Climate change could force Bangkok to move, official warnsClimateNews
SourceMay 16, 2024
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Climate change could force Bangkok to move, official warns
By Sara HUSSEIN | AFP Bangkok, Thailand (UPDATED) - Thailand may have to consider relocating its capital Bangkok because of rising sea levels, a senior…

Summers warm up faster than winters, fossil shells from Antwerp showScience
SourceMay 15, 2024
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Summers warm up faster than winters, fossil shells from Antwerp show
By Free University of Brussels In a warmer climate, summers warm much faster than winters. That is the conclusion of research into fossil shells by earth…

$2.2b pledged to end deadly planet-heating cooking methodsNews
SourceMay 14, 2024
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$2.2b pledged to end deadly planet-heating cooking methods
Paris, France (AFP)- The International Energy Agency announced on Tuesday that $2.2 billion had been pledged by governments and companies to improve access to less…

EURESFO to host 2024 edition in EU Green Capital ValenciaNews
SourceMay 14, 2024
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EURESFO to host 2024 edition in EU Green Capital Valencia
Valencia, Spain - The 2024 edition of the European Urban Resilience Forum (EURESFO) will take place from 26 - 28 June within the framework of…

Australia unveils budget aimed at becoming ‘renewable superpower’News
SourceMay 14, 2024
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Australia unveils budget aimed at becoming ‘renewable superpower’
By Steven TRASK | AFP Canberra, Australia - Australia touted plans to become a "renewable energy superpower" in an annual budget Tuesday, but the government's…

Activists warn against EU ‘tearing up’ green policiesNews
SourceMay 14, 2024
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Activists warn against EU ‘tearing up’ green policies
Paris, France | AFP (UPDATED) - Over 100 civil society groups on Monday expressed alarm at attacks on green policies in Europe as key elections loom,…

US, Japanese banks lead fossil fuel financingNews
SourceMay 13, 2024
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US, Japanese banks lead fossil fuel financing
Paris, France (AFP) (UPDATED) - The world's biggest banks financed fossil fuels to the tune of $705 billion in 2023, with US and Japanese lenders…

Chinese firms exit Romania solar tender after EU probeNews
SourceMay 13, 2024
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Chinese firms exit Romania solar tender after EU probe
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) - Two Chinese-owned solar panel manufacturers have withdrawn from a public procurement tender in Romania after the EU launched an anti-subsidy probe,…

Parks and restoration: Climate change forces US policy shiftNews
SourceMay 13, 2024
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Parks and restoration: Climate change forces US policy shift
By Lucie AUBOURG | AFP Washington, United States - Can America's national parks remain "unimpaired" forever, with their majestic scenery and wildlife unaltered? Global warming…

Rivers rise again as rain batters flood-hit south BrazilNews
SourceMay 12, 2024
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Rivers rise again as rain batters flood-hit south Brazil
By Florian PLAUCHEUR Porto Alegre, Brazil - River levels were rising again Sunday as strong rains lashed waterlogged southern Brazil, where flooding has killed more…

Brazil authorities warn of more floods, landslides as new rains hit southNews
SourceMay 12, 2024
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Brazil authorities warn of more floods, landslides as new rains hit south
By Mauricio RABUFFETTI | AFP Porto Alegre, Brazil - New rains in waterlogged southern Brazil are expected to be heaviest between Sunday and Monday, authorities…

Brazil’s catastrophic weather spawns spate of conspiracy theoriesNews
SourceMay 11, 2024
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Brazil’s catastrophic weather spawns spate of conspiracy theories
By Maria-Eduarda JOIA | AFP Rio De Janeiro, Brazil - The climate catastrophe that has struck southern Brazil, killing more than a hundred people and…

US, China pledge joint methane action at climate talksNews
SourceMay 11, 2024
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US, China pledge joint methane action at climate talks
By AFP Washington, United States - The United States and China promised Friday to work together on reduction of methane, the second most abundant greenhouse…

Hotter, drier, sicker? How a changing planet drives diseaseNews
SourceMay 10, 2024
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Hotter, drier, sicker? How a changing planet drives disease
By Sara HUSSEIN | AFP Bangkok, Thailand - Humans have made our planet warmer, more polluted and ever less hospitable to many species, and these…

Iceland’s ‘Mammoth’ raises potential for carbon captureNews
SourceMay 10, 2024
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Iceland’s ‘Mammoth’ raises potential for carbon capture
By Mathilde DUMAZET | AFP Hellisheidi, Iceland - With Mammoth's 72 industrial fans, Swiss start-up Climeworks intends to suck 36,000 tonnes of CO2 from the…

Scientists win World Food Prize for work on Global Seed VaultNews
SourceMay 9, 2024
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Scientists win World Food Prize for work on Global Seed Vault
By Juliette MICHEL Paris, France - Scientists Geoffrey Hawtin and Cary Fowler, who on Thursday received the prestigious World Food Prize for "their work to…

Australia, Tuvalu to launch climate and security pact this yearNews
SourceMay 9, 2024
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Australia, Tuvalu to launch climate and security pact this year
by AFP Staff Writers Sydney, Australia - Australia and Tuvalu said Thursday they have agreed to launch a landmark climate and security pact this year, after…

A Vaccine for Climate MisinformationFacts
SourceMay 9, 2024
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A Vaccine for Climate Misinformation
By Stella Levantesi | DeSmog Facts aren’t enough to combat false and misleading messaging. Experts suggest an additional strategy. “The climate crisis is a hoax,”…

Greta Thunberg fined over Swedish parliament climate protestsNews
SourceMay 8, 2024
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Greta Thunberg fined over Swedish parliament climate protests
Stockholm, Sweden | AFP A Stockholm court fined climate activist Greta Thunberg on Wednesday for disobeying police orders after blocking access to Sweden's parliament during…

Floods misery reminder of climate’s role in supercharging rainFactsNews
SourceMay 8, 2024
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Floods misery reminder of climate’s role in supercharging rain
By Nick Perry | AFP Paris, France - Floods have been tearing a path of destruction across the globe, hammering Kenya, submerging Dubai, and forcing…

South Korea records hottest April in half a centuryNews
SourceMay 7, 2024
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South Korea records hottest April in half a century
By AFP - Agence France Presse Seoul - South Korea experienced its hottest April since comprehensive records began in 1973, the state weather agency said…

Sister cities can help communities better navigate the climate crisis, research suggestsScience
SourceMay 3, 2024
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Sister cities can help communities better navigate the climate crisis, research suggests
by Rice University Anthropologists at Rice University suggest in a new study that establishing networks of 'sister cities' dedicated to addressing the impact of natural…

A clock in the rocks: what cosmic rays tell us about Earth’s changing surface and climateScience
SourceMay 2, 2024
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A clock in the rocks: what cosmic rays tell us about Earth’s changing surface and climate
by Shaun Eaves, Jamey Stutz, Kevin Norton and Pedro Doll, The Conversation How often do mountains collapse, volcanoes erupt or ice sheets melt? For Earth…

New computer algorithm supercharges climate models and could lead to better predictions of future climate changeScience
SourceMay 1, 2024
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New computer algorithm supercharges climate models and could lead to better predictions of future climate change
Earth System Models – complex computer models which describe Earth processes and how they interact – are critical for predicting future climate change. By simulating…
