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Watt-Cloutier: Protecting the Arctic from Runaway Warming is ‘the Test of Our Time’
Protecting the Arctic from rapid warming is one of the essential steps in averting runaway climate change for the entire planet, Inuit leader Sheila ... -
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Explainer: Arctic Warming Affects Northern Communities, Reshapes Global Weather Patterns
Rapid ice loss is already having a devastating impact in the world’s Arctic and Antarctic regions. And in an explainer on the implications of ... -
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Warming Will Produce Rapid Sea Level Rise, Annual ‘100-Year’ Storms, Declining Fish Stocks, Shrinking Glaciers Without Fast Climate Action: IPCC
The world’s oceans will rise nearly one metre (three feet) by 2100, 100-year coastal storms and flooding will happen annually, fish stocks will see ... -
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 ... -
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‘Climate is Fast Outpacing Us’, Hitting ‘Sooner and Faster’ Than Expected, Agencies Warn UN Summit Delegates
The world’s leading international climate science agencies are predicting 2.9 to 3.4°C average global warming by 2100 based on governments’ current climate commitments, “a ... -
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New Models Put Warming at 6.5 °to 7.0°C by 2100 Without Fast Action to Cut Carbon
Average global warming could hit 6.5° to 7.0°C by 2100, up to two degrees higher than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s latest ... -
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Unlike 2020 Democrats, No Canadian Politician is Spotlighting Big Oil’s Climate Influence
Although three of the major parties running in Canada’s federal election have put forward serious climate plans, “none of them explicitly names the oil ... -
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Mississauga to Seek Public Input on 10-Year, $450-Million Climate Plan
The City of Mississauga is going out for public comment on its draft of a 10-year, C$450-million climate plan aimed at cutting its greenhouse ... -
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Canada’s Climate Change Election: Will Extreme Weather Drive the Vote?
As Canada’s federal election moves into its first full week, one of the looming questions is how and whether voters’ concerns about climate change, ... -
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New Analysis Shows ‘Enormous Area’ of the Earth Above 2.0°C
Some of the planet’s hot spots are already above the temperature agreed by scientists and politicians as the maximum allowable to prevent a disastrous ...
