Environment and Climate Change
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Maritime commerce and climate change: how effective would a carbon tax on shipping be?
This is more than commercial aviation, for example, which is responsible for 2.6% of the planet’s emissions. Vianney Dequiedt Audrey-Anne de…
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Extreme weather puts two-fifths of London homes at risk of subsidence by 2030
More than 40 per cent of homes in London are likely to be affected by subsidence by 2030 due to…
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Shell quietly backs away from pledge to increase ‘advanced recycling’ of plastics
The energy giant Shell has quietly backed away from a pledge to rapidly increase its use of “advanced recycling”, a…
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A Three Border Problem: Holding Back the Amazon’s Criminal Frontiers
With donor aid, the three states should act fast before the illegal activity does irreversible damage. ICG What’s new? Across…
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Heat waves are growing hotter and more prolonged. What’s driving extreme temperatures?
If you looked at a temperature map this week — it doesn’t much matter which day it was — you…
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How droughts and worsening soil health can increase carbon emissions
Amplifying or positive feedback loops are mechanisms that increase the warming effects caused by an initial event. Sharmila Vaidyanathan Mongabay…
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Ex-Liberal minister to lead Climate Change Authority
Mr Kean, who quit state politics earlier this month, will lead the independent statutory body which advises the Commonwealth on…
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Nuclear and gas expansion weakens our national security
Former Australian defence force chief and admiral retired, Chris Barrie frankly discusses with Michael Lester his deep concerns that Australia…
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Cloud geoengineering could push heatwaves from US to Europe
Climate models suggest that a possible scheme to cool the western US by making clouds brighter could work under current…
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Why do people persecute city pigeons?
Feral pigeons were made by humans. Zaria Gorvett BBC Now we detest them. How did things go so wrong? I’m…
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More urgency needed to hit climate targets, says MHK
Debating the Climate Change Transformation Programme’s latest annual report in Tynwald, Tim Glover said the number of actions delayed or…
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Azerbaijan accused of media crackdown before hosting Cop29
Azerbaijan’s government has been accused of cracking down on media and civil society activism before the country’s hosting of crucial…
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The Roots of Somalia’s Slow Piracy Resurgence
Crisis Group expert Omar Mahmood reports on the burning anger over illegal trawling that is driving some local fishermen to sympathise…
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More intense, frequent tropical cyclones may devastate seabird colonies – study
Increased tropical cyclones due to global heating could lead to dramatic declines in seabird populations, according to a new study.…
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Climate change puts the heat on Aussie ski resorts
It’s no secret climate change is already hurting the ecology and economy of the Australian Alps. Tracey Ferrier The Queenslander…
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In the largest windfarm in the southern hemisphere, ‘renewable energy farmers’ look to the future
You can see 119 wind turbines scattered across the landscape from the highest point on sheep grazier Brent Finlay’s southern Queensland property.…
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