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#1335702022-02-28
Time is running out to adapt to climate change, new IPCC report says
Region by region, the analysis describes “widespread, pervasive impacts” to ecosystems, people, settlements, and infrastructure.
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#1335712022-02-28
UN warns half of humanity lives in danger zone now due to climate change hazards
Climate adaptation investments need to speed up to restore degraded ecosystems effectively and equitably, given that climate change affects the lives of billions of people worldwide, the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said Monday.
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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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#1335732022-02-28
Factbox: Key takeaways from the IPCC report on climate impacts and adaptation
The U.N. climate panel's latest major report, released on Monday, details how climate change is impacting nature, societies and economies, as well as what we can do to adapt in a warming world.
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#1335742022-02-28
Climate change happening faster than globe can adapt, latest U.N. report warns
For much of the world, climate-change stress is right here, right now — and the latest highly-anticipated United Nations’ report confirms this emergency.
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#1335752022-02-28
Five takeaways from the UN’s 2022 climate impacts report
The UN’s climate science body today released a major report on the impacts that climate change will have on humans and the planet, and how we may adapt to them.
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#1335762022-02-28
Scientists Say Climate Change Already Driving Species’ Mass Mortalities
Increased heat waves, droughts and floods, caused by human-induced climate change, are already exceeding the tolerance thresholds of plants and animals, according to a fresh warning issued Monday from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
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#1335772022-02-28
Opinion: Time to rethink climate adaptation
A major new report highlights the need for humans to stop climate change in order to protect their own well-being. DW's Heather Moore says it's time to listen.
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#1335782022-02-28
Glaciers a Common Thread Throughout New UN Climate Report
Glaciers appear in many chapters and sections of the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), titled the Working Group II report of the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment. Released on 28 February, it offers detailed observations of historical and recent changes, and provides ...
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#1335792022-02-28
IPCC report: this decade is critical for adapting to inevitable climate change impacts and rising costs
Climate change impacts in Aotearoa New Zealand are real and future risks are high, according to the latest report released today by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
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#1335802022-02-28
UN panel's grim climate change report: 'Parts of the planet will become uninhabitable'
Life in some locations on the planet is rapidly reaching the point where it will be too hot for the species that live there to survive, international climate experts said in a report Monday.
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#1335812022-02-28
‘Fossil fuels are choking humanity’: Major UN report sounds the alarm on climate impacts
The world’s leading climate scientists on Monday warned human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature, with people and ecosystems least able to cope being the hardest hit.
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#1335862022-02-28
U.N. panel warns of global warming's toll on humans and nature
Over the past 70 years, humanity has made great strides on a number of metrics: increasing life expectancy, cutting hunger and disease, boosting education levels.
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#1335932022-02-28
Climate migrants could face a world of closing doors
People driven from their homes as global warming redraws the map of habitable zones are unlikely to find refuge in countries more focused on slamming shut their borders than planning for a climate-addled future, according to a top expert on migration.
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#1335952022-02-28
Transformational change is coming to how people live on Earth, UN climate adaptation report warns
Governments have delayed action on climate change for too long, and incremental changes in energy and food production will no longer be enough to create a climate-resilient future, a new analysis from scientists around the world warns.
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#1335982022-02-28
How we can adapt to climate change
Thomas Bernauer contributed to the latest IPCC report on adaptation to climate change. He sees nature and good governance as our most important resources for coping with the effects of climate change:
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#1335992022-02-28
UN climate report: 'Atlas of human suffering' worse, bigger
Deadly with extreme weather now, climate change is about to get so much worse. It is likely going to make the world sicker, hungrier, poorer, gloomier and way more dangerous in the next 18 years with an "unavoidable" increase in risks, a new United Nations science report says.
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#1335552022-02-25
What is the IPCC climate change report – and what does it say?
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is made up of the world’s leading climate scientists, charged with publishing regular comprehensive updates of global knowledge on the climate crisis, intended to inform government policymaking. Each “assessment report” takes about five to seven year ...
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#1335282022-02-25
Lessons on climate grief from the people of the sea ice
These "people of the sea ice" have endured years of dramatic warming that is ravaging their beloved landscape at the edge of the Arctic, forcing them to reimagine a way of life that goes back centuries.
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#1335412022-02-25
UN Climate Report: How vulnerable are we, and how can we adapt?
How vulnerable is humanity in the face of climate change? And how have people around the world already been impacted? These are some of the questions to be answered on 28 February by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Two researchers from Lund University participated in the fina ...
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#1335532022-02-25
Should we be growing trees in the desert to combat climate change?
Reforestation is one of our best tools to fight the climate crisis. In the tropics, forests have been reported to absorb 10 million metric tons of carbon dioxide every year.
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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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#1334712022-02-24
Global warming speeding up world's water cycle
Rising temperatures are accelerating the world's water cycle and triggering natural disasters such as droughts and floods, according to a new report led by Australian researchers.
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#1334722022-02-24
EXPLAINER-As climate change wreaks havoc globally, IPCC report flags ways to adapt
From Madagascar, where hunger is surging after a recent storm destroyed drought-withered crops, to Brazil's historic mountain town of Petropolis, hit by a deluge that has caused about 200 deaths, the impacts of wilder weather are being felt worldwide.
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#1334742022-02-24
Climate change may increase wildfires by 50% by 2100, study finds
Thanks in large part to climate change, the world's future will be marked by a dramatic increase in wildfires, according to a new report by the United Nations Environment Program.
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#1334752022-02-24
Climate Damage and the Role of Insurance
As a consequence of climate change, extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, heatwaves and storms have increased in frequency and severity. As Domingo Sugranyes of the Pablo VI Foundation says, “global losses from natural disasters in 2020 came to $210 billion, of which $82 billion was i ...
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#1334802022-02-24
‘Everything is on fire’: Flames rip through Iberá National Park in Argentina
The fires were still several miles away, but Talía Zamboni and her colleagues wanted to work fast. Early in the morning on Feb. 23, they traveled to San Alonso Island in Argentina’s Iberá National Park, where several giant river otters were being housed in a large enclosure, awaiting their relea ...
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#1334862022-02-24
Hot days lead to more mental health emergencies, study finds
Hot summer temperatures drive up the number of people suffering mental health emergencies, the most comprehensive study to date has found.
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#1334972022-02-24
Why Methane Is a Large and Underestimated Threat to Climate Goals
Scientists say climate negotiators have misjudged the effects of rising methane emissions and warn the potent greenhouse gas could imperil hopes of meeting mid-century climate targets. The key, they say, is to focus on cutting those emissions and their big short-term impact.
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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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#1335152022-02-24
Climate change's encroaching toll
Climate change can seem far away from our daily lives. But behind headlines about melting ice sheets, devastating droughts and the collision of wildlife and agriculture are ordinary people.
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#1335162022-02-24
Q&A: Can the World Change Course on Climate?
In this ongoing series on climate issues, MIT faculty, students, and alumni in the humanistic fields share perspectives that are significant for solving climate change and mitigating its myriad social and ecological impacts. Nazli Choucri is a professor of political science and an expert on clim ...
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#1334362022-02-23
New climate risk report will help businesses assess impact of global warming
A new climate risk "taxonomy" released today is the first framework of its kind to classify the risks of climate change to firms.
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#1334372022-02-23
Climate change is causing nature mismatches, says UN report
The pace of climate change is accelerating too fast for many plant and animal species to adapt, and leading to profound impacts on species’ ability to survive and food production, according to a new report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
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#1334392022-02-23
New climate risk report will help businesses assess impact of global warming
A new climate risk "taxonomy" released today is the first framework of its kind to classify the risks of climate change to firms.
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#1334402022-02-23
Climate change is causing nature mismatches, says UN report
The pace of climate change is accelerating too fast for many plant and animal species to adapt, and leading to profound impacts on species’ ability to survive and food production, according to a new report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
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#1334422022-02-23
The problem with the climate change problem
Today’s environmental rallying cry is “Net zero 2050.” Nice slogan, but it’s an empty commitment. Like all complex challenges, the climate change conundrum is a grey and fuzzy one.
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#1334452022-02-23
Global warming and land use change to drive more extreme wildfires
Extreme wildfires are set to become more frequent, increasing by around 50% by the end of this century, according to a new UN report.
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#1334542022-02-23
Why the cost of mitigating climate change can't be boiled down to one right number
Back in November 2019, before the pandemic began, would you have guessed how important videoconferencing like Zoom would be in people's lives just a few months later?
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#1334602022-02-23
In trio of storms hitting Western Europe, role of climate change is complicated
This past week, the U.K. and Western Europe were hit by a trio of powerful storms that battered the region with wind and rain, causing widespread damage to homes, public buildings and trees.
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#1334032022-02-22
Why the conversation about climate change and migration needs to change
If you haven’t seen the projections, you’ve probably still absorbed the gist of them: At some point in the not-too-distant future an astronomical number of people will likely be displaced by climate change. Estimates range from 140 million to 1.2 billion by 2050.
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#1334062022-02-22
Climate change is sickening, literally!
Climate change has a major role in the shifting of range and seasonality of several diseases, the most prominent of which includes Lyme disease. In fact, Lyme was initially a summer disease; however, since 1990, warmer climates have shortened winters and, as a result, extended the duration of Ly ...
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#1334072022-02-22
IPCC: Climate change report to sound warning on impacts
A new report on the impacts of climate change will likely be the most worrying assessment yet of how rising temperatures affect every living thing.
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#1334082022-02-22
Galapagos Islands, sea life affected by climate change
Sea lions found in the Galapagos Islands are dependent on nutrient-rich cold water, but as sea temperatures rise, the species’ food chain becomes more vulnerable.
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#1334102022-02-22
Antarctic sea ice falls to lowest level since measurements began in 1979
Sea ice around Antarctica has dropped to its lowest level in more than 40 years, according to preliminary data from satellites.
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#1334122022-02-22
Almost 15,000 ‘ghost flights’ have left UK since pandemic began
Almost 15,000 “ghost flights” have departed from the UK, according to newly revealed official figures. The ghost flights, defined as those with no passengers or less than 10% of passenger capacity, operated from all 32 airports listed in the data.
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#1334312022-02-22
Climate change reports on ‘thought/think’ pieces
For these late winter days, here are five especially interesting, provocative, and well-written pieces about climate change – what writers and editors call “thought” or “think” pieces.
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#1333522022-02-21
How the climate crisis is threatening our energy supply
At the end of January, torrential rains poured over parts of the South American state of Ecuador. As a result, an oil pipeline in the eastern province of Napo in the Amazon region was severely damaged — thousands of liters of oil began to leak out and contaminate the surrounding soil.
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#1333562022-02-21
Why urban greening isn’t a panacea for extreme weather under climate change
Urban greening is often touted as a way to tackle both heatwaves and floods in cities. This includes through green roofs, living walls, vegetated urban spaces, private and community gardens, habitat corridors, bushland and parks.
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#1333682022-02-21
OPINION: It’s time to turn climate change adaptation ambition into action
COP26 saw an overdue recognition of the need to prioritise adaptation to climate change, with countries committing to double 2019 levels of adaptation finance by 2025, which is the first ever globally agreed adaptation finance goal.