The warnings from science and Earth itself have never been so dire, but nearly 200 nations gathering in Poland next week face stiff headwinds in trying to ratchet up their response to the threat of catastrophic climate change.
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Nov 29, 2018
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East Africa is one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to extreme weather and climate events and to variability and change in climate. It is also one of the hardest regions to find good climate data on. Now, thanks ...
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Nov 15, 2018
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As Bangkok prepares to host climate-change talks, the sprawling city of more than 10 million is itself under siege from the environment, with dire forecasts warning it could be partially submerged in just over a decade.
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Sep 2, 2018
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The Paris climate agreement includes the aim of limiting average global warming to 1.5°C. There has previously been little research on how climate might look across the world and over time with this level of temperature ...
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Jun 7, 2018
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Since the Trump administration announced last June its intended withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, attention—and hope—has turned to America's cities and states.
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Dec 6, 2017
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The echo of Koranic verse from a religious school in Senegal's Saint-Louis is familiar, but just metres down the beach classes have fallen silent in another building abandoned to the ravages of climate change.
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Nov 16, 2017
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The latest UN Climate Change Conference since the 2015 Paris Agreement is taking place in Bonn between November 6-17 – and the world will be watching. The conference will be presided over by the government of Fiji, a country ...
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Nov 6, 2017
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As climate change causes sea levels to rise, vulnerable populations in countries like Tuvalu, Bangladesh and Vietnam are threatened with the very real prospect of losing their homes and migrating inland.
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Nov 6, 2017
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A new interactive map by researchers of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Univesitat Autonoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) reveals the worldwide impact of direct resistance actions by people putting ...
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Nov 3, 2017
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If you read or listen to almost any article about climate change, it's likely the story refers in some way to the "2 degrees Celsius limit." The story often mentions greatly increased risks if the climate exceeds 2°C and ...
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Aug 23, 2017
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