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Saudi Negotiator Lays Out Objections to IPCC’s 1.5°C Report
In the first week of this year’s United Nations climate change conference, Saudi Arabia was one of four petro-states that blocked delegates’ full acceptance ... -
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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 ... -
Most Canadian Cities Have Failed to Assess Climate Risk, Study Shows
Most Canadian cities have failed to assess the threats they’ll face as climate change makes weather disasters more frequent and severe, according to a ... -
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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 ... -
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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 ... -
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U.S. Crab Fishers Sue 30 Fossil Companies for Impacts of Ocean Warming
The biggest commercial fishing association on the U.S. west coast filed a lawsuit last week against 30 major fossil companies, including Calgary-based Encana Corporation, ... -
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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Researchers Acknowledge Errors in Study Methods, But Oceans Are Still Warming
The authors of a startling new study on ocean warming have filed a correction with the journal that originally published it and acknowledged “inadvertent ... -
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‘Startling’ Warming Study Shows Oceans Absorbing 60% More Heat Than Scientists Thought
Global warming is farther advanced than scientists believed, with the world’s oceans absorbing 60% more heat per year over the last quarter-century than previously ...
