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#1195692019-01-24
'Tipping point' risk for Arctic hotspot
A rapid climate shift under way in the Barents Sea could spread to other Arctic regions, scientists warn. The Barents Sea is said to be at a tipping point, changing from an Arctic climate to an Atlantic climate as the water gets warmer.
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#1214062019-06-26
'Triple whammy' threatens UN action on climate change
A "triple whammy" of events threatens to hamper efforts to tackle climate change say UN delegates.
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#1335722022-02-28
'Uneven' climate change adaptation measures impacting 3.6b people: UN
The world's leading climate scientists have warned that inadequate adaptation efforts in regions facing the serious impact of climate change along with over exploitation of natural resources, rapid urbanization and social inequalities will have a devastating effect on 3.6 billion people and nature.
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#1260832020-12-08
'We Now Need to Do the Impossible.' How Greta Thunberg Is Fighting for a Greener Post-Pandemic World
Like millions of other students around the world, Greta Thunberg is still getting used to attending school virtually. But on a Sunday morning in late November, the 17-year-old Swedish climate activist—named TIME’s Person of the Year in 2019, the youngest titleholder ever— is enjoying having some ...
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#1349982022-06-14
'We beg God for water': Chilean lake turns to desert, sounding climate change alarm
The Penuelas reservoir in central Chile was until twenty years ago the main source of water for the city of Valparaiso, holding enough water for 38,000 Olympic-size swimming pools. Water for only two pools now remains.
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#1249832020-04-02
'We must use this time well': climate experts hopeful after Cop26 delay
Green campaigners and climate leaders have vowed to keep up the pressure on governments around the world to make stringent new commitments on the climate crisis, as a vital UN climate summit was delayed until next year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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#1312902021-10-29
'We need to act immediately' on climate change, IOM chief warns world leaders
In an interview with FRANCE 24 from Geneva, the director general of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) urged world leaders to "act now" to tackle the challenges of climate change during the upcoming COP26 summit in Glasgow.
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#1256832020-11-13
'We packed long underwear and never wore it': Arctic scientists shocked at warming
When the Arctic researchers Jacqueline Grebmeier and Lee Cooper made their annual scientific pilgrimage to frigid seas off Alaska last month, what they found was startling.
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#1190192018-12-13
'We're running out of time': Canada under pressure to step up at global climate conference
The Canadian government is under intense pressure to fill a leadership void as countries try to hammer out how they will hold themselves accountable for implementing the Paris climate-change accord.
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#1253662020-05-01
'What can I realistically do about climate change?'
I was born in 1988, which apparently makes me an older millennial. My question is, what changes can I make and realistically recommend to contribute to fighting climate change? I already vote conscientiously, I’ve moved closer to my office — reducing my commute. I can’t afford a new electric car ...
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#1249212020-03-30
'Why have carbon dioxide levels risen and fallen in the past?'
This is not the column I planned to publish this month. I wrote another one several weeks ago in answer to a reader’s question about tourism in Europe. As you might imagine, that column was swiftly rendered out of date, becoming nothing more than a time capsule of life before COVID-19 became a g ...
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#1221062019-09-04
'Wonder plant' will tackle climate change, conservationists say
Acres of underwater seagrass meadows are to be restored off the Welsh coast to tackle climate change.
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#1257212020-11-17
1% of people cause half of global aviation emissions – study
Frequent-flying “‘super emitters” who represent just 1% of the world’s population caused half of aviation’s carbon emissions in 2018, according to a study. Airlines produced a billion tonnes of CO2 and benefited from a $100bn (£75bn) subsidy by not paying for the climate damage they caused, the ...
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#1243952020-02-26
10 common myths about climate change — and what science really says
If you've ever engaged in a discussion about climate change, in person or online, you've probably encountered some arguments about what the science says. Some of those claims may sound logical but are actually misleading or inaccurate.
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#1231302019-11-26
10 things to know about the Emissions Gap 2019
The annual United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) flagship Emissions Gap Report is now online. But what is this report really about? And why should you care? Keep reading to find out more.
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#1296372021-07-23
100 days to Cop26: protesters urge Boris Johnson to take climate talks seriously
Protesters will fill London’s Parliament Square on Friday morning, calling on the prime minister, Boris Johnson, to make the climate crisis his top priority, as the UK prepares to host UN talks that will determine whether the world tips into environmental catastrophe this decade.
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#1281562021-04-21
101 Nobel laureates call for global fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty
A hundred and one Nobel laureates, including the Dalai Lama, are calling for governments around the world to sign up to a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty to help tackle the climate crisis.
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#1228762019-11-06
11,000 scientists warn: climate change isn’t just about temperature
Exactly 40 years ago, a small group of scientists met at the world’s first climate conference in Geneva. They raised the alarm about unnerving climate trends. Today, more than 11,000 scientists have co-signed a letter in the journal BioScience, calling for urgently necessary action on climate.
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#24011th Global Warming International Conference and EXPO. Kyoto Compliance Review Year 2000
25 - 28 April 2000, Boston, United States of America
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#26412th Session of the Subsidiary Bodies (SBI and SBSTA) UN Convention on Climate Change.
5 - 16 June 2000, Bonn, Germany
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#28813th Session of the Subsidiary Bodies (SBI and SBSTA) UN Convention on Climate Change.
11 - 15 September 2000, Lyon, France
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#33314th Session of the Subsidiary Bodies (SBI and SBSTA) UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
21 May - 1 June 2001, Bonn, Germany
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#466016th World Meteorological Congress
16 May - 3 June 2011, Geneva, Switzerland
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#498317e Colloque International en Évaluation Environnementale
12 - 15 June 2012, Montreal, Canada
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#72018th Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
24 - 29 September 2001, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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#129719th Session of the Subsidiary Bodies (SBI and SBSTAS) UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
1 - 12 December 2003, Milan, Italy
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#22911st Annual Meeting and Conference Pursuing Progress on Climate Change
30 November - 1 December 2005, Montreal, Canada
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#1240362020-01-30
2,000 years of Earth's climate in one simple chart – and the copycat that isn't what it seems
What were global temperatures the year Jesus was born, during the 12th century when Genghis Khan ruled the Mongol Empire, and in 1503 when Leonardo da Vinci started painting the Mona Lisa — and how do they compare with temperatures in our modern world? There's now a chart for that.
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#1283782021-04-30
2.9 million reasons to plan for climate change
Climate change is already costing Minnesotans. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is asking the state legislature for $2.9 million in funding over the next two years to help cities and other local governments develop infrastructure plans for the ongoing effects of climate change.
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#1191422018-12-20
2018 - the hottest La Niña year ever recorded
Once the final official global annual surface temperature is published, 2018 will be the hottest La Niña year on record, by a wide margin. It will be the fourth-hottest year overall, and the fourth consecutive year more than 1°C (1.8°F) hotter than temperatures in the late-1800s, when reliable m ...
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#1193092019-01-09
2018 Global Disasters Cost $160 Billion; Climate Change a Factor, Report Says
Disasters cost the world a hefty $160 billion in 2018 and climate change was a factor in the final tally, a new report says.
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#1192642019-01-07
2018 was 4th warmest year on record, EU climate change report finds
Last year was the fourth warmest on record, extending a scorching streak driven by a buildup of man-made greenhouse gases, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Monday.
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#1235622019-12-20
2019 has been a year of climate disaster. Yet still our leaders procrastinate
2019 may go down in history as Year Zero of the climate apocalypse. The tsunami of extreme events has been so relentless that each is quickly forgotten in favour of its successor.
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#1240292020-01-30
2020 marks a turning point for nature’s role in climate solutions
Global biodiversity talks in China this year will highlight nature-based solutions that could meet one-third of Paris Agreement climate goal by 2030.
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#1238122020-01-20
2020 may be ‘last opportunity’ to limit warming to 1.5°C
While it’s unfair to describe the Madrid climate change conference in December as a complete failure, there is no sugar-coating the reality that it achieved much, much less than what the people and planet need to avoid catastrophic climate change this century.
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#1266482021-01-15
2020 was Earth's second-hottest year, just behind 2016
It's official: 2020 ranks as the second-hottest year on record for the planet, knocking 2019 down to third hottest, according to an analysis by NOAA scientists.
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#1326022022-01-19
2021 joins top 7 warmest years on record: WMO
Last year joined the list of the seven warmest years on record, the UN weather agency said on Wednesday, and was also the seventh consecutive year when the global temperature has been more than 1°C above pre-industrial levels; edging closer to the limit laid out under the 2015 Paris Agreement on ...
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#1323902022-01-11
2021 was the fifth-hottest year on record as emissions surge
The year 2021 was the world’s fifth hottest on record, while levels of planet-warming carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere hit new highs, European Union scientists have said.
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#1321532021-12-13
2021: highlights from the BirdLife Europe and Central Asia year
It has been a deeply challenging year. The pandemic has continued to cause enormous suffering while floods and fires across our continent this summer showed that climate crisis is biting hard
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#1322332021-12-20
2021: when the link between the climate and biodiversity crises became clear
If there was ever any doubt about the inextricable link between the climate emergency and the biodiversity crisis, those doubts were well and truly dispelled in 2021.
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#134120th Session of the Subsidiary Bodies (SBI and SBSTA) UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
16 - 25 June 2004, Bonn, Germany
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#197421th Session of the Subsidiary Bodies (SBI and SBSTA) UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
6 - 14 December 2004, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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#197022nd Session of the Subsidiary Bodies (SBI and SBSTA) UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
19 - 27 May 2005, Bonn, Germany
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#204724th Session of the Subsidiary Bodies (SBI and SBSTA) UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
15 - 26 May 2006, Bonn, Germany
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#304229th session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
31 August - 4 September 2008, Geneva, Switzerland
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#1272202021-02-19
3 Things People Get Wrong About The Polar Vortex And Climate Change
I was interviewed by several media outlets this week about the extreme cold that plunged into the United States. The events, particularly in Texas, were tragic and deserved the coverage. As a weather - climate expert often called upon by the media, I could not help but notice three things that c ...
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#1207652019-04-15
3 ways to combat climate change according to young activists
Young people have a lot more life to live, but if we don't address climate change, the planet they live on will look nothing like it does today. The good news is, a number of young people are putting up a fight.