Climate Crisis
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Environment
Joe Biden invites 40 world leaders to virtual summit on climate crisis
Joe Biden has invited 40 world leaders to a virtual summit on the climate crisis, the White House said in a…
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Environment
Climate fight ‘is undermined by social media’s toxic reports’
Fake news on social media about climate change and biodiversity loss is having a worrying impact in the battle to…
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Africa
UN: Over 83,000 Somalis displaced due to water crisis
More than 83,000 people have been displaced in Somalia due to water shortage since November 2020, the UN Office for…
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Environment
Climate crisis: 2020 was joint hottest year ever recorded
The climate crisis continued unabated in 2020, with the joint hottest global temperatures on record, alarming heat and record wildfires in…
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Environment
Weather disasters cost $150bn in 2020, revealing impact of climate change – report
The world’s 10 costliest weather disasters of 2020 saw insured damages worth $150bn, topping the figure for 2019 and reflecting…
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Environment
China is scaling up its weather modification programme – here’s why we should be worried
Remember when Donald Trump wanted to nuke hurricanes so they didn’t hit the US? Everyone laughed uproariously, but Trump’s warped little mind…
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Environment
Declare states of ‘climate emergency’, U.N. chief tells world leaders
LONDON (Reuters) – World leaders should declare states of “climate emergency” in their countries to spur action to avoid catastrophic…
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Agriculture
1% of farms operate 70% of world’s farmland
One per cent of the world’s farms operate 70% of crop fields, ranches and orchards, according to a report that…
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Environment
A youth group helped Biden win. Now they want him to fix climate crisis
Joe Biden will have to navigate a path for the most ambitious climate agenda ever adopted by a US president through…
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News
Remember Climate Change?
During the months that Joe Biden and President Trump were campaigning against each other, vast sections of the American West…