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Microgrids Can Deliver Decentralized Power, Boost Renewable Energy Use and Improve Public Health
Microgrids come in at #78 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions. Defined as locally-managed electricity generation systems, microgrids can be powered by renewable resources ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBrazilClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Denial & GreenwashingDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEuropeFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesLegal & RegulatorySouth & Central America
G7 Offers Assistance, Bolsonaro Faces Withering Pressure as Amazon Rainforest Burns
G7 leaders meeting in France are close to an agreement to help Brazil curtail devastating wildfires in the Amazon rainforests, with a coveted trade ... -
BrazilClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEuropeFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationSouth & Central America
EU Urged to Draw the Line After Brazil’s Amazon Deforestation Increases 278% in July
An influential UK newspaper is calling on the European Union to step up and help prevent a global deforestation disaster, after Brazil’s National Institute ... -
Fossil-Friendly Canadian Export Agency Cited for Poor Disclosure, Environmental and Human Rights Violations
A federal export credit agency with a history of massively supporting fossil industry exports over clean technology is taking fire for failing to consider ... -
AsiaAustraliaBrazilChinaDrive to 1.5Health & SafetyIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesSouth & Central AmericaUnited States
Dengue Risk to Hit Two Billion More People in 2080 Unless Carbon Emissions Are Curtailed
Based on a warming scenario “roughly representative of the world’s current emissions trajectory,” more than two billion additional people will be at risk of ... -
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‘Conflicts Are Predestined’ Where Climate Disasters Threaten Food, Water, Livelihoods
Governments must invest new effort and money to prevent climate change from driving new conflicts, according to a diplomatic statement drafted by the German ... -
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Chile Shuts Eight Coal Plants, Sets 2040 Deadline for 100% RE
Chile is planning to close eight coal plants with combined capacity of 23,000 megawatts, or 20% of its electricity, as part of a new ... -
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Students Take Action on Climate Anxiety as #FridaysforFuture Logs 725 Strikes World-Wide
The latest in the series of #FridaysforFuture school strikes took place May 3, with youth in 725 locations expected to make what one social ... -
AfricaBiodiversity & HabitatCarbon-Free TransitionChinaDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFood SecurityIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesSevere Storms & FloodingSoil & Natural SequestrationSouth & Central AmericaSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Soil Health Emerges as Critical Climate Mitigation Tool as ‘Carbon Farming’ Takes Hold
The urgent need to restore the health of the world’s agricultural soils—for the sake of the food supply, and as a critical tool in ... -
Chile Declares ‘Time for Action’, Unveils Single Venue for COP 25
The next UN climate negotiations will be held at Cerrillos Bicentennial Park, Santiago, the Chilean presidency revealed last month. In a launch event at La ... -
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Climate Change Devastates Honduran Coffee Farms, Drives ‘Desperate’ Northbound Migration
Small-hold coffee farmers from Honduras number increasingly in the caravans of desperate people streaming north out of Central America, as the devastation wrought by ... -
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Lookback from 2050: NPR Essay Shows How We Got Climate Change Under Control
It’s 2050. We’ve got climate change under control. And we got the job done through mass electrification, reimagining cities, protecting forests, and changing the ... -
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Reforestation Could Offset 10 Years of Emissions, But Countries Are Behind on Forest, Land Use Promises
After years of severely underestimating the number of trees on Earth, scientists are now calculating that a massive, global reforestation effort could offset at ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementForests & DeforestationHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesSoil & Natural SequestrationSouth & Central America
UN Fund to Help Peruvian Coffee Growers Combat Land Degradation in Latin America
A group of 2,400 small-hold coffee producers in Peru will be the first beneficiaries of a new United Nations initiative aimed at combatting land ... -
AsiaBrazilEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFood SecurityForests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & StudiesSouth & Central America
WTO Chief Denies Trade Impact on Climate Despite His Own Agency’s Findings
When the head of the World Trade Organization (WTO) says trade has no impact on the environment or climate, we should all be worried. ...
