In tackling the global climate crisis, doom and optimism are both dangerous traps.
Overheated polemics won’t solve this emergency – and the apocalypse is a needlessly high bar for action.
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Extreme droughts in central Europe likely to increase sevenfold.
Researchers say moderate reductions in CO2 emissions could halve their likelihood.
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Warming climate may bring more West Nile outbreaks to Southern California.
As climate change heats up the weather in Southern California, coastal populations from San Diego to Santa Barbara may face an increased risk of contracting West Nile virus and other mosquito-borne diseases, suggests a new st
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2020 Hurricane Season Expected to Be Most Active Since 1980s
The 2020 hurricane season is now expected to be the most active since at least the early 1980s, meteorologists at Colorado State University, a standard bearer for seasonal hurricane predictions, announced Wednesday.
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This Is Inequity at the Boiling Point.
It was a record 125 degrees Fahrenheit in Baghdad in July, and 100 degrees above the Arctic Circle this June. Australia shattered its summer heat records as wildfires, fueled by prolonged drought, turned the sky fever red.
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Toxic Chemicals From Fossil Fuels Are Poisoning East Coast Dolphins and Whales, Study Finds.
A new study gives a first look at the presence and potential effects of plastics and new forms of synthetic
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Nautical not nice: how fibreglass boats have become a global pollution problem.
Fibreglass fuelled a boating boom. But now dumped and ageing craft are breaking up, releasing toxins and microplastics across the world.
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Digitalisation and Africa's renewable energy sector post-Covid.
Rapid progression in increasingly more affordable storage technologies has enabled renewable energy units to become progressively more reliable.
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China promotes grid price parity for renewable energy.
BEIJING, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- China will strengthen the construction of projects that facilitate wind and photovoltaic power to connect to the grid with price parity, China's National Energy Administration (NEA) said on Wednesday.
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Incorporating solar harvesting into the side of buildings could enhance energy sustainability.
Research demonstrates the potential of a solar unit that can hang on the outside of a structure. If builders could incorporate solar harvesting into the siding of a building, the amount of energy from the grid that a structure would need may significantly decrea
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Report: Existing solutions could prevent catastrophic climate change.
The nonprofit Project Drawdown analyzed the potential impact of a range of technologies and practices. It’s possible to avoid catastrophic climate change by ramping up solutions that already exist today.
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Project to transform understanding of effects of climate change on mental health.
A team of researchers, designers, policy experts and educators at two of Imperial’s Global Institutesare transforming our understanding of how the challenges affecting our planet also affec
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Floods in Evia, Greece Leave 5 Dead – a Baby Among Them – and 2 Missing
The storm system Thalia that hit Greece left five people dead – with one baby among them – and two missing, on Evia on Sunday, while many areas of the island suffered serious damages from the flood.
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Ξεμπλοκάρουν τα φωτοβολταϊκά από 0,5 έως 1 Mw - Βγήκε η Υπουργική για την Περιβαλλοντική Κατάταξη - Αναμένεται εγκύκλιος προς ΔΕΔΔΗΕ.
Με ημερομηνία 6 Αυγούστου και με υπογραφή Κωστή Χατζηδάκη δημοσιεύθηκε σε ΦΕΚ η Υπουργική Απόφαση για καθορισμό της Περιβαλλοντικής Κατάταξης των έργων ΑΠΕ.
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ΔΕΗ: Μείωση 71,1% στις εκπομπές ρύπων της ΔΕΗ.
Μια από τις χαρακτηριστικότερες αλλαγές που έχουν συντελεστεί το τελευταίο διάστημα στη χονδρεμπορική αγορά του ηλεκτρισμού αφορά στη δραματική μείωση της λιγνιτικής παραγωγής, η οποία έχει δώσει τη θέση της στο ισοζύγιο της παραγωγής στο φυσικό αέριο, τις ΑΠΕ και τις εισαγωγές ρεύματος.
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UK weather: a month's rain could fall in two hours as heatwave breaks.
Fears of flash flooding in parts of country, while experts warn extreme heat could become the norm. Over a month’s worth of rain could fall within two hours on parts of Britain this week, causing flash flooding, while an ongoing heatwave is set to break records.
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Δημοσιεύθηκε η ΚΥΑ για τη δράση «Κινούμαι Ηλεκτρικά».
Οι ενδιαφερόμενοι για αγορά ηλεκτρικού οχήματος με επιδότηση από τη δράση «Κινούμαι Ηλεκτρικά» του υπουργείου Περιβάλλοντος και Ενέργειας μπορούν από σήμερα να δώσουν προκαταβολή ή να αγοράσουν/μισθώσουν το ηλεκτρικό όχημα που επιθυμούν.
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UK weather: 36.4C recorded on hottest August day for 17 years.
Expert warns of health implications of climate emergency as Britons flock to beaches.
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