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70 Missing, 150 Dead as Cyclone Seroja Hits Indonesia, East Timor
Catastrophic landslides driven by climate change and deforestation have killed at least 150 and displaced thousands after Tropical Cyclone Seroja hammered remote islands in ... -
AfricaAsiaBiodiversity & HabitatCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationEuropeForests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySoil & Natural SequestrationUnited States
Global Forest Loss Accelerates Despite Pandemic Restrictions
Two recent studies are offering new evidence that the carbon-sequestering forests required to hold average global warming to 1.5°C are in peril. -
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Planned Plastics Plant in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ Fails to Pass Economic Muster
Yet another behemoth plastics complex planned for Louisiana’s infamous “Cancer Alley” is running into headwinds as a new report declares it economically unviable and ... -
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U.S. Aims for 30,000 MW of Offshore Wind as Industry Urges Faster Global Deployment
The Biden administration has unveiled a US$3-billion plan of loan guarantees and accelerated permitting aimed at installing as many as 2,000 offshore wind turbines ... -
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Capping Warming at 1.5°C Could Cut Expected Deadly Heat Stress by Half
Limiting global warming to 1.5°Cwill reduce the exposure of hundreds of millions of South Asian people to lethal heat events by half, in turn ... -
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Economic Future Looks Dim for Appalachian Fracking, Plastics Production
Those banking on reviving Appalachia with shale gas and plastics would do well to think again, says a new report. A resource glut and ... -
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Wealthy Countries Hit Peak Oil Use, but Global Demand Headed for Record High Unless Governments Take Action
Wealthy countries will never return to their pre-pandemic levels of oil consumption, but rebounding economic activity in the developing world could drive daily demand ... -
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10.3 Million Displaced by Climate Disaster from September 2020 to February 2021
In just a six-month period over the past year, climate disasters sent more than 10 million people fleeing from their homes, adding to trauma ... -
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Unchecked Climate Change Could Mean $270B Per Year in Higher Interest Costs for Countries, Businesses
More than 60 countries could see their credit ratings downgraded by 2030, while countries and businesses could be in line for as much as ... -
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2/3 of Tropical Rainforests Destroyed or Damaged by Logging, Farming
New research concludes that roughly 64% of the world’s original tropical rainforest has been either degraded or destroyed by the hunger for commodities like ... -
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Time to Invest Now as Governments Devote Just 18% of COVID Spending to Green Recovery
The world’s 50 biggest economies devoted just 2.5% of their budgets in 2020 and only 18% of their pandemic spending to green recovery measures, ... -
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A Decade After Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Cleanup ‘Has Barely Begun’ [Sign-on]
A decade ago, on March 11, 2011, a massive earthquake created a 14-metre-high tsunami wave which destroyed the reactors of a Japanese nuclear power ... -
AsiaCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionEuropeHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationJurisdictionsSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Lethal Heat Waves More Likely, More Extreme in Poor Neighbourhoods, Study Shows
As the summer thermometer soars, and the cities of the southwestern United States are caught up in extremes of heat, the poorest people who ... -
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War-Torn States Look to Local Renewables, Rooftop Solar for Greater Stability
Desperate to improve energy access for their citizens, some of the world’s most fragile states have delivered an open letter to wealthy nations, development ... -
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‘Red Alert for Planet’ as UN Report Projects Only 0.5% Emissions Cut by 2030
An initial snapshot of countries’ latest carbon reduction promises, released Friday by the United Nations climate secretariat, shows global greenhouse gas emissions on track ...
