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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. -
Arctic & AntarcticaBuildingsCanadaCitiesDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionFirst PeoplesIce Loss & Sea Level RiseMethaneSub-National Governments
Permafrost in Remote Canadian Arctic Thawing 70 Years Earlier Than Predicted
Permafrost in the remotest parts of the Canadian Arctic is thawing 70 years earlier than predicted, providing further evidence that the global climate crisis ... -
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 ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBuildingsCitiesCoalElectricity GridEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesOff-GridOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSolarSub-National GovernmentsWind
Slow Uptake Has Countries Missing Benefits of Renewable Energy Transition, REN21 Warns
While the industry’s growth in 2018 showed that “renewable power is here to stay”, countries around the world are falling short of the full ... -
Autonomous Vehicle Use Could Hit 75% by 2040
Autonomous vehicles are included in Drawdown’s list of “coming attractions” as an up-and-coming climate solution that hasn’t yet become the norm. -
Biodiversity & HabitatCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationFirst PeoplesFood SecurityIce Loss & Sea Level RiseUnited States
‘Data is Power’ as Alaska Tlingit and Haida Draft Climate Adaptation Plan
With no climate plan currently in place in the state of Alaska, and federal efforts focused on the state’s rapidly melting northern regions, the ... -
Ellicott City, Maryland Faces Implications of Two ‘1,000-Year Floods’ in 22 Months
A small Maryland river town which endured a terrifying 1,000-year storm in May 2018, having barely recovered from the one that hit in 2016, ... -
CanadaChinaCitiesEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsSub-National Governments
Industry Sees No Impact on Demand, Still Urges Feds to Go Slow on Single-Use Plastics Ban
Within hours of the official announcement that Canada would ban single-use plastics as early as 2021, the plastics industry was simultaneously claiming the initiative ... -
Great Lakes Due for Extreme Highs, Lows as Climate Change Shifts Water Levels
With 2019 precipitation in the region running 150 to 200% or more above normal, water levels in the Great Lakes have risen by as ...
