Ice Loss & Sea Level Rise
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Countries Can’t Turn Back Climate Refugees Whose Lives Are at Risk, UN Committee Rules
Countries can no longer send climate refugees back to nations of origin where the climate crisis might threaten their lives, according to a ruling ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionForests & DeforestationHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesLegal & RegulatoryOceans
Scientists Declare 2010s the Hottest Decade, 2019 the Second-Warmest Year on Record
NASA and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have declared the 2010s the hottest 10 years on record, with 2019 the second-warmest ... -
Climate Action/"Blockadia"EuropeFinance & InvestmentHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseLegal & Regulatory
Swiss Judge Acquits Credit Suisse Protesters for ‘Necessary, Proportional’ Response to Climate Crisis
A judge in Lausanne, Switzerland has acquitted a group of youth protesters on trespassing charges and waived fines of CHf 21,600 (US$22,200) per person, ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCarbon-Free TransitionDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy PoliticsFailure Is Not An OptionFinance & InvestmentIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesMedia, Messaging, & Public Opinion
Global Business Leaders Cite Climate as Decade’s Biggest Risk
Global business and political leaders have declared climate change the decade’s biggest risk, in the latest edition of an annual survey issued by the ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level Rise
Biggest-Ever Arctic Expedition Seeks to Understand Changing Ecosystem Before it Collapses
The world’s biggest-ever Arctic study expedition is being stunned, stymied, unnerved, and occasionally exhilarated, as a rotating team of more than 300 researchers operating ... -
Energy PoliticsHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseJobsLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportUnited States
New Trump Regulation Would Take Climate Out of the Discussion on New Infrastructure Projects
The Trump administration is planning revisions to the U.S. National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) to remove the requirement for federal agencies to take the ... -
BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesCulture, Curiosities, & HumourFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternationalSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
Biomimicry Designs Suggest Semi-Serious Solutions for Coastal Cities Facing Sea Level Rise
Threatened with implacably rising tides and temperatures, even as they face massive influxes of people seeking refuge from a hostile hinterland, the architects of ... -
AsiaCitiesDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseSevere Storms & Flooding
Record Flash Floods Kill 60, Displace 400,000 in Jakarta
Jakarta’s most intense flash floods since record-keeping began more than 20 years ago have killed at least 60 people and displaced more than 400,000. -
Arctic & AntarcticaCanadaClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresElectricity GridFood SecurityHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseOceansSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National Governments
‘Normal Weather Doesn’t Exist Anymore,’ Says Veteran CBC Climatologist Dave Phillips
From an overheating Arctic to a frigid B.C. Lower Mainland and Maritimes, from a parched (then drowning) Prairie region to an epically deluged Eastern ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionFirst PeoplesFood SecurityHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesSoil & Natural Sequestration
Melting Permafrost Turns Arctic into Net Source of Greenhouse Gases
As scientists grow ever more certain that the Arctic is becoming a net contributor to climate change as its carbon- and methane-heavy permafrost melts, ... -
BuildingsCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationCoalDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionFinance & InvestmentIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesOil & GasUnited States
Climate Crisis Could Drive $20 Trillion in Losses, Trigger Global Financial Meltdown
Climate change is the next economic threat that could trigger a global financial meltdown by destroying up to US$20 trillion in market value, independent ...
