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Alberta Fossils Boycott Whistler Conference After City Flags Climate Costs of Fossil Extraction
Several Alberta fossils are boycotting a CIBC investor conference in Whistler, British Columbia, and the bank is considering moving its annual event elsewhere, after ... -
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Climate Health Impacts Kill 2.1 Million World-Wide, 7,142 in Canada in 2017
Chronic exposure to the air pollution associated with greenhouse gas emissions kills 2.1 million people world-wide and 7,142 in Canada per year, according to ... -
Climate Impacts & AdaptationDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesSevere Storms & FloodingSouth & Central AmericaSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWater
Regions Could Face Up to Six Climate Threats at Once by 2100
The risks and hazards associated with climate change are already coming in combination, and some parts of the world could face as many as ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatCitiesDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseJobsNational Plans & ResponsesOceansSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
U.S. Climate Assessment Shows Impacts ‘Intensifying Across the Country’
The effects of climate change in the United States are “intensifying across the country” and will soon add up to hundreds of billions of ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCitiesDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy PoliticsFailure Is Not An OptionForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
California’s Camp Fire Finally Contained: 17 Days, 85 Dead, 249 Missing, 14,000 Homes Lost
After 17 days, 85 dead, another 249 still missing, 14,000 homes destroyed, and flames that took out an area the size of Chicago, California ... -
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Climate Change Brings Severe Drought, Soaring Temperatures to War-Torn Iraq
After years of being devastated by war, Iraq faces increased climate stress in a hotter, drier future, according to a stark report released recently ... -
B.C. Spray Program Eradicates Tree Species that Can Halt a Raging Wildfire
The British Columbia government has been going out of its way to eliminate a form of natural fire protection for its forests, using the ... -
Temperate Forest Restoration Would Save 22.61 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Temperate forest restoration places #12 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions. The research team estimates that by 2050, temperate forests will naturally grow by ... -
Utility Lines May Have Sparked Latest California Wildfires, as LA Fire Chief Points to Climate Conditions
With the death toll well above 40, a couple of hundred people still missing, and responders still struggling to get a cluster of November ...
