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An essential Christmas dinner item is under threat from global warming
5 days, 4 hours ago

An essential Christmas dinner item is under threat from global warming

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Dr Meacham-Hensold, of the Realising Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency project led by the UIUC, said the work aimed to meet …

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Geoengineering could alter global climate. Should It?
1 week, 4 days ago

Geoengineering could alter global climate. Should It?

Salon  

In April, in the Bay Area town of Alameda, scientists were making plans to block the sun. “Geoengineering doesn’t tackle the root causes of climate change; it’s arranged to counter some of the impacts, but it involves intervening in Earth’s systems at an absolutely enormous scale,” said Mary Church, the geoengineering campaign manager for the Fossil Economy program at the …

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Does talking about climate "tipping points" inspire action — or defeat?
1 week, 5 days ago

Does talking about climate "tipping points" inspire action — or defeat?

Salon  

Climate tipping points are a specter looming over our future — thresholds beyond which the Earth’s systems switch into new states, often abruptly and irreversibly. Kopp said that the emphasis on climate tipping points might have made sense as a call to action 20 years ago, when the consequences of climate change weren’t so obvious. “Most importantly, tipping points are …

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Clouds may be the reason the world is warming faster than expected
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Clouds may be the reason the world is warming faster than expected

CNN  

CNN — Last year was the hottest on record, oceans boiled, glaciers melted at alarming rates, and it left scientists scrambling to understand exactly why. In simple terms, fewer bright, low clouds mean the planet “has darkened,” allowing it to absorb more sunlight, said Helge Goessling, a report author and climate physicist at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany. The …

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Reason hurricanes are getting stronger and the states most at risk
4 weeks ago

Reason hurricanes are getting stronger and the states most at risk

Daily Mail  

An alarming new study obtained by the DailyMail.com outlines why deadly hurricanes in the U.S. are set to become even stronger - with southern states including Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida most at risk. Peter Girardi, Climate Central's vice president of communications, told the DailyMail.com: 'All hurricanes in 2024 were stronger than they would have been if climate change …

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Delhi pollution due to global warming, changing climate: Air quality panel
1 month ago

Delhi pollution due to global warming, changing climate: Air quality panel

India Today  

As Delhi's air quality deteriorated to the 'severe' category on Friday after briefly improving to be 'very poor' on Thursday, the Commission for Air Quality Management has said that global warming and changing weather patterns this November are responsible for alarming pollution levels in the capital. The dense fog, which was previously uncommon in this period, has severely impacted air …

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Over 7 lakh got jobs, 2 crore connected to employment in 7.5 years: Yogi
1 month ago

Over 7 lakh got jobs, 2 crore connected to employment in 7.5 years: Yogi

Hindustan Times  

The government is ensuring transparent recruitment and bringing an end to nepotism, chief minister Yogi Adityanath said on Friday at a function organised to distribute appointment letter to 701 selected forest inspectors, including 140 women candidates. Over seven lakh youth secured jobs, two crore connected to employment in seven-and-a-half years. He stated that over 200 crore trees have been planted …

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Earth is heating up faster than expected and humans are not ready for it
1 month ago

Earth is heating up faster than expected and humans are not ready for it

India Today  

The world is heating up at an alarming rate, with the last two years, 2023 and 2024, setting new temperature records. As negotiators reach finals rounds of negotiations in Azerbaijan for COP29, the latest round of UN climate change talks, the urgency of addressing global warming has never been more apparent. Land areas are typically warming faster than the global …

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Lack of focus on nature and farming solutions at climate summit, say campaigners
1 month ago

Lack of focus on nature and farming solutions at climate summit, say campaigners

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The letter co-ordinated by Nature4Climate said an agreement that does not adequately recognise nature’s role in climate action “risks …

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UN chief urges aligning climate action with limiting global warming to 1.5°C
1 month ago

UN chief urges aligning climate action with limiting global warming to 1.5°C

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Every country’s next round of nationally determined contributions must contain unambiguous, absolute emissions reduction targets for 2030 and 2035, and align fossil fuel production and consumption plan to limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, UN secretary-general António Guterres said on Tuesday at the G20 meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This assumes significance, as negotiations for …

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Boiling Point: Intentionally destroying the climate is not normal
1 month ago

Boiling Point: Intentionally destroying the climate is not normal

LA Times  

Doug Burgum, seen speaking during the Republican National Convention in July, is President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for Interior secretary. Bush, 1988 “There is a real problem that we as a world face from global warming.” — Christine Todd Whitman, appointed by then-President George W. Bush to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, 2001 “It’s important for us to reduce our emissions …

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G20 summit begins in Brazil today as UN urges it to do what COP29 may not in Azerbaijan
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1 month ago

G20 summit begins in Brazil today as UN urges it to do what COP29 may not in Azerbaijan

Firstpost  

Heads of state arrived in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday for the G20 summit and will spend Monday and Tuesday addressing issues from poverty and hunger to the reform of global institutions Diplomatic tensions over global warming spilled over into the G20 summit negotiations in Brazil this week, with sources saying the 20 major economies reached a fragile consensus on …

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G20 nations reach climate finance breakthrough that eluded COP29 talks: Report
1 month ago

G20 nations reach climate finance breakthrough that eluded COP29 talks: Report

India Today  

Diplomatic tensions over global warming spilled over into the G20 summit negotiations in Brazil this week, with sources saying the 20 major economies reached a fragile consensus on climate finance that had eluded UN talks in Azerbaijan. G20 countries account for 85% of the world's economy and are the largest contributors to multilateral development banks helping to steer climate finance. …

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Countries agreed to try to hold global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Is that still possible?
1 month ago

Countries agreed to try to hold global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Is that still possible?

NPR  

Countries agreed to try to hold global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Sponsor Message Because of those delays, "it's a matter of when, not if," that level of warming will be surpassed, says Richard Betts, a climate scientist at the University of Exeter in the U.K. Betts stresses that surpassing the 1.5 C level of warming should not be a …

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World looks to G20 in Rio for breakthrough in climate talks
1 month ago

World looks to G20 in Rio for breakthrough in climate talks

Hindustan Times  

* World looks to G20 in Rio for breakthrough in climate talks U.N. officials urge G20 leaders to break COP29 stalemate * Wealthy nations asking more countries to foot climate bill * Climate accord may only get trickier with return of Trump By Jake Spring and Lisandra Paraguassu RIO DE JANEIRO, - Diplomatic tensions over global warming will take center …

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Who is Chris Wright, from climate change critic to Trump's new Energy Secretary?
1 month ago

Who is Chris Wright, from climate change critic to Trump's new Energy Secretary?

India Today  

US President-elect Donald Trump picked oil industry CEO Chris Wright to head the Energy Department, paving the way for a vocal critic of Biden administration efforts to combat climate change to run the department. On his social media platform, Truth Social, Donald Trump described Chris Wright as a "leading technologist and entrepreneur in energy." CRTIC OF POLICIES TO CURB CLIMATE …

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Shreya Sen-Handley | Trumped? Reset climate goal, for it's not over yet
1 month ago

Shreya Sen-Handley | Trumped? Reset climate goal, for it's not over yet

Deccan Chronicle  

So, Trump again, huh? Enough to make you want to shut out this greedy, wilfully ignorant world that put a misogynistic, racist, fascist tyrant like him back behind the planet’s most powerful desk. Yet, nothing heals like immersing ourselves in the natural world’s majesty, especially in the company of those we love best. But the gloriously green and twisting mountain …

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Top polluting nations must work together to come up with solution, warns John Kerry at HTLS
1 month, 1 week ago

Top polluting nations must work together to come up with solution, warns John Kerry at HTLS

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The world is already exceeding the crucial 1.5°C warming threshold, former US special envoy for climate John Kerry warned, urging countries engaged in the ongoing global climate conference, COP29, to work hard to find a solution, especially the 23 nations and regions most responsible for emissions. Former US secretary of state John Kerry has in recent years traversed …

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CoP-29: Prospects of a climate breakthrough look extremely bleak
1 month, 1 week ago

CoP-29: Prospects of a climate breakthrough look extremely bleak

Live Mint  

Has there ever been a grimmer backdrop to the world’s most concerted attempt to avert global warming? We’ve only got 7 years left of current-rate pollution to retain an even chance of keeping global warming below 1.5° Celsius. The main reason Kyoto failed to rein in global emissions was that it didn’t cover emerging nations, something remedied in the 2015 …

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The Ghosts of John Tanton
1 month, 1 week ago

The Ghosts of John Tanton

Salon  

Reporting Highlights Tanton’s Network: Today’s contentious immigration debate is the construct of one man’s effort to halt overpopulation, brace for climate change and preserve “European” culture. Just weeks later — despite a new board policy forbidding him from advocating on immigration issues — Zuckerman railed against the club’s co-directors in an interview with the Los Angeles Times Magazine, saying they …

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World’s largest coral discovered in Pacific near Solomon Islands
1 month, 1 week ago

World’s largest coral discovered in Pacific near Solomon Islands

Al Jazeera  

Scientists say coral ‘pulsing with life and colour’ is believed to be 300 years old and three times larger than previous record holder. Scientists have found the largest coral in the world near the remote Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean, a gigantic organism that can be seen from space. The “mega coral” is 32 metres long and 34 metres …

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The energy transition will be much cheaper than you think
1 month, 1 week ago

The energy transition will be much cheaper than you think

The Economist  

Your browser does not support this video. Briefing | Carbon bargain The energy transition will be much cheaper than you think Most analysts overestimate energy demand and underestimate technological advances Video: Jiaqi Wang P eople who want to do more to fight climate change and those who want to do less tend to have one thing in common. Donald Trump, …

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World nears 1.5°C warming threshold, carbon budget dwindling
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1 month, 1 week ago

World nears 1.5°C warming threshold, carbon budget dwindling

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The world will exhaust in about six years, the remaining carbon budget before the 1.5 degrees C warming threshold is breached consistently, the Global Carbon Project’s science team has projected. The carbon budget is the amount of carbon dioxide emissions that will result in limiting global warming to a given level, in this case, the Paris accord’s target …

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Keir Starmer throws down the gauntlet to Donald Trump and urges him to 'show leadership' on climate change - as he arrives in Azerbaijan for COP29 climate summit
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1 month, 1 week ago

Keir Starmer throws down the gauntlet to Donald Trump and urges him to 'show leadership' on climate change - as he arrives in Azerbaijan for COP29 climate summit

Daily Mail  

Keir Starmer threw down the gauntlet to Donald Trump at the Cop29 summit today by urging him to ‘show leadership’ on climate change. Sir Keir Starmer arriving in Baku, Azerbaijan to attend the COP 29 climate summit on Monday The PM has urged Donald Trump to 'show leadership' on climate change ahead of the UN conference French president Emmanuel Macron, …

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