2020 was a terrible year for climate disasters, but there are reasons for hope in 2021
Climate disasters started early in 2020—and kept on coming.
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Climate science report 'critical for success' of COP26: UN
Nearly 200 nations started online negotiations Monday to validate a UN science report that will anchor autumn summits charged with preventing climate catastrophe on a planetary scale.
Environment
Jul 26, 2021
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Eurostar implements facial recognition for Paris passengers
After London last year, Eurostar has installed electronic passport gates with facial recognition technology for passengers travelling from Paris.
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Feb 15, 2017
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'Best case' goals for climate warming which could still result in massive wildfire risk
The landmark 2015 Paris Agreement resulted in multiple studies examining the impact of global temperature increases, but these rarely investigate the effect of warming on "fire weather" conditions. Now, in a new study, scientists ...
Environment
Mar 3, 2021
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World's fossil fuel assets risk evaporating in climate fight
Oil platforms, pipelines, coal power plants and other fossil fuel assets could lose trillions of dollars in the battle against climate change in the coming decades, experts say.
Environment
Apr 5, 2022
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How Madrid talks fell short on climate ambition
This year's U.N. climate negotiations in Madrid, the longest in 25 nearly annual such gatherings, ended Sunday with major polluters resisting calls to ramp up efforts to keep global warming at bay.
Environment
Dec 15, 2019
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Hydrogen is one future fuel oil execs and environmentalists could both support
Tehran, 1943: Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill—hosted by the young Shah Reza Pahlavi—agree on plans for the two-front attack on Hitler while sketching out the east-west division of Europe. Holding ...
Environment
Apr 20, 2021
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Global citizens 'very concerned' about climate
The widest global effort yet to gauge citizens' views on climate change showed 79 percent to be "very concerned" about its effects, but less than half support a carbon tax to curb emissions, organisers said Sunday.
Environment
Jun 7, 2015
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EU sets goal to be 'climate neutral' by 2050
The European Union on Wednesday urged government, businesses, citizens and regions to join its ambitious plan to cut emissions and make the bloc carbon neutral by 2050.
Environment
Nov 28, 2018
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US mayors bypass Trump to back Paris climate goals
President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris climate accord has triggered a bipartisan push from US mayors to stick to the emissions cuts Washington had pledged to hit, the mayor of Atlanta said Tuesday.
Environment
Jun 27, 2017
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