Climate Impacts & Adaptation
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Biodiversity & HabitatBrazilClimate DenialDrought, Famine & WildfiresFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionSevere Storms & Flooding
Macron Declares International Crisis with 165,000 Fires Burning Across Amazon Rainforest, 70,000 in Brazil
With inadequate firefighting resources leaving massive swaths of the environmentally crucial Amazon rainforest in flames, and Brazil's conspiracy-breathing president falsely blaming environmentalists and discounting ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFailure Is Not An OptionFinance & DivestmentFinance & InvestmentIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesLegal & RegulatoryUnited States
Financial Risk of Climate Change Has Economists, Ratings Agencies Worried
The potentially devastating economic and financial impact of unrestrained climate change has been coming into focus in several recent news stories, with global GDP ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentLegal & RegulatoryOceansOil & GasUnited StatesWind
Trump Officials Throw Roadblocks at Offshore Wind Project After Accelerating Fossil Development
The Trump administration is showing a distinct double standard in a series of decisions to deregulate fossil fuel development while slowing down the landmark ... -
Drought, Famine & WildfiresElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentLegal & RegulatoryPost-Carbon TransitionSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind
Bankrupt California Utility Will Still Honour $42 Billion in Solar, Wind Contracts
There were sighs of relief in California earlier this month, after utility giant Pacific Gas & Electric confirmed it will honour all its contracts ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaClimate Action/"Blockadia"EuropeFirst PeoplesFood SecurityHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternationalTravel, Leisure & RecreationUnited States
Memorial for Iceland’s First ‘Fallen Glacier’ Provokes Grief, Galvanizes Action
In a ceremony designed to provoke the deepest sense of grief, and to galvanize all who hear of it to action, Iceland recently commemorated ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCollateral DamageHealth & SafetyJobsLegal & RegulatorySub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Blockbuster News Investigation Reveals ‘Culture of Silence’ in Fossil Health and Safety Violations
National Observer and Global News are out with a blockbuster investigative report that alleges potentially deadly health and safety problems in the western Canadian ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaCanadaChinaCulture, Curiosities, & HumourEnergy PoliticsEuropeInternational Security & WarSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
Trump’s ‘Buy Greenland’ Push Reflects U.S. Interest in Rare Mineral Supplies, Arctic Geopolitics
While Donald Trump’s recent ruminations about “buying Greenland” proved excellent fodder for political satirists, there is realpolitik at work in the White House’s sudden ... -
Lac-Mégantic Rail Line Faced ‘Several Urgent’ Issues in May, 2019 Transport Canada Inspection
The rail line that runs through Lac-Mégantic, the Québec community whose downtown was incinerated by a runaway oil train that killed 47 people in ... -
Climate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & Studies
Increased Emissions May Drive Atmospheric Warming Farther, Faster Than Scientists Thought
Increased greenhouse gas emissions may drive up atmospheric temperatures by as much as 35% more than climate scientists previously believed, according to more than ... -
Climate Change Makes Record-High Great Lakes Water Levels the ‘Evolving Normal’
Climate change is a “deciding factor” in this summer’s record high water levels on the Great Lakes, CTV News reported earlier this month, citing ...
