas in darkness and was responsible for several hundred deaths, it is a test for the state's capacity to handle the challenges of more severe weather as a result of the ongoing global climate crisis.