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Shifting jet stream due to warming could threaten Europe from 2060
The northern polar jet stream, a band of high-altitude winds that circles the Arctic and influences the climate of the northern hemisphere, is forecast to start noticeably shifting in the 2060s if greenhouse emissions remain high, leading to dramatic changes in temperature and rainfall, especially in Europe.
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Fossil fuel firms sue governments across the world for £13bn as climate policies threaten profits
The majority of the cases are being brought under the Energy Charter Treaty, and are being hosted within the International Centre for The Settlement of Investment Disputes, a branch of the World Bank.
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Al Gore's Climate TRACE tracking group finds vast undercounts of emissions
A high-tech independent effort to track greenhouse gas emissions from every country, industrial facility and power plant announced its first results on Monday.
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Young People Are Anxious About Climate Change And Say Governments Are Failing Them
A new study shows more than half of young people say climate change makes them feel afraid, sad, anxious, angry, powerless and helpless. And government inaction in particular makes them worried.
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Climate Inaction Has Left Majority of Young People Believing Humanity Is 'Doomed'
Amidst a sharp increase in deadly wildfires and flooding, increasingly violent storms, and extreme heat, new research published Tuesday found that refusal by governments to act on the climate emergency is causing a widespread sense of hopelessness and eco-anxiety in teenagers and young adults worldwide.
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The World Bank says climate change could displace more than 200 million people
Climate change impacts are projected to displace 216 million people in developing regions by 2050, according to a new report from the World Bank. Driven primarily by sea level rise and water scarcity, people will relocate within their own countries to cities and towns with more reliable access to natural resources and economic opportunity, the report finds.
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The messy truth about carbon footprints
How much attention should each of us be paying to our individual carbon footprint? That question is the subject of a contentious debate that’s been raging in climate circles for quite some time.
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‘We’re going after creatives that greenwash fossil fuels’: the group targeting ad agencies
Jamie Henn, a co-founder of the climate group 350.org, had for a long time noticed a gap in climate advocacy that many had overlooked: while the fossil fuel industry pours money into ad campaigns, much of the climate movement simply doesn’t have the resources to do that work.
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U.S. House panel passes reconciliation bill protecting Arctic reserve from drilling
The House Natural Resources Committee late on Thursday passed legislation that will go into a wider budget reconciliation package that includes restoring protections for a pristine Arctic wildlife refuge from oil and gas drilling.
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Biden unveils plan for solar power to produce 45% of US electricity by 2050
The Biden administration has issued a plan to increase the country’s reliance on solar power from 3 per cent to more than 10 times that amount in under 30 years. The Department of Energy published a blueprint on Wednesday on how to provide 45 per cent of US electricity from solar by 2050, which would involve ramping up production of solar panels and modernising energy infrastructure across the country.
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Conditions are ideal for a new climate club
Annual global greenhouse-gas emissions have been rising steadily for decades and show no sign of peaking. That is, humankind is not making enough progress to exclude a possibly catastrophic climate scenario. Protecting the climate is difficult because of free-riding: emissions abatement costs are largely national but the benefits from climate stability are global. Dealing with this problem needs to be at the core of a new climate strategy.
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Australia vows to keep mining coal despite climate warning
Australia vowed on Thursday (Sept 9) to keep mining coal for export and said global demand was rising, rejecting a study that warned nearly all its reserves must stay in the ground to address the climate crisis. Researchers warned in a study published in the journal Nature this week that 89 per cent of global coal reserves - and 95 per cent of Australia's share - must be left untouched.
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To avoid catastrophe, this shocking amount of fossil fuels must stay in the ground
A new study doesn’t examine that idea. Rather, it asks: We know that extraction and production processes are not as clean as they could be. So, essentially, what is the impact of those? In the United States, burning fossil fuels account for 74 percent of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions, which isn’t new information exactly. However, scientists suggest that focusing on just the air pollution doesn’t show the full extent of the damage done.
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From climate crisis to Brexit, alarmists have been proved right. It’s time to start listening
There have been plenty of warnings about environmental catastrophe, food shortages and the erosion of reproductive rights in the US. After the horrors of the last week, it is more urgent than ever to heed them...
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Climate change: Dragonflies spread north in warming world
Dragonflies are moving northwards across Britain and Ireland as temperatures rise. More than 40% of species have increased their distribution since 1970, while only about 10% have declined, according to a new report. Experts from the British Dragonfly Society say it's an indicator of the effects of climate change. There is concern over the loss of populations of insects due to factors such as pollution and habitat loss.
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Study says Europe is 21 years behind its emissions reduction goals
Europe might be making progress on reducing emissions, but its largest utility company doesn't think officials are moving quickly enough. Reuters reports Enel has issued a study warning Europe could be late on reducing greenhouse gas emissions if it continues at its "current pace." The European Union wants to reduce those emissions by 55 percent by 2030, Enel said, but it reportedly won't reach that target until 2051 without substantial changes.
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Warming Arctic linked to polar vortex outbreaks farther south
Warming of the Arctic caused by climate change has increased the number of polar vortex outbreaks, when frigid air from the far north bathes other parts of the Northern Hemisphere in killer cold, a new study finds.
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Democrats running out of time to tackle climate change
Democrats' Beltway drama over their $3.5 trillion spending package could influence the outcomes at a critical United Nations climate summit this fall.
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China warns US poor relations could undermine progress on climate change
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi has warned US climate envoy John Kerry that deteriorating US-China relations could undermine cooperation between the two countries on climate change.
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Atlas of the Invisible: using data to map the climate crisis
In a new book, Atlas of the Invisible, the geographer James Cheshire and designer Oliver Uberti redefine what an atlas can be. The following eight graphics reveal some of the causes and consequences of the climate crisis that are hard to detect with the naked eye but become clear when the data is collected and visualised.
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