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CitiesDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureIndia
India’s Sixth-Largest City Runs Out of Water
India’s sixth-largest city has run out of water, after a crippling drought and heat wave left its four main reservoirs completely dry. -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsSevere Storms & FloodingShale & Fracking
Global Plastics Boom Drives Annual CO2 Increase to Seven-Year High
The global boom in plastics was a key factor driving the sharp rise in carbon dioxide emissions in 2018, Greenpeace UK’s award-winning Unearthed news ... -
AsiaBiodiversity & HabitatCanadaCitiesClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseSevere Storms & Flooding
Bui: Time for a Federal Leaders’ Debate on Climate Crisis [Sign-On]
After seeing the climate crisis crash into the two places she calls home, Vietnam and Ottawa, Our Time Ottawa organizer Vi Bui is pushing ... -
Drive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureIndia
Villages Evacuate, Leaving Sick and Elderly Behind, as India’s Crippling Drought Deepens
Families in hundreds of villages in parts of India have been forced to leave the sick and the elderly behind, as they evacuate their ... -
India Bakes Under Stifling Heat Wave as Data Show Warming Trend
Much of the Indian subcontinent was blanketed in a stifling heat wave last week, with five of the 15 hottest places on the planet ... -
AsiaBrazilClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresEuropeFinance & InvestmentHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
Big Companies Foresee $970 Billion in Climate Risk, $2.1 Trillion in Gains from Climate Action
More than 200 of the world’s biggest companies anticipate nearly US$1 trillion in business risk—more than half of it in the next five years—due ... -
AfricaAustraliaCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Security & WarMiddle EastSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
Study Predicts End of Civilization by 2050 if Global Warming Hits 3.0°C
An alarming new study by Australia’s Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration is pointing to the “high likelihood of human civilization coming to an ... -
Mass Puffin Die-Off in 2016 Shows the ‘Ocean is Screaming’
Climate change is being blamed for the starvation deaths of up to 9,000 Alaskan puffins and other seabirds in 2016, and millions in less ... -
AsiaClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureSevere Storms & Flooding
Japan’s 2018 Killer Heat Wave Was ‘Essentially Impossible’ Without Climate Change
Japan’s heat wave in July 2018 could not have happened without climate change. -
Climate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresFood SecurityHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Security & WarMiddle East
More Than 500 Israeli, Palestinian Students Rally in Jerusalem for Climate Action
The Israeli school strike branch had a very successful strike on Tuesday, which was three times bigger than the last one in March. -
AustraliaBiodiversity & HabitatClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate DenialCoalDrought, Famine & WildfiresElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureOceans
350 Declares ‘Time to Stand Together’ as Climate-Denying Liberal-National Coalition Wins Australia Election
Despite 29% of Australians identifying climate change as their top ballot box issue—up from just 9% in 2016—Scott Morrison’s climate-denying Liberal-National Coalition eked out ... -
BuildingsCanadaCitiesDemand & EfficiencyEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureOil & Gas
Montreal Mayor Promises New Climate Action But Critics Call for More
Montreal’s city administration is vowing to get tougher on fossil-fueled heating and fossil company divestment, but its climate plan has already led to the ...
