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#1187112018-10-29
China, France launch satellite to study climate change
The first Franco-Chinese satellite was launched into orbit on Monday to study ocean surface winds and waves around the clock, better predict cyclones and improve scientists' understanding of climate change.
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#1246132020-03-10
Chiquita Announces New Updated Sustainability Report
Chiquita, the leading banana company, honors its global responsibility by continuing its sustainability practices that have led the industry for nearly three decades.
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#1336152022-03-01
Chocolate frog? New burrowing frog species unearthed in Amazon’s rare peatlands
A photo of an odd-looking amphibian drew attention on Twitter last week, where it was described as a “smooth lil fella”, compared to a melted tootsie roll candy, and likened to the chocolate frogs from Harry Potter.
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#4285Circle of Conferences: International Year of Biodiversity
5 - 8 April 2010, Monterrey, Mexico
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#1271982021-02-19
Cities May Be Our Greatest Hope in the Face of Climate Change and the Pandemic
Thirty days after President Joe Biden’s inauguration, we celebrate the United States’ re-entry into the Paris Agreement, an important victory for the country and the world. As mayors united in our commitment to address the climate crisis, we recognize this enormous opportunity to raise global cl ...
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#1192072018-12-27
Cities in 2018: Simple ideas, fancy urban tech
The SDGs and the New Urban Agenda remain a challenge for cities. Goal 11 of the SDGs, to build sustainable cities, has proved to be a particularly tough one for urban areas across continents.
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#2606COP 11
2012-10-10
Citizen Science: The Voice of Youth Connecting Science with Policy
Four young scientists will present innovative solutions and cross-cutting approaches to protect biodiversity. These researchers were selected from a highly competitive pool of applicants as the winners of the SustainUS Citizen Science paper competition. Citizen Science is SustainUS's initiative ...
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#1196802019-01-30
Citizen science in Kenya’s Rift Valley
Participation is widely seen as a cornerstone of sustainable resource management, and it’s a pillar of Kenya’s 2010 constitution, too. In the remote highland forests and water catchments of the country’s Rift Valley region, the involvement of the community in undertaking science work has deliver ...
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#1197182019-02-01
Citizen scientists discover pinhead-sized beetle in Borneo
How many citizen scientists does it take to discover a new species? A recent expedition to the Ulu Temburong forest in Borneo proved that you only need 10 enthusiasts with no professional training, yet fueled with curiosity and passion for the outdoors, to find a new beetle the size of a pinhead ...
Press Release
#190352006-01-19
Citizens of the world invited to participate in virtual conference and help to sustain life on earth THE VIRTUAL CURITIBA BIODIVERSITY CONFERENCE January - March 2006 - <a href=http://2010.biodiv.org>http://2010.biodiv.org</a> ACHIEVING THE 2010 TARGET!
CURITIBA – 19 January 2006. Never before in human history has the rate of biodiversity loss been so great. The rate of loss of biodiversity now exceeds 100 times natural rates. For some experts we are on the eve of the greatest extinction crisis. Humans are changing environments to the poin ...
Meeting
#3962City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council Events
1 - 31 March 2010, Bradford, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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#1282602021-04-27
Civic Sanskriti: Mango magic... the treasure troves that sustain us all
While the brilliant Amaltas flowers are a visual delight, it is the Mango that is perhaps the most loved and delicious component of the golden Indian summer
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#1221432019-09-09
Civil Society Urges Inclusive, Resilient & Sustainable Urban Areas of the Future
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, USA, Sep 9 2019 (IPS) - The United Nations held its first major international conference in one of America’s mountain states, bringing scores of civil society organizations (CSOs) to discuss ways on making “cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustain ...
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#3038ICNP 3
2014-02-27
Clarifying the impact of the Nagoya Protocol on the top innovation processes related to botanical extracts and natural ingredients
Initial results of a study to determine which innovation processes related to botanical extracts and ingredients fall within the scope of the Nagoya Protocol and assess the potential impact on current business models and their effect on delivering the conservation and livelihood goals of the Pr ...
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#1318112021-11-18
Clean ocean: Reducing marine debris by 2030 is major among objectives
Reducing marine debris by 50-90 per cent and a globe-circling, high-tech system of monitors are two essential aims among several championed by nine distinguished international experts appointed to help the United Nations reach the goal of a clean ocean by 2030.
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#1334702022-02-24
Climate Change Affects Antarctic Silverfish Population in Western Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Silverfish (Pleuragramma antarctica; Notothenioidei) is the only indigenous Southern Ocean fish with a fully pelagic life cycle, accounting for approximately 90% of adult and larval fish biomass in coastal parts of the Southern Ocean.
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#1279382021-04-07
Climate Change Demands Industry Change — Let's Figure It Out
By now, it's common knowledge that the Earth's climate is changing at an alarming rate, and human activity is a contributing factor. It's also widely acknowledged that the infrastructure that's powering exciting advancements in technology — things like cloud computing, AI and IoT — has a big sus ...
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#1192032018-12-27
Climate Change Is Affecting Shark Swimming Behavior
Climate change has been on everyone’s tongue lately, with many wondering how this phenomenon is changing our animals. Australian scientists have discovered one way it is altering the behavior of one of our oceanic predators: sharks. According to the study published in the Symmetry magazine, our ...
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#1274392021-03-02
Climate Change May Reduce Children’s Diet Diversity
When it comes to improving nutrition in marginalized communities, education and infrastructure are some of the first investment targets that come to mind. But these kinds of efforts are not sustainable unless they take into account the differing impacts of climate change on local communities.
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#1340392022-04-13
Climate Change Will Reshuffle Marine Ecosystems in Unexpected Ways – “Like Putting Marine Biodiversity in a Blender”
Warming of the oceans due to climate change will mean fewer productive fish species to catch in the future, according to a new Rutgers study that found as temperatures warm, predator-prey interactions will prevent species from keeping up with the conditions where they could thrive.
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#1293842021-06-16
Climate Change Would be an Olympics Issue, New Study Finds
Heat and humidity could pose an additional risk to athletes at this summer’s planned Tokyo Olympics, a new report published by the British Association for Sustainable Sport found. The impacts from the rapidly rising temperatures could cause health problems.
Side Event
#304COP 7
2004-02-11
Climate Change and Biodiversity: Report of the Ad-Hoc Technical Expert Group
<p>The key results of the Report of the Ad-Hoc Group on Biological Diversity and Climate Change will be presented by several of the authors (Bob Watson, Habiba Gitay, Braulio Dias, and Horst Korn and Kanta Kumari) on the following topics:</p> <li>Biodiversity and Linkages to Biodiversity <li>Cl ...
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#2537COP 11
2012-10-17
Climate Change and Biodiversity; Conservation and Adaptation
Climate change is one of the most important global environmental Issues impacting natural ecosystems and socioeconomic systems. For instance, climate change affects forest ecosystems primarily in three ways: firstly, forest ecosystems through land use change contribute about 20% of the global C0 ...
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#2376Climate Change and Sustainable Development: An International Workshop to Strengthen Research and Understanding
7 - 8 April 2006, New Delhi, India
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#1194192019-01-16
Climate Change and a Salty Dilemma
As the threat of water scarcity increasingly grows, many have turned to the Earth’s plentiful oceans for a solution. However, this has created a new risk threatening public and environmental health: brine.
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#1273542021-02-25
Climate Change is Weakening the Ocean Currents That Shape Weather on Both Sides of the Atlantic
Since the end of the last ice age, a swirling system of ocean-spanning currents has churned consistently in the Atlantic, distributing heat energy along the ocean surface from the tropics toward the poles, with heavy, cold water slowly flowing back toward the equator along the bottom of the sea.
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#895COP 8
2006-03-22
Climate Change, Biodiversity and Desertification Synergies
Biodiversity, land use and climate are inextricably linked. Because of these linkages, there are many examples at regional, national and international scales where integrated joint work on the synergies between the issues and their Conventions will be more effective than dealing with each separa ...
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#1198522019-02-08
Climate Change: Earth very similar to 115,000 years ago, except dramatic sea level rise
Somewhere dating back to 115,000 years ago, humans or as we may call them homo sapiens were all the while living in groups of hunters and gatherers, to a great extent restricted to Africa. While these primates didn't have any idea, but the Earth was reaching the end of a noteworthy warm period. ...
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#1201742019-03-01
Climate Change: Ice Free Summer likely in the Arctic in 20 years -
The Arctic Ocean could encounter summers free of ice in the following 20 years, which is a lot sooner than recently anticipated, except if greenhouse emissions are significantly reduced. -
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#1336242022-03-01
Climate Crisis: Health, Cities, Biodiversity—Key Takeaways from IPCC’s Report on Impact, Adaptation and Vulnerability
At present, 1.5°C and 2°C are the two figures that seem to determine the planet’s future! These represent warming scenarios, and breaching these thresholds could undermine our ability to build a liveable and sustainable future for all. Unmitigated warming would turn Earth inhabitable for humans ...
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#1315012021-11-04
Climate Scientist Warns About 5 Feet Increase in Sea Levels Due to Global Warming
Ocean levels increasing quickly indicate severe concern. Consequences including swamp overflow, degradation, soil pollution are among others on the list. There are a few other very common reasons which can contribute to sea level change, like decreasing Gulf Stream, declining terrain.
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#1313662021-11-01
Climate Summit urged to implement wildlife trade solutions to tackle climate change
As world leaders meet at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow this week to confront the challenges of global climate change, TRAFFIC urges governments to recognize the crucial contribution that sustainable wildlife trade can play in tackling the climate crisis.
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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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#1298722021-08-10
Climate change 'double whammy' could kill off fish species
Many commonly-eaten fish could face extinction as warming oceans due to climate change increases pressure on their survival while also hampering their ability to adapt.
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#1314122021-11-02
Climate change and Sustainability takes centre stage at Expo 2020
Sustainability is one of the key three themes, alongside mobility and opportunity, at Expo 2020 in Dubai. As 192 countries come together for the world fair they will collectively collaborate to battle climate change.
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#1222782019-09-19
Climate change and biodiversity most pressing issues – German environment ministry report
In its 2019 environmental report, the German environment ministry identifies climate change and biodiversity conservation as two of the "most pressing challenges of our time." The report also focuses on sustainable mobility, stressing that transport accounts for almost a third of Germany's final ...
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#1289062021-05-31
Climate change and indigenous peoples, afro-descendants and migrants examined at global seminar
Indigenous peoples and afro-descendants’ knowledge, innovations and resilience capacities are essential for the transformation to a more sustainable and climate-friendly world and should be included in the policy-making processes, agreed the High-Level Seminar convened today by the Food and Agri ...
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#2476SBSTTA 16
2012-05-03
Climate change and the do's and don'ts of supporting Indigenous and community initiatives to conserve and restore forests
The event will feature the presentation of a new report on the do's and don'ts of supporting Indigenous and community initiatives to conserve and restore forests. It will discuss how appropriate support to Indigenous territories and community conserved areas (ICCAs) can contribute to sustainable ...
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#1223702019-09-25
Climate change and the ocean
Climate change has serious, long-term, and far-reaching negative consequences for our ocean.Burning fossil fuels, raising livestock, and clearing forests are just three examples of human activities that release billions of tons of CO2 and other heat-trapping gases into our atmosphere every year, ...
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#2793COP 11
2012-10-15
Climate change and the resultant calamities, their impact on Biodiversity: Ensuring inclusion of Biodiversity-dependent communities in all preparedness, adaptation and mitigation measures
The event will look at the impact of depletion of biodiversity as one result of climate change, which is ultimately causing hazards/disaster situations, grossly affecting the Dalits who live in vicarious settlements, and subjected to caste based discrimination in disasters. It also would cover a ...
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#1267302021-01-27
Climate change brings challenges for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands—Read the 2021 assessment
Stronger typhoons, threats to coral reefs, and human health risks are among the major challenges detailed in a new report on climate change in the CNMI. Threatened resources include high-value coastal infrastructure and the millions of dollars that ocean ecosystems add to the CNMI economy annual ...
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#1291682021-06-08
Climate change could push temperatures at the Tokyo Olympics to the 'danger-zone' for athletes, report warns
Intense heat and high humidity could pose a serious risk to athletes at this year's Tokyo Olympics, according to a new report.The report, published Wednesday by the British Association for Sustainable Sport, details the concerns of leading athletes and scientists about the health impacts of soar ...
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#1326952022-01-21
Climate change could shift 45 per cent of fish stock to new economic waters by 2100, Canadian study finds
As climate change increases and oceans warm up, it could have a huge impact on the fishing industry due to fish populations shifting from the waters of one country to another, according to a new Canadian study.
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#1321892021-12-15
Climate change has destabilized the Earth’s poles, putting the rest of the planet in peril
The ice shelf was cracking up. Surveys showed warm ocean water eroding its underbelly. Satellite imagery revealed long, parallel fissures in the frozen expanse, like scratches from some clawed monster. One fracture grew so big, so fast, scientists took to calling it “the dagger.”
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#1312962021-10-29
Climate change in least developed countries: How blended finance could help meet mitigation needs
After this summer, the list of destructive impacts stemming from climate change is at once more familiar, remarkable and terrifying: Sea-level rise, ocean acidification and desertification led to increasingly devastating extreme weather events such as fires, cyclones, hurricanes, floods and drou ...
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#1351582022-06-30
Climate change in ocean water may impact mangrove dispersal
International research led by Dr. Tom Van der Stocken of the VUB Biology Department examined 21st century changes in ocean-surface temperature, salinity, and density, across mangrove forests worldwide.
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#1224142019-09-27
Climate change is going to make septic systems a problem for millions
A major UN report released this week shows the sea level is rising around the globe, which means people who live in coastal cities face real risks from losing their property, and in some cases their live, to the rising ocean and the intense storms these warmer waters bring.
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#1292792021-06-14
Climate change is making ocean waves more powerful, threatening to erode many coastlines
Sea level rise isn’t the only way climate change will devastate the coast. Our research, published today, found it is also making waves more powerful, particularly in the Southern Hemisphere.
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#1345522022-05-18
Climate change is now warming the deepest parts of the oceans
Much of the ‘excess heat’ stored in the North Atlantic is in the deep ocean, at depths of below 2,300 feet, new research has shown.