The state climate deniers: which countries have not ratified the Paris climate agreement?

The 7 climate deniers: Iran, Turkey, Iraq, Eritrea, Libya, South Sudan and Yemen.

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These African World Heritage Sites are under threat from climate change.

Very few academics or policy makers are talking about the impact of climate change on heritage.

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Floods leave one third of Bangladesh underwater and displace more than 1.5 million, raising coronavirus risk.

About a third of Bangladesh has been inundated by floods, with at least 161 people killed and an estimated 1.5 million displaced, according to local officials.

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Wind and solar’s share of global electricity mix doubled in last five years—study.

Wind and solar energy doubled its share of the global power mix over the last five years, moving the world closer to a path that would limit the worst effects of global warming.

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Coal plants ‘uneconomical in most regions’.

U.S. coal power generation plunged by 30 percent in the first half of 2020 off an already-depressed base, shoved out by natural gas and renewables amid low energy prices linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new figures from the Energy Information Administration.

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Inside the Weird Little World of Microclimates.

If weather is your mood, climate is your personality.

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‘Explosive’ Southern California Lake Fire Spreads to 10,000 Acres Within Hours.

An "explosive" wildfire ignited in Los Angeles county Wednesday, growing to 10,000 acres in a little less than three hours.

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Warming Tropical Soil Emits Unexpectedly Large Amounts of CO2, New Study Finds.

One of the concerns about a warming planet is the feedback loop that will emerge. That is, as the planet warms, it will melt permafrost, which will release trapped carbon and lead to more warming and more melting.

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How Carbon-Smart Farming Can Feed Us and Fight Climate Change at the Same Time.

Farmers are the stewards of our planet's precious soil, one of the least understood and untapped defenses against climate change.

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Why invest in Concentrating Solar Power (“CSP”)?

Why is Bill Gates backing a CSP company? What is oil major ENI doing with a CSP startup? Why has Zurich airport agreed to purchase aviation fuel from a CSP company?

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Masdar Buys Into 1.6GW EDF Renewables Pipeline in One of the Year’s Biggest Deals.

Masdar and EDF are bringing their global renewables partnership into the U.S. in the midst of a topsy-turvy year.

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Kamala Harris’s Fracking Record Scares Big Oil But Attracts the Left.

Less than two hours after Kamala Harris was named Joe Biden’s running mate, President Donald Trump had cast the California Democrat as an oil industry and fracking foe.

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Death Valley temperature rises to 54.4C – possibly the hottest ever reliably recorded

US National Weather Service’s automated station at Furnace Creek in California hit extreme high at 3:41pm on Sunday

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How to turn 'not-in-my-backyard' wind opponents into 'please-in-my-backyard' supporters

The key to winning hearts and minds is treating people with respect, writes Peter L Kelley

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Greenland’s Ice Sheet Has Reached ‘Point of No Return’

Greenland's ice sheet has reached the "point of no return" and would continue to melt even if the climate crisis were halted, a new study has found.

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Revealed: how the gas industry is waging war against climate action.

In a nationwide blitz, gas companies and their allies fight climate efforts that they consider an existential threat to their business

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Greenland ice sheet lost a record 1m tonnes of ice per minute in 2019.

Climate-driven loss is likely to be the worst for centuries, and is pushing up sea levels

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UNFCCC calls on countries to submit Paris Agreement plans ahead of COP26

UNFCCC urges countries to submit updated Paris Agreement plans “9-12 months” ahead of 2021 COP26 conference.

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Fridays for Future: Can They Keep the Pressure Up?

On Thursday, two years to the day after Great Thunberg first skipped school, she is to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

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