Will we ever see real climate action?
1 year, 4 months ago

Will we ever see real climate action?

China Daily  

The Dixie Fire pushes through the Genesee Valley on Aug 21, 2021 in Genesee, California. This month has If the developed countries and emerging market economies are struggling to adapt to climate change, we cannot even imagine what the condition of the least-developed and Pacific island countries is like. The world leaders are expected to meet at the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from Nov 30 to Dec 12, and resume from where they left in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt in 2022. The young guns have moved the European Court of Human Rights against 32 European countries, accusing their leaders of not doing enough to combat climate change. If the six young climate activists are successful, the 32 European countries will be legally bound to ramp up emissions cuts as well as reduce their overall contribution to climate change including their exports, especially fossil fuel exports.

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LA Times  

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Live Mint  

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LA Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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Associated Press  

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The Independent  

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Why 32 European countries are facing the largest climate action lawsuit till date | Explained
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The Hindu  

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1 year, 3 months ago

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LA Times  

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The Independent  

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Firstpost  

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Associated Press  

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Al Jazeera  

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LA Times  

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Salon  

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The Independent  

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Al Jazeera  

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Associated Press  

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Firstpost  

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The Independent  

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3 years, 3 months ago

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Al Jazeera  

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3 years, 4 months ago

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The Hindu  

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The time to take climate action is now
3 years, 8 months ago

The time to take climate action is now

China Daily  

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The climate crisis: Our children warned us, but we did not listen
4 years, 5 months ago

The climate crisis: Our children warned us, but we did not listen

Al Jazeera  

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It's Too Late For Us To Fight Climate Change. Instead, Here's How We'll Spend Our Lives.
4 years, 10 months ago

It's Too Late For Us To Fight Climate Change. Instead, Here's How We'll Spend Our Lives.

Huff Post  

Barry Rueger looking out over the Pacific Ocean on Vancouver Island in Ucluelet, British Columbia. “If the powerful people who could significantly reduce carbon emissions at the stroke of a pen won’t act to save us, are we wasting our time?” My wife and I are at the age when we’re preparing for retirement as much as possible. We’d like …

Climate change adaptation: With little focus on transformation, we’re doing it wrong, review explains
4 years, 10 months ago

Climate change adaptation: With little focus on transformation, we’re doing it wrong, review explains

Firstpost  

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Scientists Declare A Climate Emergency, Warn Of ‘Untold Human Suffering’
5 years, 2 months ago

Scientists Declare A Climate Emergency, Warn Of ‘Untold Human Suffering’

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING More than 11,000 scientists from 153 countries have declared a climate emergency, warning in a new report that “untold human suffering” is “unavoidable” without drastic action. Ripple, one of the study’s authors, called for a holistic solution that also addresses social justice issues and honors “the diversity of humans around the world.” The scientists’ warning comes one …

The 11-year-old who’s holding governments accountable for inaction on climate change
5 years, 2 months ago

The 11-year-old who’s holding governments accountable for inaction on climate change

Firstpost  

She believes collective protests by children from all over the world for climate justice will bring about a positive change. “I feel very bad as well as angry that some people are criticising young climate activists and I just want to ask them ‘what you have done’ and then say anything to us,” said Ridhima, who led a climate strike …

‘More fuel to the flames’: Climate advocates shun UN inaction
5 years, 3 months ago

‘More fuel to the flames’: Climate advocates shun UN inaction

Al Jazeera  

With underwhelming commitments made at the Climate Action Summit, activists say that more needs to happen soon. “For the most part, world leaders did not deliver what was needed in New York today,” said Greenpeace International’s Executive Director Jennifer Morgan. She said it is “time to address corporate power and the hold it has over politics” and it is “time …

‘No Planet B’: Millions take to streets in global climate strike
5 years, 3 months ago

‘No Planet B’: Millions take to streets in global climate strike

Al Jazeera  

From New York to Istanbul, young activists abandon school to demand immediate action on climate change. “The preliminary numbers say there are at least 3 million people in today’s #ClimateStrike And that is before counting North and South America,” tweet Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teen, who was in New York to lead the climate strike ahead of the UN Climate …

In Pictures: Protests worldwide for action against climate change
5 years, 3 months ago

In Pictures: Protests worldwide for action against climate change

Al Jazeera  

Protesters around the world have taken out rallies calling for action against climate change in advance of a United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York. In Australia, placards read: “We’ll go to school when the earth is cool”, while raging wildfires prompted a pithy message from a woman in Melbourne, whose picture of a burning Australia was captioned: “We’re …

Q&A: What is the U.N. climate change summit?
5 years, 3 months ago

Q&A: What is the U.N. climate change summit?

LA Times  

Enough with the platitudes — it’s time for world leaders to take concrete actions to avert a catastrophic heating of the planet. The 2015 Paris agreement aims to keep global warming “well below” 2 degrees Celsius compared with preindustrial levels, and within 1.5 degrees if possible, in order to avert the most devastating effects of climate change. The U.N.’s Intergovernmental …

New York to be epicenter for climate action with UN Climate Summit and Global Strike
5 years, 3 months ago

New York to be epicenter for climate action with UN Climate Summit and Global Strike

Firstpost  

Teen activists from all over the world will convene for the first-ever Youth Climate Summit at the UN headquarters. The headline event takes place September 23 when UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will likely re-state four key demands: quit new coal by 2020, achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, deliver enhanced climate plans next year and end fossil fuel subsidies. The secretary-general …

The gloves are off: 'predatory' climate deniers are a threat to our children
5 years, 3 months ago

The gloves are off: 'predatory' climate deniers are a threat to our children

ABC  

In this age of rapidly melting glaciers, terrifying megafires and ever more puissant hurricanes, of acidifying and rising oceans, it is hard to believe that any further prod to climate action is needed. In 2018, global emissions of greenhouse gases rose by 1.7 per cent while the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere jumped by 3.5 parts per million …

We have less time than you think to jump-start climate action (Opinion)
5 years, 7 months ago

We have less time than you think to jump-start climate action (Opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Helen Mountford is the vice president for climate and economics at World Resources Institute, which works to identify and advance the structural shifts needed to address climate change. According to an article in the journal Nature, global greenhouse gas emissions must peak no later than next year and rapidly decline thereafter for us to have a good chance …

UN climate chief warns current path leads to ‘catastrophe’
5 years, 8 months ago

UN climate chief warns current path leads to ‘catastrophe’

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. climate chief says world leaders must recognize there is no option except to speed-up and scale-up action to tackle global warming, warning that continuing on the current path will lead to “a catastrophe. Patricia Espinosa stressed in two recent interviews with the Associated Press that climate scientists are saying there’s still a chance to make …

The Rapid Decline Of The Natural World Is A Crisis Even Bigger Than Climate Change
5 years, 9 months ago

The Rapid Decline Of The Natural World Is A Crisis Even Bigger Than Climate Change

Huff Post  

Nature is in freefall and the planet’s support systems are so stretched that we face widespread species extinctions and mass human migration unless urgent action is taken. “Land degradation, biodiversity loss and climate change are three different faces of the same central challenge: the increasingly dangerous impact of our choices on the health of our natural environment.” Around the world, …

Students take their demands for climate change action directly to politicians
5 years, 9 months ago

Students take their demands for climate change action directly to politicians

ABC  

As students from around the globe prepare to strike for action on climate change on Friday, a local council in northern Victoria has asked its youth to engage in a different way. "Shepparton has always acknowledged that climate change is an issue but it's not so much the acknowledgement that's the issue, we don't put enough things into action," she …

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