Climate Crisis
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Environment
World Bank poised to host climate loss and damage fund, despite concerns
Countries moved a step closer on Saturday to getting a fund off the ground to help poor states damaged by…
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COP27: Rich countries agree to pay for climate damages in poor nations
Negotiators from nearly 200 countries concluded two weeks of talks early Sunday in which their main achievement was agreeing to…
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Developing nations need $2.4 trillion to tackle climate change, says Report
Developing countries, other than China, will require $2.4 trillion a year by 2030 if they are to comprehensively tackle climate…
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COP27 is here. Here are the climate terms you should know
The whole world seems to be talking about the climate crisis, thanks to months of wild weather and new science showing that we need to…
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Climate change: Key UN finding widely misinterpreted
A key finding in the latest IPCC climate report has been widely misinterpreted, according to scientists involved in the study.…
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UN chief calls for extreme weather warning systems for everyone on Earth
Everyone on the planet should be covered by an early warning system against extreme weather and climate-related disasters within five…
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Global heating linked to early birth and damage to babies’ health, scientists find
Exclusive: Studies show high temperatures and air pollution during pregnancy can cause lifelong health effects Global heating – climate crisis is…
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Artists must confront the climate crisis – we must write as if these are the last days
Faced with the state of the world and the depth of denial, faced with the data that keeps falling on…
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Global coral cover has fallen by half since 1950s, analysis finds
The world’s coral reef cover has halved since the 1950s, ravaged by global heating, overfishing, pollution and habitat destruction, according…
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‘Climate crisis is here’ says Biden in week of storms, floods and wildfires
The widespread destruction caused by extreme weather coast to coast, with Hurricane Ida spreading devastation from Louisiana to New York…