Impasse in US-China climate talks just weeks before global Cop26 summit
US climate envoy John Kerry told Chinese officials that there was ‘no way’ for the world to solve the climate crisis without Beijing’s ‘full engagement and commitment’.
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'We are united': More than 200 health journals call for emergency action on climate change
"The greatest threat to global public health is the continued failure of world leaders to keep the global temperature rise below 1.5C and to restore nature," says the editorial backed by hundreds of journals.
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Bushfire survivors win landmark climate change case against NSW EPA
In a landmark ruling and a win for a bushfire survivors group, the Land and Environment Court has ordered the New South Wales Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to take steps to safeg
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How to manage eco-anxiety: Advice from a climate activist
“The moon is following us home again!” My daughter exclaimed as she always does when the line between day and night becomes blurry and we begin to make our way home from the park in the evening. “But why is it red?”
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UN Deputy Secretary-General’s Video Message on Accelerating Adaptation Solutions Ahead of COP26
Excellencies, Distinguished guests, Dear Colleagues, I welcome today’s important dialogue on Accelerating Adaptation Solutions Ahead of COP26.
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BREAKING (The Energy Mix): Postpone COP26 over COVID Safety Failures, Climate Groups Urge
Crucial negotiations over carbon reductions and international climate finance at this year’s United Nations climate change conference must be postponed because of the UK government’s failure to ensure pandemic safety, particularly for delegates from the Global South, Climate Action Network-Intern
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Lukewarm commitments point to hot climate: what is the impact for investors?
The year 2020 marked a turning point for greenhouse gas emissions. They fell for the first time in our modern history, to a greater extent than during the 1970s oil shocks and the 1930s Great Depression (in absolute terms).
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Amazon and The Nature Conservancy announce launch of Agroforestry and Restoration Accelerator
The initiative will focus on reforestation and regenerative agroforestry in the Amazon rainforest, removing up to 10 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions through 2050.
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Meet the industry alliance pushing for 100% EV sales by 2030
Forward-thinking policies helped accelerate European electric vehicle sales and put more than half a million EVs on the road.
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DNV warns ‘green’ electrification will not be enough to reach net zero target by 2050
The DNV report states the world would still not achieve the Paris Agreement goals, even if all electricity is ‘green’ from now on, due to the slow scaling of alternative green energy resources.
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Australia’s pro-climate companies urged to lobby government more
Strong lobbying by fossil fuel industries is drowning out the corporate voices that support climate action, analysts say
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Climate impact of a transatlantic flight could cost global economy $3,000
Economic cost of climate crisis has cut 37% from global GDP this century, say researchers A return flight from the UK to New York could cost the global economy more than $3,000 (£2,170) in the long run, owing to the effects of the climate crisis, according to a report.
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Coal from planned Cumbria mine may go outside UK and EU, inquiry told
Opponents say document contradicts company’s claim it will principally supply industries closer to home.
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Lawsuit challenges Biden plan to sell oil and gas leases in Gulf of Mexico
Planet cannot handle more stress from oil and gas production’ Announcement came as Gulf states battered by Hurricane Ida
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Avocados and vanilla among dozens of wild crop relatives facing extinction
Study finds agriculture and pesticide use threaten relatives of world’s most important crops, considered crucial to food security Wild relatives of some of the world’s most important crops, including potatoes, avocados and vanilla, are threatened with extinction, according to a study.
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World’s biggest machine capturing carbon from air turned on in Iceland
Operators say the Orca plant can suck 4,000 tonnes of CO2 out of the air every year and inject it deep into the ground to be mineralised.
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Hi-tech wooden flooring can turn footsteps into electricity
Swiss scientists develop prototype ‘nanogenerator’ that produces renewable energy when trodden on Scientists have developed technology that can turn footsteps into electricity.
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Climate change could see elephants’ ears grow larger as animals ‘shape-shift’ to survive, study suggests
‘We’re not sure what the other ecological consequences of these changes are’, scientist warns
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Komodo dragon ‘at risk of extinction’ as rising sea levels destroy habitat
Lizard species placed on endangered list The world’s largest lizard is in danger of extinction as rising water levels are shrinking its natural habitat.
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Population of North Atlantic right whales plummets due to climate crisis
Conservations call for the impacts of climate change to be considered more closely. North Atlantic right whales are now a critically endangered species after the population plummeted due to warming water in the Gulf of Maine.
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