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Water-related conflicts set to rise amid demand growth and climate impacts
From Yemen to India, and parts of Central America to the African Sahel, about a quarter of the world’s people face extreme water shortages that…
Report: Fashion Industry Needs Drastic Changes to Reach Climate Goals
If fashion industry leaders actually want to mitigate climate change, they need to overhaul their sector. A new report from McKinsey & Company crunched the…
Merkel says world needs to do more to combat climate change
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that global efforts to combat climate change were insufficient, and that she would accelerate the fight to combat…
Germany would have missed 2020 climate goal without COVID-19 emissions drop
Germany could meet its climate target for 2020 but would have missed the goal if the economic havoc wrought by the coronavirus pandemic had not…
Trump administration approves oil drilling in Alaska wildlife refuge
The Trump administration on Monday finalized a plan to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, putting it on track to…
‘Canary in the coal mine’: Greenland ice has shrunk beyond return, study finds by Reuters
Greenland’s ice sheet may have shrunk past the point of return, with the ice likely to melt away no matter how quickly the world reduces…
Personal connections key to climate adaptation
Connections with friends and family are key to helping communities adapt to the devastating impact of climate change on their homes and livelihoods, a new…
Forecasters say roughest part of 2020 hurricane season lies ahead
Forecasters from Colorado State University (CSU) said on Wednesday that more devastating hurricanes lay ahead in the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. CSU tropical Meteorology Project…
Azerbaijan villagers plead for water as vital river dries up
The village of Banka in Azerbaijan should have plentiful supplies of water as it lies beside one of the country’s mightiest rivers, the Kura. But…
EU countries divided over plans for tougher climate goal
European Union (EU) countries remain divided over the scale of emissions cuts they are prepared to deliver over the next decade, with some still hesitating…
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