Environment and Climate Change
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Antarctic sea-ice at ‘mind-blowing’ low alarms experts
“It’s so far outside anything we’ve seen, it’s almost mind-blowing,” says Walter Meier, who monitors sea-ice with the National Snow…
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Italian Trawler Arrested in The Gambia with “Sustainably Caught Shrimp” Bound for Europe
An industrialized trawler named Twenty—with connections to an Italian fishing company—was arrested in West Africa by Gambian Navy sailors stationed…
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Libya’s floods are result of climate crisis meeting a failed state
When the climate crisis meets a failed state, the outcome is the kind of disaster that Libya is witnessing in Derna. Patrick…
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The Key to Sustainable Food Systems
In particular, the future of agriculture in the Global South depends on distributed renewable-energy solutions to address the challenges faced…
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Climate adaptation finance to Africa must increase tenfold, research shows
Countries forced to choose between climate resilience, fighting poverty and paying debts, says Ban Ki-moon Caroline Kimeu The Guardian The…
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It’s not just the economy, stupid! What was off-key about the Africa Climate Summit
“The outcome of the summit itself is like a man dying of thirst in the Sahara Desert and being offered…
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Why the Africa Climate Summit can’t afford to overlook conflict
‘Conflict isn’t merely a side issue; it is an integral part of the equation.’ Nazanine Moshiri The New Humanitarian African…
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As El Niño gathers strength, lawmakers look to fortify Pajaro’s flood-ravaged levee
As Californians brace for the possibility of yet another wet winter — thanks to a looming El Niño — anxiety…
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A ‘perfect storm’ set Hawaii ablaze. Experts say it could happen almost anywhere
In Canada, raging fires are still burning through more than 30 million acres of boreal forests, spewing noxious smoke and choking…
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Why was there no water to fight the fire in Maui?
Now the fire may result in even more devastating water theft Naomi Klein and Kapuaʻala Sproat The Guardian All over Maui,…
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An Opportunity to Remedy Inequality in Pakistan
The Sindh provincial government in Pakistan has taken an important step to mitigate harm from last year’s devastating floods and also provide…
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Investigation finds VicForests hired a private investigator to spy on environmental campaigners
The investigation was sparked by an ABC report in 2021, in which a private investigator blew the whistle on his alleged…
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Look at the crisis in the Amazon and understand the stakes: we’re battling for life itself
Some of the most fulfilling moments in my life as an actor are when I play roles that speak to…
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Landmark Amazon Summit Needs to Grapple with Crime as well as Climate
In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Bram Ebus explains that inter-governmental cooperation and a regional security strategy will be essential.…
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Greece wildfires: how climate change is involved, and what we can do about it
The role of climate change in heightening the risk of wildfires cannot be ignored. Authors The Conversation The world is,…
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World nations debate future of deep-sea mining in Jamaica
Nations opposed to deep sea mineral mining and those in favor of exploiting the oceans’ depths butted heads in Jamaica…
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