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Caught between climate and virus threats, migrants have no safe place to go

Ali Mohammad, a 50-year-old Afghan nomad, lost most of his sheep to a harsh drought in 2018. The following year, his home was destroyed by…

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Climate change: More than 3bn could live in extreme heat by 2070

More than three billion people will be living in places with “near un-liveable” temperatures by 2070, according to a new study. Unless greenhouse gas emissions…

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Young people face ‘altered world’, say lawyers for child climate case

Young people face a “fundamentally altered world” that threatens their human rights and safety unless governments take effective action to curb climate change, lawyers for…

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Climate change: More than 3bn could live in extreme heat by 2070

More than three billion people will be living in places with “near un-liveable” temperatures by 2070, according to a new study. Unless greenhouse gas emissions…

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One billion people will live in insufferable heat within 50 years – study

The human cost of the climate crisis will hit harder, wider and sooner than previously believed, according to a study that shows a billion people…

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Climate change threatens drinking water quality across the Great Lakes

“Do Not Drink/Do Not Boil” is not what anyone wants to hear about their city’s tap water. But the combined effects of climate change and…

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Women act as ‘agents of change’ in climate emergency

Women around the world can act as “agents of change” and find solutions to the challenges provoked by the global climate crisis, according to the…

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Meteorologists say 2020 on course to be hottest year since records began

This year is on course to be the world’s hottest since measurements began, according to meteorologists, who estimate there is a 50% to 75% chance…

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“Water and Climate Change” – Indonesian youth create original videos to mark the World Water Day

“We know that by 2050, more than half of the world’s population could live in the regions subject to water stress due to the acceleration…

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United Nations Says Global Emissions Likely to Increase Post-Pandemic

Carbon dioxide emissions have plunged as covid-19 slows commercial and industrial activity. But that drop is probably just temporary, the United Nations warned this week….

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