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Marine heatwaves don't just endanger ecosystems—they have significant socioeconomic impacts
Marine heatwaves have led to major economic losses around the world, a new study shows—and researchers say we need global action to ease the impacts of extreme warming events on ocean life.
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More disease, more suicide: Study shows human cost of climate change
Climate change is not only warming the planet, it's negatively affecting human health in myriad ways, with researchers reporting surges in heat-related illnesses, infectious diseases, poor sleep and an increase in suicides, according to a major report by The Lancet Countdown that's been cosigned by health experts from more than 70 institutions worldwide.
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UK shortchanging poor nations by £1.9bn a year ‘owed’ for climate crisis, study finds
The UK must stump up £1.9bn a year more to pay its “fair share” in helping poor countries meet the climate emergency and lags behind 6 other leading nations, a new analysis says. Boris Johnson has made “climate finance” – to ensure “guilty” industrialised nations aid developing ones in adapting to the devastating effects of historic carbon emissions – a key issue for the Cop26 summit.
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"We're suffering": Why climate finance is so important for Pacific countries
Efforts to adapt to climate change are critical but costly and with Pacific countries already having high and rising debt levels. They're calling on big emitting countries to uphold their financial responsibilities to help them mitigate and adapt to the immediate impacts of climate change.
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Women do more to tackle climate change than men: Survey
Women have made greater changes to their personal habits to tackle climate change than men have, according to a survey released Monday by the Women’s Forum.
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Climate change: Fossil fuel production set to soar over next decade
With the COP26 climate conference just over a week away, there is already a huge focus on the carbon-cutting ambitions of the biggest emitters.
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Over 650 People Arrested in D.C. During Week of Indigenous-led Climate Action Calling on Biden to be the Climate Leader he Promised to be
On the final day of protest, dozens of climate youth activists were arrested as they blocked an intersection near the U.S. Capitol, stressing the need for immediate climate action.
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‘This is our last chance’: Biden urged to act as climate agenda hangs by a thread
With furious environmental activists at the gates of the White House, and congressional Democrats fretting that a priceless opportunity to tackle catastrophic global heating may be slipping away, Joe Biden is facing mounting pressure over a climate agenda that appears to be hanging by a thread.
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South Korea commits to 'challenging goal' of cutting emissions to 40% of 2018 levels by 2030
SEOUL: South Korea on Monday (Oct 18) officially committed to reducing national carbon emissions by 40 per cent of 2018 levels by 2030 ahead of the upcoming United Nations COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, a "very challenging target" compared to an initial 26.3 per cent goal.
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Climate change will turn coastal Antarctica green, say scientists
Scientists have created the first ever large-scale map of microscopic algae as they bloomed across the surface of snow along the Antarctic Peninsula coast. Results indicate that this ‘green snow’ is likely to spread as global temperatures increase.
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Climate change: Carbon emissions from rich countries rose rapidly in 2021
Carbon emissions are rebounding strongly and are rising across the world's 20 richest nations, according to a new study. The Climate Transparency Report says that CO2 will go up by 4% across the G20 group this year, having dropped 6% in 2020 due to the pandemic. China, India and Argentina are set to exceed their 2019 emissions levels.
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Queen ‘irritated’ by world leaders talking not doing on climate crisis
Overheard comment suggests anger at possible no-shows at Cop26 by leaders of countries with worst CO2 emissions. The Queen has criticised world leaders’ inaction on addressing the climate crisis, admitting she is “irritated” by individuals who “talk but don’t do”. She made the remarks, which were picked up on a livestream, at the opening of the Welsh parliament in Cardiff on Thursday.
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The climate disaster is here – this is what the future looks like
The enormous, unprecedented pain and turmoil caused by the climate crisis is often discussed alongside what can seem like surprisingly small temperature increases – 1.5C or 2C hotter than it was in the era just before the car replaced the horse and cart.
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News Corp climate campaign pledged ‘positive stories’ only. Also excluded, any mea culpas | Graham Readfearn
From attacking people who are anti-nuclear to blaming Greens for lack of climate action, what was that about no partisan sniping or politicising?
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UK's Prince William says great minds should focus on saving Earth not space travel
Britain's Prince William has taken a thinly veiled swipe at the billionaires embroiled in a space tourism race, saying the world's greatest brains should instead be focused on solving the environmental problems facing the Earth.
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IBM says AI can help track carbon pollution across vast supply chains
Companies are under increasing pressure to quantify and reduce their footprints.
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Global heat exposure increased 200 percent since 1983, study finds
Climate change and population growth have led to a worldwide surge in the number of people exposed to hazardous levels of heat, according to a sweeping study that examines 13,115 cities from 1983 to 2016.
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Climate change deniers are as slippery as those who justified the slave trade
Global warming sceptics should be hiding in corners. But still some defend the indefensible
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If You’re Under 40 You’re Gonna See Some Horrible Stuff, Scientists Say
It'll be even worse for kids born this year.
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The surprising downsides to planting trillions of trees
Large tree-planting initiatives often fail — and some have even fueled deforestation. There’s a better way.
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