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Fall in COVID-linked carbon emissions won’t halt climate change – UN weather agency chief

An expected drop in greenhouse gas emissions linked to the global economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is only “short-term good news”, the head…

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Climate change: 2019 was Europe’s warmest year on record

Europe is heating faster than the global average as new data indicates that last year was the warmest on record. While globally the year was…

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Flooding will affect double the number of people worldwide by 2030

New research finds 147 million will be hit by floods by the end of the decade – ‘the numbers will be catastrophic’. The number of…

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North Pole Will Be Ice-Free In Summer

Summer Arctic sea-ice is predicted to disappear before 2050, resulting in devastating consequences for the Arctic ecosystem. The efficacy of climate-protection measures will determine how…

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Eleven of the 12 hottest years on record occurred since the year 2000, study finds

Eleven of the 12 warmest years on record have occurred since the year 2000 with last year being the warmest ever for Europe, according to…

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S&P Dow Jones Indices launches climate change index range

S&P Dow Jones Indices (SPDJI) has launched two indices with climate and sustainability-based objectives as part of a Paris-aligned and climate transition index range. The…

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Reducing food waste emerges as key climate solution

Food waste’s role in climate change has long been a driving topic for publications like BioCycle, as well as for environmental groups, organics recyclers and…

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Climate change: Blue skies pushed Greenland ‘into the red’

While high temperatures were critical to the melting seen in Greenland last year, scientists say that clear blue skies also played a key role. In…

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Investors plan to push Total to do more on climate change

A group of eleven investors representing around 1.35% of energy major Total’s capital said on Wednesday the company needed to do more to meet its…

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Estuaries are warming at twice the rate of oceans and atmosphere

Estuaries on the south-east coast of Australia are warming at twice the rate of oceans and the atmosphere, a new study has found. Researchers say…

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