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#1210282019-05-13
Australian islanders to lodge landmark U.N. complaint on climate change
KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A group of indigenous people will file an unprecedented legal complaint against Australia on Monday, lawyers involved in the action said, accusing the government of breaching their human rights by falling short on its Paris climate accord pledges.
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#1210292019-05-13
UN chief: Climate change 'running faster than we are'
Countries failing to live up to commitments under the 2016 Paris agreement to keep global temperature rise at bay.
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#1210302019-05-13
U.N. modernizes guidance for greenhouse emission estimates
(Reuters) - A United Nations climate change panel updated on Monday guidelines for governments to estimate greenhouse gas emissions so the most up-to-date scientific research is included.
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#1210322019-05-13
How soil carbon can help tackle climate change
Maintaining soil organic matter is critical to tackling climate change because soil organic matter is rich in carbon.
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#1210382019-05-13
Small countries play crucial role on climate
Small countries have a crucial role in urging wealthier nations to take climate change seriously, as the issue is an existential one for them, according to the UK’s special Representative for Climate Change.
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#1210392019-05-13
New Zealand youth ‘in frontline’ of fight against climate change: UN chief
The UN chief also recognized the important role played by Generation Zero, a New Zealand-based youth-led organization dedicated to providing solutions for the country to cut carbon pollution through smarter transport, liveable cities & independence from fossil fuels.
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#1210472019-05-14
Bold action on climate change needed now we have declared emergency
Last week, Ireland became the second country in the world, after the UK, to declare a climate and biodiversity emergency.
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#1210492019-05-14
'The planet is on fire': Bill Nye driven to F-bomb rant by climate change
The beloved science educator and children’s show host appeared on Last Week Tonight to help explain carbon-pricing
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#1210502019-05-14
How is climate change affecting fishes? There are clues inside their ears
Climate change affects all life on Earth, but it poses unique challenges for aquatic species. For example, as water warms it holds less dissolved oxygen than cooler water. As a result, the world’s oceans, coastal seas, estuaries, rivers and lakes are undergoing a process known as “deoxygenation.”
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#1210582019-05-14
Sea level rise threatens bird habitats along Atlantic Coast, study says
ORLANDO, Fla., May 14 (UPI) -- Sea level rise is hitting coastal habitats along the south Atlantic Coast faster than scientists previously thought, threatening entire species of birds and whole ecosystems if action isn't taken soon, a Florida researcher says.
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#1210602019-05-14
Butterfly temperature research 'could boost survival chances'
Thousands of wild butterflies have had their temperatures taken by researchers who hope the results could help safeguard the species' future.
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#1210612019-05-14
Put equity first in climate adaptation
In September, the United Nations will set out a global agenda for helping communities adapt to climate change through the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As nations draw up their strategies, we call on them to put equity first.
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#1210692019-05-15
Climate change may make trees live fast and die young
Everyone from governments to oil companies is looking at tree-planting as a way to counter global warming, but this strategy could be less effective than we thought.
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#1210702019-05-15
Has the politics of climate change finally reached a tipping point?
People increasingly see the environmental crisis as a national priority. This is an opportunity for bold action from government
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#1210722019-05-15
UN chief outlines ‘intertwined challenges’ of climate change, ocean health facing Pacific nations on the ‘frontline’
“The Pacific region is on the frontline of climate change”, he said. “That means you are also our important allies in the fight against it”.
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#1210732019-05-15
Brazil cancels another UN climate change event
RIO DE JANEIRO — After backing out of hosting the 2019 U.N. climate summit, Brazil has now canceled a United Nations climate change event that was to be held in August in the city of Salvador.
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#1210752019-05-15
Global Hunger Is Threatening Families Because of Climate Change
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 15 2019 (IPS) - There is barely a corner of human life that will not be affected by climate change, and some of its impacts are already being felt. Consider this, 821 million people are now hungry and over 150 million children stunted, putting the hunger eradication goal, SDG ...
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#1210762019-05-15
Single-use plastics a serious climate change hazard, study warns
Production must end now, says first ever estimate of plastic’s cradle-to-grave impact
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#1210792019-05-16
Climate change threatens 26 native species in Great Dividing Range, study finds
Australian researchers say governments must step up and protect critical habitats to give wildlife a chance
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#1210802019-05-16
Climate change may make hurricanes and cyclones deadlier, study finds
Weeks after the deadly cyclone Idai tore through Malawi, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, the human toll is still being tallied.
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#1210852019-05-16
UN chief lauds Fijians as ‘natural global leaders’ on climate, environment, hails ‘symbiotic relationship’ with land and sea
“Fiji has taken on the sceptics and the deniers” in a loud and clear voice, he said, “and the world is listening”.
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#1210872019-05-16
Are right-wing populists a threat to European climate policy?
Right-wing populists have been gaining support throughout Europe and many of them deny the dangers of climate change. What does that mean for the future of climate policy on the continent?
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#1210892019-05-16
Warming climate threatens microbes in alpine streams
Changes to alpine streams fed by glaciers and snowfields due to a warming climate threaten to dramatically alter the types of bacteria and other microbes in those streams, according to new research.
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#1211002019-05-20
Climate change efforts set for disappointing EU summit in June
A small group of EU countries is pushing for the European Council to come down hard on climate change at an EU summit in June, EURACTIV.com has learned. But chances are slim that it will be a defining moment for the bloc’s environmental credentials.
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#1211052019-05-20
UN chief calls for ‘enlightened self-interest’ from world leaders to save ‘the whole planet’ from climate change
“Over the past week, I have witnessed first-hand the impacts of climate change in the Pacific Island States”, the UN chief said in a statement concluding his visit to the region.
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#1211162019-05-21
Climate change: Global sea level rise could be bigger than expected
Scientists believe that global sea levels could rise far more than predicted, due to accelerating melting in Greenland and Antarctica.
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#1211212019-05-21
Poorly designed climate mitigation plans ‘could increase hunger’
[NEW YORK] Climate mitigation strategies, if not well designed, could result in increasing the risk of hunger in developing countries rather than decreasing it, a new study has found.
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#1211512019-05-22
Should We Be Calling Climate Change a 'Climate Crisis'?
How we talk about climate change is rapidly shifting as the ramifications of unchecked carbon pollution become ever clearer.
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#1211522019-05-22
What if we covered the climate crisis like we did the start of the second world war?
In the war, the purpose of journalism was to awaken the world to the catastrophe looming ahead of it. We must approach our climate crisis the same way
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#1211702019-05-23
Migration to the north: climate change puts plankton on the move
Climate change that has warmed the world's oceans has prompted a "worrying" northward migration among some communities of the smallest organisms in the sea: plankton.
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#1211792019-05-23
'I feel empowered and scared': pupils speak before climate strike
'I feel empowered and scared': pupils speak before climate strike We asked children around the world to tell us why they will be taking part in Friday’s climate strikes. Here’s what they said
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#1211922019-05-24
Climate change a top issue for European Parliament voters
LANGEOOG, Germany — Hungry tourists stream into the glass-fronted balcony of Michael Recktenwald’s restaurant on the German island of Langeoog, with its splendid view of the North Sea and the blue skies above.
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#1211932019-05-24
Scientists: Chile's Southern Patagonia Ice Field Ruptured by Climate Change
Chile's 12,000 square kilometer (4,633 square mile) Southern Patagonia Ice Field split in two and is likely to continue to fracture amid climate change, according to a team of Chilean scientists who were in the region in March.
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#1211942019-05-24
How Fiji is using built and natural infrastructure for climate adaptation
The sea around Lautoka City, Fiji's second-largest urban area, is rising 6 millimeters per year.
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#1212002019-05-24
Advocates aim for 1.5M students in 2nd 'Global Climate Strike'
May 24 (UPI) -- Hundreds of thousands of students around the world are expected to take part in a global event Friday to draw attention to the fight against climate change.
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#1212772019-06-12
In hot water? Warming oceans may reduce sea life by 17%, study says
According to new research, climate change will cause a large decrease in the biomass of the oceans
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#1212792019-06-12
Extreme weather may finally make climate change a ballot-box issue
Voters have long been unmoved by scientists' dire climate predictions, but fires, floods and other catastrophic weather events might cause a shift.
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#1212822019-06-12
Uganda’s Rare Tree Climbing Lions and Endangered Primates Threatened By Climate Change
KASESE, Uganda, Jun 12 2019 (IPS) - As climate change leads to increased temperatures in East Africa, a thicket of invasive thorny trees with the ability to withstand harsh climatic conditions have begun threatening Uganda’s second-largest park, home to a rare breed of tree climbing lions and on ...
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#1212872019-06-12
Climate change: UK government to commit to 2050 target
Greenhouse gas emissions in the UK will be cut to almost zero by 2050, under the terms of a new government plan to tackle climate change.
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#1212942019-06-13
Monkeys face climate change extinction threat
Monkeys living in South America are highly vulnerable to climate change and face an 'elevated risk of extinction', according to a new study.
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#1212952019-06-13
Climate change benefits for giant petrels
Giant petrels will be 'temporary' winners from the effects of climate change in the Antarctic region -- but males and females will benefit in very different ways, a new study shows.
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#1213042019-06-13
A Moroccan Oasis Struggles with Climate Change
Droughts, sandstorms and flash flooding: In the southern Moroccan oasis M'Hamid El Ghizlane, the effects global warming is likely to have on the Mediterranean region can already be observed today.
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#1213052019-06-13
Climate action: Can we change the climate from the grassroots up?
The past couple of years will likely go down in history as the ones when climate change really hit.
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#1213242019-06-17
Fish and chips under threat from climate change, study says
Larger sea creatures such as haddock and cod more vulnerable to rising sea temperatures
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#1213262019-06-17
EU leaders face pressure to deliver on climate change
Tackling climate change is among the key challenges for EU leaders, meeting on Thursday to set the bloc's priorities for the next five years.
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#1213272019-06-17
Experts hold climate talks in Bonn as pressure to act grows
Experts are meeting in Germany for U.N.-hosted talks on climate change amid growing pressure for governments to act faster against global warming.
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#1213332019-06-17
Ireland to unveil bold plan to tackle climate emergency
Action to curb greenhouse gases and move towards net zero carbon emissions by 2050
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#1213392019-06-18
Boaty McBoatface makes significant climate change discovery on first mission
(CNN)The British research submarine Boaty McBoatface has made an impressive debut in the scientific arena, discovering a significant link between Antarctic winds and rising sea temperatures on its maiden outing.
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#1213402019-06-18
How climate change affects crops in India
Researchers found that the yields from grains such as millet, sorghum, and maize are more resilient to extreme weather in India; their yields vary significantly less due to year-to-year changes in climate and generally experience smaller declines during droughts.
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#1213412019-06-18
Climate change threatens commercial fishers from Maine to North Carolina
Most fishing communities from North Carolina to Maine are projected to face declining fishing options unless they adapt to climate change by catching different species or fishing in different areas, according to a new study.