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#1309582021-10-19
Video: How can we eat without cooking the planet?
Professor Susan Jebb , Oxford's diet and population health expert maintains, "We cannot meet Net Zero targets without changing our diet.". Talking in the latest of 10 videos from leading Oxford experts in the run up to the COP26 climate conference, Professor Jebb points out that agriculture acco ...
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#1309612021-10-19
Climate action needed to avert 'health catastrophe'
To achieve sustained recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and avoid an "impending health catastrophe," countries must commit to targeted action on climate change, health experts have urged ahead of the UN climate summit, COP26.
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#1307322021-10-13
Gaza olive harvest 'down 60 percent' amid effects of climate change, ministry says
Gaza's Agriculture Ministry said on Wednesday that climate change has caused a dramatic drop in the number of olives harvested in the besieged Gaza Strip.
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#1307332021-10-13
Can the human body survive the extreme temperatures caused by climate change?
An Italian research centre is testing how organisms and objects react in extreme climate conditions. The centre is able to generate extreme weathers and temperatures from -40 degrees Celsius up to +60 which could be used to predict how climate change is affecting the natural world.
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#1307342021-10-13
We can’t tackle climate change if we don't look after our forests, says new report
Seven years on from the New York Declaration on Forests - a global pact to end deforestation by 2030 - most countries are falling far short of their national goals.
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#1307352021-10-13
Stark Images Show What Climate Change Could Mean For Mumbai
Climate Central has released a set of stark, interactive images that show what will happen to some of the most iconic landmarks across the world if the climate change crisis is not tackled. Climate Central is a nonprofit news organization that analyses and reports on climate science.
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#1307362021-10-13
Pakistan is facing an existential crisis
The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its latest report in August 2021, on the heels of one of the hottest and most devastating summers on record: floods in northern Europe and China, wildfires in the US, and heatwaves everywhere.
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#1307372021-10-13
Climate change: England must 'adapt or die,' agency warns
England will be hit hard by floods like those that devastated Germany this summer if the country does not improve its defense against more extreme weather brought by climate change, a governmental agency said Wednesday.
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#1307382021-10-13
Climate change will cause more floods and droughts and England must become resilient, Environment Agency warns
Climate change will cause more floods and droughts, rising sea levels and a greater demand for water supplies, the Environment Agency has warned.
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#1307392021-10-13
The AP Interview: NZ climate chief to aim higher at UN talks
The coronavirus pandemic has shown that humans are very good at responding to an immediate crisis, says New Zealand’s Climate Change Minister James Shaw. But when it comes to dealing with a slower-moving threat like climate change, he says, we’re “terribly bad.”
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#1307402021-10-13
World Food Day: Climate Change is Exacerbating Hunger & Conflict—it’s Time to Break the Cycle
Hunger, violent conflict and the visible impacts of climate change are all on the rise. World Food Day, October 16, is a reminder that we need to talk about the intricate ways that these challenges are connected—and how to tackle them together.
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#1307422021-10-13
Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’
Current plans to cut global carbon emissions will fall 60% short of their 2050 net zero target, the International Energy Agency has said, as it urged leaders to use the upcoming Cop26 climate conference to send an “unmistakable signal” with concrete policy plans.
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#1307472021-10-13
'Climate change in Tibetan Plateau impacts livelihoods'
In the run up to the Glasgow climate talks (COP26) and the ongoing UN biodiversity summit, a new report on Tuesday blamed China, the world's biggest maker and user of coal, cement and steel, for climate change across the Tibetan Plateau, the world's 'third pole'.
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#1307512021-10-13
Overseas trade has a hidden environmental 'disaster footprint'
Environmental disasters are increasingly a fact of life around the world. Each year, floods, droughts and landslides affect tens of millions of people, leaving vast human and economic destruction in their wake. The cost in human lives and livelihoods each year is enormous.
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#1307062021-10-12
How can healthcare professionals help address climate change?
As climate change becomes a more pressing global concern, more needs to be done to address its health effects. We spoke to researchers Dr. Rebecca Huntley and Dr. Lai Heng Foong about how healthcare professionals can help.
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#1307072021-10-12
Natural Weathering and Carbon Sinks can Help Fight Climate Change
The extensive habitats of the earth, spanning from the poles to the equator, have the strong potential to eliminate carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through the undiscovered rock nitrogen weathering reactions that distribute natural fertilizers across the globe.
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#1307082021-10-12
Climate change affects 85% of world population, analysis shows
Climate change is already impacting 85% of the world's population as around the globe temperatures rise and fall as predicted by tens of thousands of studies conducted throughout history, an analysis of those studies found Monday.
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#1306102021-10-06
COP26: billions are being spent tackling climate change – where is it all going? Climate Fight podcast part 1
As hosts of COP26 – this year’s annual meeting of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – the UK has asked attendees to step up efforts to mobilise public and private sources of financial aid.
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#1306122021-10-06
‘Eye-watering’: climate change disasters will cost Australia billions each year, study finds
Climate change-related disasters will cost Australia $73bn a year by 2060, even if action to curb emissions is taken now, a report has found.
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#1306132021-10-06
Terrawatch: how climate change alters impact of volcanic eruptions
It’s well known that volcanic eruptions alter the climate but can human-made climate change alter volcanic eruptions? Curiously, the answer appears to be yes.
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#1306152021-10-06
Google Maps to show the lowest carbon route for car journeys
Google Maps is to offer drivers the lowest carbon route for their chosen journey as part of the search company’s new environmentally friendly policies.
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#1305802021-09-30
COP26: The biggest climate change conference in the world and why it matters
The planet, you've likely heard, isn't doing so well. The latest report from the United Nations' chief climate body, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, shows global temperatures are very likely to rise 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels in the next few decades. Human-gene ...
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#1305812021-09-30
Climate change’s grey area gets overdue focus
The net is gradually closing on corporate green laggards. The Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), championed by former Bank of England boss Mark Carney, already obliges companies to divulge their exposure to risks relating to things like carbon emissions. Now there’s the ...
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#1305832021-09-30
Coffee bean price spike just a taste of what’s to come with climate change
Scientists have long warned climate change is coming for our morning coffee and a recent spike in global bean prices could be the first sign it’s actually happening.
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#1305842021-09-30
Invasive potential of tropical fruit flies in temperate regions under climate change
Tropical fruit flies are considered among the most economically important invasive species detected in temperate areas of the United States and the European Union. Detections often trigger quarantine and eradication programs that are conducted without a holistic understanding of the threat posed.
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#1305852021-09-30
COP26's success rests partly on global climate fund promised in 2015 — and it's short billions
Climate scientist Saleem Huq says the world should prepare for a big letdown when the UN climate conference gets under way next month in Glasgow, Scotland.
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#1305862021-09-30
Response to Covid-19 and climate change: a remarkable divergence
As the year 2021 progressed, a remarkable divergence between the global response to the Covid-19 pandemic and to climate change became ever more apparent.
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#1305872021-09-30
Battling climate change underwater: Italy opens its first 'Smart Bay'
Climate scientists have a new tool to help protect the Mediterranean Sea from the impact of climate change: Italy's first 'Smart Bay'.
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#1305962021-09-30
Why climate change is making it harder to chase fall foliage
Droughts that cause leaves to turn brown and wither before they can reach peak color. Heat waves prompting leaves to fall before autumn even arrives. Extreme weather events like hurricanes that strip trees of their leaves altogether.
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#1305982021-09-30
Trying to stay afloat: How Mumbai's climate action plan falls short
Mumbai, commonly known as the city of dreams, faces a future that is waist-deep in floodwaters and rising sea levels. In the past couple of decades, several attempts to adopt climate action mechanisms against sea level rise and flooding have been made, although most of them have fallen short, as ...
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#1306052021-09-30
Earth is dimming. Climate change could make it worse
Five hundred years ago, Leonardo da Vinci proposed a radical theory to explain a scientific mystery. When the moon is in its crescent form, it’s sometimes possible to make out a faint, ghostly outline of the rest of the circle.
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#1305432021-09-23
Have climate change predictions matched reality? Podcast
For decades, scientists have warned that unchecked global warming could bring climate extremes such as severe droughts, flash floods and rising sea levels. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly, we talk to three climate change experts on how predictions of a changing world are holding up ag ...
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#1305462021-09-23
Boris Johnson tells UN that Cop26 must be ‘turning point for humanity’
Cop26 must be a “turning point for humanity” in just 40 days’ time, Boris Johnson has urged in a call to arms to fellow global leaders ahead of the climate summit in Glasgow.
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#1305522021-09-23
Report: Global warming is causing 'unprecedented changes' to oceans
Human-induced global warming is "causing unprecedented changes" to the oceans including warming waters, decreasing ice levels and rising seas, according to a recently published report by more than 150 scientists.
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#1305672021-09-23
Young People Are Very, Very Anxious About Climate Change
Maybe it’s the wildfires, or the hurricanes, or the changes to the plants and animals that surround us, but our children are feeling the impact of the climate emergency.
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#1305692021-09-23
Beira: A city's fight against climate change
In 2019, Cyclone Idai devastated Mozambique's port city of Beira. The city is now setting up large green areas designed to absorb future floodwaters – but entire fishing communities need to relocate.
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#1305122021-09-22
Rethinking resilience in the face of climate change
By the time Hurricane Ida hit Philadelphia in early September, it had already dropped massive rainfall on parts of the Gulf Coast. As the storm continued north, record-breaking downpours in New York City led to extensive flooding. Then images started to emerge of water rising so high it reached ...
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#1305132021-09-22
Animals' limbs are stretching and warping because of climate change
Joel Asaph Allen is one of the most famous ornithologists in American history, and even a brief scanning of his career helps illustrate why. The 19th century scientist traveled from the Dakota Territory to Brazil in order to collect specimens.
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#1305142021-09-22
Bad news for pasta lovers: the effect of climate change on food staples
Domesticated maize has been shaping civilization for about 9,000 years, and still provides a big portion of the developing world’s calories. By the 2040s, though, the odds that the four countries producing nearly all global maize exports will simultaneously lose more than 10% of their crop may b ...
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#1305152021-09-22
Climate change: Wildlife and plant species decline 'a crisis'
Stopping the decline in wildlife and plant species is as important as tackling climate change, the head of Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has said. Clare Pillman said nature was in "crisis" and new targets were needed. All five of the UK's environment watchdogs - including NRW - have published a ...
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#1305292021-09-22
Mitigating the impacts of extreme rainfall events in a changing climate
Torrential rainfall quickly transformed New York City's streets and expressways into rivers and lakes on Wednesday night September 2, 2021, shutting down the entire metro system (the first time since Hurricane Sandy) and forcing traffic throughout the city to come to a halt.
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#1304772021-09-20
Climate Change and Cherries
What do cherries have to do with climate change? Youth Climate Corps (YCC) crew members in Kimberley/Cranbrook can answer that question, after spending eight days on food recovery projects – two of them spent salvaging cherries and sharing them with a healthy food sharing initiative.
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#1304782021-09-20
Raising Ambitions for Food Systems and Climate Change
The Food Climate Partnership (FCP)—a consortium of scientists and policy practitioners from Columbia University’s Center for Climate Systems Research (CCSR) and Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP), the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP), New York University’s Sc ...
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#1304792021-09-20
The 10 Asian cities most threatened by climate change flooding
Climate change will bring flooding to the world’s coasts, and it’s becoming clearer which cities are most threatened. Cities with the worst exposure to coastal flooding in the coming decades are overwhelmingly located in Asia, according to a comprehensive analysis by leading climate scientists, ...
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#1304802021-09-20
To a Lesser Degree—a new climate podcast from The Economist
RISING GLOBAL temperatures have already increased the frequency of floods, wildfires, droughts and heatwaves around the world. If humanity does not change course rapidly, the effects of climate change will become more extreme.
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#1304812021-09-20
Climate change: From deep scientific understanding to practical solutions
Markku Kulmala, from the Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, discusses the ACCC Flagship concerning adaptation to climate change, from deep scientific understanding to practical solutions
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#1305002021-09-20
The unexplored region of the atmosphere that could help predict climate change
About 17 kilometers above the Earth's surface, the first layer of the atmosphere meets the second one. At a boundary called the tropopause, the troposphere ends and the stratosphere begins.
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#1305012021-09-20
Pinpointing the role of climate change in every storm is impossible, and a luxury most countries can't afford
Tropical Storm Ida recently left a path of devastation across the US, capping a summer beset by wildfires, heatwaves and floods which broke records around the world. The inevitable question after each of these extreme weather events is the same: to what extent did climate change make it worse?
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#1304212021-09-15
How inaction on climate change can worsen the crisis in Afghanistan
After decades of foreign intervention and violent conflict, the American mission in Afghanistan has ended and the Taliban have announced a new government. But for millions of Afghans, human-induced climate change has only magnified the strife.
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#1304222021-09-15
Birds with bigger beaks and longer-legged shrews: Animals are evolving to cope with climate change
Animals are evolving quicker to cope with the warming climate — but where does that leave those that cannot adapt quick enough? A new study, published by Deakin University in Australia, found that birds, in particular, are developing larger beaks, legs and ears to better regulate their body temp ...