Climate Change

Next week will be that time of the year when countries get into a huddle for the annual two-week climate conference, in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku, to fine-tune global action on human-caused global warming. To have any chance at keeping…
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Wealthy nations appeared to hit a limit with how much they are willing to pay to conserve nature around the world, instead shifting their focus at the two-week COP16 U.N. biodiversity summit toward discussions of private money filling the…
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Australian and US researchers have found that around 215 million hectares of land around the world has the potential to naturally regrow into forests, which can sequester 23.4 gigatonnes of carbon in 30 years. The study, led by Brooke A.…
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Azerbaijan, as host of the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), will launch a set of standards agreed upon by more than 100 countries to guide sustainable investment, the country's central bank governor announced on…
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The warnings arrived after the waters had already begun to rise. Spain’s deadliest floods in decades are another harrowing reminder that Europe is unprepared for the consequences of a superheated atmosphere, said European Commission…
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Climate change, driven by fossil fuel emissions, is raising temperatures to dangerous new heights, while also worsening drought and food security, a new report by doctors and health experts warned on Tuesday. The record temperatures of…
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Global efforts to tackle climate change are wildly off track, says the UN, as new data shows that warming gases are accumulating faster than at any time in human existence. Current national plans to limit carbon emissions would barely cut…
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If countries continue with their current environmental policies , it would lead to 3.1 degrees Celsius warming over pre-industrial levels by the end of the century, a United Nations report has flagged, providing a reality check of climate…
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Annual greenhouse gas emissions are at an all-time high, and urgent action must be taken to prevent catastrophic spikes in temperature and avoid the worst impact of climate change, according to a new report released on Thursday by the UN…
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Human-caused climate change worsened floods that have killed hundreds of people and displaced millions in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Sudan this year, according to a study published on Wednesday. The intense rainy season has…
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