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#1259542020-12-01
Climate change: Temperature analysis shows UN goals 'within reach'
A new analysis, seen by the BBC, suggests the goals of the UN Paris climate agreement are getting "within reach." The Climate Action Tracker group looked at new climate promises from China and other nations, along with the carbon plans of US President-elect Joe Biden.
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#1324532022-01-12
Climate change: Thawing permafrost a triple-threat
Thawing Arctic permafrost laden with billions of tonnes of greenhouse gases not only threatens the region's critical infrastructure but life across the planet, according a comprehensive scientific review.
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#1203692019-03-14
Climate change: The essential guide for both young and old
Our climate has shaped life on Earth for thousands of years. A combination of “the atmosphere, oceans, lands, ice and the life on our planet acting in concert under the power of the sun” creates the climate where we live.
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#1190652018-12-17
Climate change: The massive CO2 emitter you may not know about
Cement is the most widely used man-made material in existence. It is second only to water as the most-consumed resource on the planet. But, while cement - the key ingredient in concrete - has shaped much of our built environment, it also has a massive carbon footprint.
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#1329772022-02-07
Climate change: Top companies exaggerating their progress - study
Many of the world's biggest companies are failing to meet their own targets on tackling climate change, according to a study of 25 corporations.
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#1353402022-07-15
Climate change: Tourist destinations under threat
If you want to see firsthand the impact of climate change, take a trip to Es Trenc, one of Mallorca's finest beaches. Here, massive concrete bunkers — built in the mid-20th century by the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco — were originally hidden amid the sand dunes. Today, these structures stan ...
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#1217362019-07-30
Climate change: Tree planting rise 'needs to happen quickly'
Significant rises in tree planting in the UK "need to happen quickly" if other targets to cut carbon are not met, government advisers have warned.
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#1214892019-07-05
Climate change: Trees 'most effective solution' for warming
Researchers say an area the size of the US is available for planting trees around the world, and this could have a dramatic impact on climate change.
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#1189542018-12-10
Climate change: Trump coal event overshadowed at COP24
White House representatives arrive at climate talks in Poland on Monday to promote coal and other fossil fuels.
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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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#1280792021-04-20
Climate change: UK to speed up target to cut carbon emissions
Radical new climate change commitments will set the UK on course to cut carbon emissions by 78% by 2035, Boris Johnson will announce this week. Hitting the targets would require more electric cars, low-carbon heating, renewable electricity and, for many, cutting down on meat and dairy.
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#1223582019-09-25
Climate change: UN panel signals red alert on 'Blue Planet'
Climate change is devastating our seas and frozen regions as never before, a major new United Nations report warns. According to a UN panel of scientists, waters are rising, the ice is melting, and species are moving habitat due to human activities.
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#1233262019-12-06
Climate change: United Nations wants sporting bodies to do more
Just four professional UK-based sports clubs or associations have signed up to the United Nations initiative on climate change, 12 months after it was launched.
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#1215792019-07-15
Climate change: Used cooking oil imports may fuel deforestation
Imports of a "green fuel" source may be inadvertently increasing deforestation and the demand for new palm oil, a study says.
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#1230052019-11-15
Climate change: Warming signal links global floods and fires
With homes under water in South Yorkshire, near record flooding in Venice, and burgeoning wildfires in Australia, many people are asking if and how climate change is connected to these extreme weather events.
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#1206332019-04-04
Climate change: Warning from 'Antarctica's last forests'
Scramble across exposed rocks in the middle of Antarctica and it's possible to find the mummified twigs of shrubs that grew on the continent some three to five million years ago.
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#1204182019-03-19
Climate change: Water shortages in England 'within 25 years'
Within 25 years England will not have enough water to meet demand, the head of the Environment Agency is warning. The impact of climate change, combined with population growth, means the country is facing an "existential threat", Sir James Bevan told the Waterwise Conference in London.
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#1192502019-01-04
Climate change: We challenged three people to transform their daily habits
Buy less meat and dairy. Walk, don't drive. Dry laundry on a rack. They're all things we're told could help save the planet. But how far are any of us prepared to go? And what's stopping us from doing more? We challenged three people to spend one week making as many changes as possible to live a ...
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#1313212021-10-29
Climate change: We're acting, but are we making a difference?
It's a big question: Is the world doing enough to adapt to the effects of climate change? According to University of Delaware disaster researcher A.R. Siders, there are no easy answers, but scientists are looking at this problem from a variety of angles.
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#1272822021-02-23
Climate change: West Antarctica's Getz glaciers flowing faster
Wherever you look in West Antarctica right now, the message is the same: Its marine-terminating glaciers are being melted by warm seawater. Scientists have just taken a detailed look at the ice streams flowing into the ocean along a 1,000km-stretch of coastline known as the Getz region.
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#1237872020-01-17
Climate change: What can I do about it and other questions
"The moment of crisis has come" in efforts to tackle climate change, Sir David Attenborough has warned. He spoke as BBC News launched a year of special coverage on global warming.
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#1339242022-04-06
Climate change: What does the IPCC mean by 'choice architecture' and can it change our behaviour?
For the first time ever, UN climate scientists have dedicated a whole chunk of a report to how we can curb climate change by reducing energy demand - that is, by consuming less.
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#1276672021-03-10
Climate change: What is COP26 and why does it matter?
In the fight against climate change, the UN says time is fast running out. So COP26, the United Nations climate summit, is an opportunity to agree to global action that’s seriously overdue.
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#1354772022-07-26
Climate change: When does planting trees make sense?
Trees can be powerful allies in the fight against global heating because they can trap CO2 and lock it away. But planting billions more of them won't be enough to save the climate.
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#1243842020-02-26
Climate change: Why are tomato prices in Africa increasing?
Tomato prices in Kenya have skyrocketed in recent weeks, with some parts of the country paying up to seven times more. The price rises follow months of heavy rains across East Africa. But could climate change be contributing to the problem?
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#1336942022-03-03
Climate change: Why it is now or never for India
The latest UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report has painted a bleak picture for India, warning that the South Asian country could face multiple climate change-induced disasters in the next two decades.
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#1289472021-06-01
Climate change: Wildfires in the Western U.S. are burning higher up the mountains
The Western U.S. appears headed for another dangerous fire season, and a new study shows that even high mountain areas once considered too wet to burn are at increasing risk as the climate warms.
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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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#1193222019-01-10
Climate change: Will insect-eating dogs help?
Do you fret that your pet pooch is blamed by environmentalists for turning rainforests into poo in the park? Have no fear - you can now fatten Fido on black soldier flies instead of Brazilian beef.
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#1200222019-02-19
Climate change: Winters of future will be colder -- and also warmer
Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Global warming will bring milder winter weather to much of the Northern Hemisphere, including Europe and North America. But some climate scientists predict those balmy winter days will be more frequently interrupted by extreme cold.
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#1294452021-07-07
Climate change: Woodland Trust to go plastic-free by end of the year
The Woodland Trust is promising to get rid of plastic tree guards from its sites by the end of the year. The charity wants to make a "permanent change" to the way trees are planted, as it tries to achieve the goal of planting 10 million new trees each year until 2025.
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#1252352020-04-22
Climate change: World mustn't forget 'deeper emergency'
Despite the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, the world mustn't forget the "deeper environmental emergency" facing the planet. That's the view of the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, in remarks released to celebrate Earth Day. The toll taken by the virus is both "immediate and dreadful" ...
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#1304042021-09-14
Climate change: World now sees twice as many days over 50C
The number of extremely hot days every year when the temperature reaches 50C has doubled since the 1980s, a global BBC analysis has found. They also now happen in more areas of the world than before, presenting unprecedented challenges to human health and to how we live.
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#1224132019-09-27
Climate change: Yale and abroad
Adriana Colón ’20 passed out Puerto Rican flags to protestors on Cross Campus Wednesday afternoon. She approached the microphone demanding the immediate divestment of Yale endowment funds from Puerto Rican debt. This was not the first time she had made that demand.
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#1335692022-02-28
Climate change: a threat to human wellbeing and health of the planet. Taking action now can secure our future
Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, despite efforts to reduce the risks.
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#1335142022-02-24
Climate change: effect on forests could last millennia, ancient ruins suggest
Forests are home to 80% of land-based biodiversity, but these arks of life are under threat. The rising average global temperature is forcing tiny plants like sidebells wintergreen on the forest floor (known as the understory) to shift upslope in search of cooler climes.
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#1284742021-05-06
Climate change: how bad could the future be if we do nothing?
The climate crisis is no longer a looming threat – people are now living with the consequences of centuries of greenhouse gas emissions. But there is still everything to fight for. How the world chooses to respond in the coming years will have massive repercussions for generations yet to be born.
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#1312912021-10-29
Climate change: how economists underestimated benefits of action for decades
The costs of doing nothing vastly outweigh the costs of decarbonising a global economy which, since the Industrial Revolution, has been powered by fossil fuels. That may seem self-evident today, when catastrophic fires and floods offer daily reminders of how expensive continued inaction on clima ...
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#1317802021-11-18
Climate change: how elephants help pump planet-warming carbon underground
Imagine you’re in a hot air balloon flying over an African savanna in the late growing season. Below, herds of elephants, zebras, wildebeests and rhinos roam a mosaic landscape dotted with lonesome trees and daubs of woodland on a canvas of yellow-brown grass. The hungry and rowdy herbivores are ...
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#1192842019-01-08
Climate change: its impact on aviation. The time to plan is now.
There is justifiably a good deal of analysis and media coverage of aviation's impact on climate change. Fewer column inches have been given to the impact of climate change on aviation.
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#1195672019-01-24
Climate change: male infertility caused by heatwaves may result in mass extinction
Since the 1980s, increasingly frequent and intense heatwaves have contributed to more deaths than any other extreme weather event.
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#1234822019-12-17
Climate change: new rules agreed to determine which investments are green
Parliament negotiators reached an agreement with Council on Monday on new criteria to determine whether an economic activity is environmentally sustainable.
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#1353052022-07-12
Climate change: new rules to stop EU-driven deforestation globally
To fight climate change and biodiversity loss globally, Environment MEPs want only deforestation-free products to be allowed on the EU market.
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#1343382022-05-10
Climate change: put water at the heart of solutions
I was born in a village near the Sundarbans mangrove forests in West Bengal, India. Many of my childhood memories are of overheard conversations — worried adults discussing how the rains failed or how brackish water crept in to ruin the rice crop.
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#1278112021-03-29
Climate change: rainfall threatens spectacular Northumberland carved fireplace
A race has begun to prevent one of the most spectacular fireplaces in the UK from crumbling because of the increase in heavy rainfall brought about by climate change.
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#1247112020-03-17
Climate change: study finds reindeer, bison and horses could help reduce methane emissions in Arctic
Reindeer, bison and horses could play a key role in tackling climate change, locking greenhouse gases into Arctic permafrost by packing down the snow with their hooves, a new study finds.
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#1201912019-03-04
Climate change: the human factor
The University of Cape Town (UCT) is driving cutting-edge research to quantify the long-term effects of humans on global warming, aimed at not only reducing future risk but also enhancing on-the-ground responses to reduce the impact on populations of the global south.
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#1266282021-01-15
Climate change: what would 4°C of global warming feel like?
Another year, another climate record broken. Globally, 2020 tied with 2016 as the warmest year ever recorded. This was all the more remarkable given that cool conditions in the Pacific Ocean – known as La Niña – began to emerge in the second half of the year. The Earth’s mean surface temperature ...
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#1300742021-08-19
Climate change: why government failure to act isn’t the problem
The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report underscored the dire state of the climate crisis, concluding that “immediate, rapid and large-scale reductions in greenhouse gas emissions” are needed to limit global warming even to 1.5°C or 2°C.
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#1291382021-06-07
Climate change: world’s lakes are in hot water – threatening rare wildlife
The Earth’s surface is splotched with 117 million lakes. Some are scarcely more than ponds, while others are so big they can be seen from space. At 395 miles long, 49 miles wide and just over 1 mile deep, Lake Baikal in Siberia is one of the world’s largest and it’s home to 2,500 species, includ ...