Climate Change

The 2015 Paris Climate Accords came at a time of relative geopolitical harmony, including in relations between China and the US. It is sometimes forgotten that one of the key developments that preceded the landmark agreement was months of…
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A wildfire tore through the heart of the Hawaiian island of Maui in darkness on Wednesday, reducing much of a historic town to ash and forcing people to jump into the ocean to flee the flames. At least six people died, dozens were wounded…
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Three-quarters of children in South Asia are already facing dangerously high temperatures. The highest level worldwide, as the impact of climate change grows, the United Nations warned Monday. About 460 million children are exposed to…
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For much of June the 23m people in and around Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital, suffered in temperatures of up to 38°C. Fans and air-conditioners were of little use—the country experienced power cuts on 114 of the first 150 days of this year.…
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Phoenix sizzled through its 31st consecutive day of at least 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius) and other parts of the country grappled Sunday. With record temperatures after a week that saw significant portions of the US population…
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The fourth and final G-20 Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group (ECSWG) and Environment and Climate Ministers meeting concluded on Friday without a final communique on climate change. In the Outcome Document, G20 nations…
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India will host the G20 summit this year. Regarding the G20 summit and high-level General Assembly session to be held in Delhi. United Nations chief Antonio Guterres says that this is an important opportunity to take action on climate…
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The G20 environment and climate ministerial on July 28 is expected to discuss important. And contentious issues such as climate change mitigation, adaptation and means of implementation or climate finance, people aware of the matter said.…
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Swedish police removed climate campaigner Greta Thunberg from a protest on Monday, an AFP photographer reported, hours after a court fined her for disobeying law enforcement at a rally last month. The 20-year-old activist, who has become a…
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Amid heat waves across many parts of the world and flooding in some countries, Pope Francis said that more urgent action was needed to tackle climate change. "Please, I renew my appeal to world leaders to do something more concrete to…
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