G20 per capita coal emissions continue to rise despite climate pledges and transition efforts by some members of the group of major economies, new research showed Tuesday.
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Water is an essential and indispensable component of humanity's everyday existence. As the global population grows and the climate warms, so does the water demand.
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Jun 14, 2023
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Storm Arwen, described by the UK's Met Office as "one of the most powerful and damaging winter storms of the last decade," hit the east coast of Scotland and northern England in late November 2021. Wind gusts of over 90 mph ...
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Apr 24, 2023
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Diplomats from nearly 200 nations and top climate scientists began a week-long huddle in Switzerland on Monday to distill nearly a decade of published science into a 20-odd-page warning about the existential danger of global ...
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Mar 13, 2023
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Energy consumption is essential for human well-being, but there is enormous inequality in energy use worldwide. The top 10% of global energy consumers use roughly 30 times more energy than the bottom 10%.
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Feb 15, 2023
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The number of millionaires in the world is steadily increasing, and their emission patterns make it difficult, if not impossible, to meet the Paris Agreement's target of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. According ...
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Jan 25, 2023
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A study of the urban heat island effect that warms Rhode Island focused on the connections between water and energy use, which could lead to better understanding and mitigation of the effect there and in similar urban areas ...
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Dec 14, 2022
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Despite an increase in energy efficiency investment and lower energy intensity, the building and construction sector's energy consumption and CO2 emissions have rebounded from the COVID-19 pandemic to an all-time high, a ...
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Nov 9, 2022
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A new assessment of over 60 scenarios based on current low-emission practices shows that realizing net-zero food systems will require widescale adoption of new technologies in the next two decades and changes in meat and ...
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Sep 12, 2022
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China has logged its hottest August since records began, state media reported Tuesday, following an unusually intense summer heat wave that parched rivers, scorched crops and triggered isolated blackouts.
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Sep 6, 2022
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