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Energy PoliticsIce Loss & Sea Level RiseLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Eight Youth Plaintiffs File Climate Lawsuit Against Florida Governor Rick Scott
A group of eight youth plaintiffs aged 10 to 20 has filed suit against Florida’s climate-denying governor, Rick Scott, aiming to “force a state ... -
BuildingsHealth & SafetyInsurance & LiabilitySevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
States Showing ‘Amnesia and Denial’ by Loosening Building Codes Despite Severe Weather
An aggressive building lobby, anxieties about tax revenue, and allergies to regulation mean that even as climate change brings more destructive storms, many American ... -
CanadaDrought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetyMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPipelines/Rail TransportSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National Governments
Smith: Notley’s ‘National Interest’ Claim Receives Scant Media Scrutiny
Premier Rachel Notley and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s definition du jour of the “national interest” in the Kinder Morgan pipeline has not been subjected ... -
Climate Impacts & AdaptationEuropeHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseOceansSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
Key Atlantic Ocean Current Slows 15% Since Mid-20th Century
A key Atlantic Ocean current that carries warmth into the higher latitudes of the northern hemisphere has slowed down by 15% since the mid-20th ... -
Climate Impacts & AdaptationFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetySevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island StatesUnited States
Trump Hurricane Response Favoured Texas Over Puerto Rico, Politico Investigation Concludes
From its failure to immediately deploy America’s top disaster recovery expert, to a sluggish rescue and recovery operation, to the self-regarding callousness of its ... -
Climate Impacts & AdaptationCOP 21/COP 22/COP 23Health & SafetySevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island States
Fiji Enters ‘Frightening New Era’ of Extreme Weather
Fiji has entered a “frightening new era” of extreme weather, in which “almost constant” deadly cyclones have thrown the country into “a fight for ... -
AfricaAsiaBrazilClimate Impacts & AdaptationCOP 21/COP 22/COP 23Drought, Famine & WildfiresFood SecurityHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & EquityIndiaInternational Security, Migration & WarMiddle EastSevere Storms & FloodingSouth & Central AmericaWater/Habitat Impacts
2.0°C ‘Guardrail’ Won’t Hold Off Severe Climate Impacts
A target of 2.0°C average global warming is no longer the “guardrail” that will hold off many the worst effects of climate change, according ... -
Researchers Find Strong Correlation Between Warming Arctic, Wild Winter Weather
Recent and devastating cold snaps in Florida, along with monster “thunder-snow” storms in the northeastern United States, may well be directly linked to shockingly ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesSevere Storms & Flooding
Ottawa Could Face 2.3°C Warming This Decade, International Study Concludes
Ottawa is one of 13 cities around the world that could see warming above 2.0°C in the next decade, according to an analysis released ... -
BuildingsCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
With Two ‘100-Year’ Storms in Weeks, Boston Confronts Climate Adaptation Challenge
Now that Boston has faced two “hundred-year storms” in a matter of weeks, the city may be about to pick up the pace on ...
