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Biden Brings a Policy ‘Sea Change’, Podesta Tells GreenPAC Webinar
An aggressive program of executive actions and green investments, a White House staffed with “climate champions”, and a concerted effort to rebuild the U.S. ... -
AsiaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsSevere Storms & Flooding
Bangladesh Moves 3,400 Rohingya to Flood-Prone Island Amid Warnings of Forced Relocation
Bangladesh closed out 2020 by transporting at least 1,800 Rohingya refugees to the remote and flood-prone Bhasan Char island in the Bay of Bengal, ... -
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China’s Solar Industry Faces Charges of Forced Labour
While the solar industry in China’s Xinjiang region touts itself as a model of clean, responsible economic growth, a New York Times exposé cites ... -
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Climate Deniers Cheer Trump’s Murderous Mob as Campaigners Decry Preferential Treatment
After white supremacists stormed and sacked the U.S. Capitol last Wednesday, some of the country’s most prolific climate deniers took to social media to ... -
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Palm Oil Industry Tainted by Child Labour, Human Rights Abuses
While other kids attend school, tens of thousands of children are toiling away in Indonesian and Malaysian palm oil plantations, vulnerable to trafficking and ... -
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Doig: For 1.2 Billion People, Decarbonization is a Matter of Survival
I have sat in many long Zoom calls this year discussing climate ambition. Never once have I thought these were life or death discussions ... -
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‘Damn It Feels Good to Win’: Historic Diversity, Serious Climate Expertise as Biden Cabinet Takes Shape
As U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s cabinet and senior White House appointments take shape, a picture is emerging of an administration that will be keenly ... -
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Mass Migration Looms as Central America Reels from Hurricane Damage
As citizens battle to rebuild—again—after the destruction of November’s back-to-back Category 4 hurricanes in Central America, aid workers and political leaders are pleading for ... -
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‘No Vaccine for Climate Change’, Red Cross Warns, as Disasters Kill 410,000 in 10 Years
There’s “no vaccine for climate change” in a world that has seen more than 100 climate disasters since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared, and ... -
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‘Damn It Feels Good to Win’: Historic Diversity, Serious Climate Expertise as Biden Cabinet Takes Shape
As U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s cabinet and senior White House appointments take shape, a picture is emerging of an administration that will be keenly ... -
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Provinces May Infringe Charter Rights with Crackdown on Indigenous Land Defenders
TORONTO — Months after a group of Haudenosaunee people set up camp on a construction site near Caledonia, Ontario, a provincial court granted Haldimand ... -
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In Conversation: Climate Response, COVID Recovery Must Factor in Adaptation, Bardswick and Ness Say
Kathy Bardswick is President and Ryan Ness is Adaptation Research Director of the Canadian Institute for Climate Choices. In this feature interview, they talk ... -
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New Report Shows Path to 1.5°C with Less Consumption, Basic Income, and a ‘Good Life for All’
A 25% reduction in average living space in developed countries, less food waste and meat consumption, less road-based transport, better infrastructure, and “relocalization” of ... -
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‘Checking the Box’ on Environmental Justice Produces $8-Billion Liability for Virginia Utility Giant
Callous disregard for community health has left a Virginia utility giant on the hook for a US$8-billion cancelled pipeline. And more of the same ... -
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U.S. Public Lenders Ignore Risks as Climate-Driven Mortgage Crisis Looms
As U.S. public mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac continue to turn a mostly blind eye to climate risk, policy experts warn that ...
