‘There is no climate security for the world without a protected Amazon,’ President-elect Lula da Silva tells a packed room at the U.N. climate conference in Egypt.
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Climate activists throw liquid at Klimt painting in Vienna
Climate activists in Austria have attacked a famous painting by artist Gustav Klimt with a black, oily liquid and one then glued himself to glass protecting the painting’s frame.
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The Recycle Bin: How to reduce your carbon footprint
Most of the world’s nations are meeting this week in Egypt for the COP27 (Council of Parties) annual international Climate Conference to negotiate the steps each nation must take to lower greenhouse gas emissions to slow the rapid rate of Earth’s warming. Former Vice President Al Gore spoke passionately of the opportunity African nations have […]
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The Conversation: How the global energy crisis is pressuring countries at the UN climate summit – while some race to renewables, others plan more natural gas production
THE CONVERSATION — Russia’s war on Ukraine has cast a shadow over this year’s United Nations climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where officials from around the world are discussing the costs of climate change and how to cut emissions that remain near record highs. The war has dramatically disrupted energy markets the world over, […]
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Seeing double? Repeat blooms a sign of the changing climate
You don’t have to look beyond your own garden for evidence of rising temperatures and the longer growing season.
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U.N. climate talks reach halftime with key issues unresolved
Here is a look at what’s on the table at the COP27 negotiations.
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Biden says climate efforts ‘more urgent than ever’ at summit
President Biden says new spending on clean energy initiatives has cemented the United States’ commitment to fighting global warming.
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War-triggered gas boom threatens world climate goal, report finds
Planning and build-up of liquified and other natural gas would add the equivalent of 2 billion tons of carbon dioxide a year to the air by 2030, according to Climate Action Tracker.
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Climate change threatening ‘things Americans value most,’ U.S. report says
The congressionally mandated assessment, last issued under the Trump administration in 2018, comes as world leaders gather this week in Egypt for a U.N. Climate Change Conference, known as COP27.
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U.N. climate talks off to tense start as nations feud over damage
Leaders demanded at U.N. climate talks, or COP27, that wealthy nations spend vastly more to help vulnerable populations adjust to a warming planet.