Climate Change & Crisis:1700 Facts, News, Resources

"Climate change is a large-scale, long-term shift in the planet's weather patterns or average temperature." - Met Office, 2015.

CLIMATE CHANGE includes both the global warming driven by human emissions of greenhouse gases, and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather patterns. Though there have been previous periods of climatic change, since the mid-20th century the rate of human impact on Earth's climate system and the global scale of that impact have been unprecedented.

That human activity has caused climate change is not disputed by any scientific body of national or international standing. The largest driver has been the emission of greenhouse gases, of which more than 90% are carbon dioxide (CO₂) and methane. Fossil fuel burning for energy consumption is the main source of these emissions, with additional contributions from agriculture, deforestation, and industrial processes. Temperature rise is accelerated or tempered by climate feedbacks, such as loss of sunlight-reflecting snow and ice cover, increased water vapour (a greenhouse gas itself), and changes to land and ocean carbon sinks.

Because land surfaces heat faster than ocean surfaces, deserts are expanding and heat waves and wildfires are more common. Surface temperature rise is greatest in the Arctic, where it has contributed to melting permafrost, and the retreat of glaciers and sea ice. Increasing atmospheric energy and rates of evaporation cause more intense storms and weather extremes, which damage infrastructure and agriculture. Rising temperatures are limiting ocean productivity and harming fish stocks in most parts of the globe. Current and anticipated effects from undernutrition, heat stress and disease have led the World Health Organization to declare climate change the greatest threat to global health in the 21st century. Environmental effects include the extinction or relocation of many species as their ecosystems change, most immediately in coral reefs, mountains, and the Arctic. Even if efforts to minimize future warming are successful, some effects will continue for centuries, including rising sea levels, rising ocean temperatures, and ocean acidification from elevated levels of CO₂.

Many of these effects are already observed at the current level of warming, which is about 1.1 °C (2.0 °F). The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued a series of reports that project significant increases in these impacts as warming continues to 1.5 °C (2.7 °F) and beyond. Under the Paris Agreement, nations agreed to keep warming "well under 2.0 °C (3.6 °F)" by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However, under those pledges, global warming would reach about 2.8 °C (5.0 °F) by the end of the century, and current policies will result in about 3.0 °C (5.4 °F) of warming. Limiting warming to 1.5 °C (2.7 °F) would require halving emissions by 2030, then reaching near-zero levels by 2050.

Climate Change & Crisis: 1700 Evidence, Facts, Information, News & Resources: A-Z

• World's worst polluted cities - "The world's 100 worst polluted cities are in Asia - and 83 of them are in just one country."

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• ⅓ of Antarctic ice shelves 'will collapse amid 4C global heating' - "'Unimaginable amounts' of water will flow into oceans if that temperature rise occurs and ice buffers vanish, warn UK scientists."
• 1% of people cause half of global aviation emissions - study - "Researchers say Covid-19 hiatus is moment to tackle elite 'super emitters'. Frequent-flying 'super emitters' who represent just 1% of the world's population caused half of aviation's carbon emissions in 2018, according to a study."
• 1 billion people will suffer extreme heat at just 2C heating, say scientists - "Climate crisis is driving up deadly combination of temperature and humidity, says study released at Cop26."
• 3 Americans create enough carbon emissions to kill one person, study finds - "The analysis draws on public health studies that conclude that for every 4,434 metric tons of CO2 produced, one person globally will die."
• 3 facts about... recycling - "How recycling can help the climate and other facts. The precious metals in your pocket, how composting can help the climate and whether you should wash your recycling or not."
• 4 alarming charts that show just how extreme the climate is right now - "Soaring temperatures. Unusually hot oceans. Record high levels of carbon pollution in the atmosphere and record low levels of Antarctic ice. We’re only halfway through 2023 and so many climate records are being broken, some scientists are sounding the alarm, fearing it could be a sign of a planet warming much more rapidly than expected."
• 4 fish I would still eat - even after watching Seaspiracy - "The hit Netflix documentary encourages viewers to give up seafood altogether. But when it comes to a sustainable diet, I do believe in a few exceptions."
• 4 Things Nations Can Do to Conserve Energy - "European Union officials have called on countries in the bloc to sharply reduce their natural gas consumption. These are some of the strategies they could use."
• 5 Big Changes Are Key for Humanity to Survive a Warming Climate - "Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon writes that investing in improved climate resilience will not only save lives but yield trillions in benefits."
• 5 biggest threats to our natural world ... and how we can stop them - "From destructive land use to invasive species, scientists have identified the main drivers of biodiversity loss - so that countries can collectively act to tackle them."
• 5 charts show how the planet’s biggest polluter is becoming a clean energy powerhouse - "Trump might nix America as a climate tech leader. 5 charts show China winning that race."
• 5 great new green innovations - from pop-up rodent tents to tyre dust traps - "The Earth Optimism 2021 summit is showcasing practical conservation solutions. We look at the ways technology is making a difference."
• 5 Lessons From Coronavirus That Will Help Us Tackle Climate Change - "Could the devastating impact of the new coronavirus pandemic destroy the momentum that the climate movement has built up over the last year? Some say so, fearing that the economic fallout will push climate down the list of priorities for governments, and that travel restrictions will force a delay to the U.N. climate conference."
• 5% of plastic waste generated by US last year was recycled, report says - "Americans discarded 51m tons of plastic in 2021 - of which almost 95% ended up in landfills, oceans or scattered in the atmosphere."
• 5 safest cities post-pandemic - "Cities across the world have had to rethink security in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic - here are the ones doing it well."
• 5 Takeaways From the U.N. Report on Limiting Global Warming - "Current pledges to cut emissions, even if nations follow through on them, won’t stop temperatures from rising to risky new levels." The New York Times.
• 5 things we have learned from the IPCC report - "The UN report on the science of climate change is set to make a huge impact. Our environment correspondent Matt McGrath considers some of the key lessons from it."
• 5 things we've learned from the IPCC report - "The report gives the clearest indication to date of how a warmer world is affecting all living things on Earth. Here are five things we learnt from it."
• 5 ways cities are dealing with record-breaking heat - "Cities are hotter than ever. Here are 5 things they can do about it."
• 6 key lifestyle changes can help avert the climate crisis, study finds - "Research shows that governments and individuals making small changes can have a huge impact in reducing emissions."
• 6 lessons from the campaign that saved the ozone - "Thirty years ago, all 197 countries got together to ban the gases damaging the Earth's ozone layer. Now we need to unite to combat an even greater threat. What can we learn from 1989?"
• 6 tipping points ‘likely’ to be crossed - "Current rates of warming will put the Earth at risk of crossing six 'dangerous' climate tipping points, according to a new analysis."
• 6 top stays for travelers who prioritize sustainability - "As big hotel groups move at a sluggish pace in reducing carbon emissions, a few smaller players are taking the green lead and tackling the climate challenge head-on, boldly committing to a net-zero future well ahead of government targets."
• 6 ways to lower your carbon emissions quickly - "Tackling climate change on a global level is an immense challenge - but some small, easy actions are accessible to most people."
• 7 countries now generate 100% of their electricity from renewable energy - "Albania, Bhutan, Nepal, Paraguay, Iceland, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo produced more than 99.7 per cent of the electricity they consumed using geothermal, hydro, solar or wind power. Scientists say we have reached an ‘irreversible tipping point’ that will see fossil fuels phased out."
• 7 ways to spot businesses greenwashing - "Most of us are trying to be greener and for some that means seeking out brands and companies that are environmentally-friendly. But how can you check firms really are as green as they make out?"
• 8 million Australians urged to turn off lights - "Australia's energy minister has urged households in New South Wales - a state that includes the country's biggest city Sydney - to switch off their lights in the face of an energy crisis. Chris Bowen says people should not use electricity for two hours every evening if they 'have a choice'."
• 8 Solutions for a More Equitable & Sustainable Future - TIME Magazine.
• 8 things the world must do to avoid the worst of climate change - "Latest IPCC report highlights key measures countries must take to avoid climate catastrophe."
• 9 fossil fuel companies sent more than $15B in taxes to Russia since it annexed Crimea, NGOs say - "These fossil fuel companies sent more than $15B in taxes to Russia since it annexed Crimea, NGOs say. The groups, Global Witness, Greenpeace USA and Oil Change International, used data from the Oslo-based Rystad Energy, an independent energy research firm, to calculate how much money oil and gas companies based in North America and Europe had sent to the Russian state. They looked only at companies with exploration and production operations in Russia."
• 10th consecutive monthly heat record alarms and confounds climate scientists - "If the anomaly does not stabilise by August, ‘the world will be in uncharted territory’, says climate expert."
• 10 Hottest & Coldest Countries in the World - "This visualization shows the world’s hottest and coldest countries (and some territories) by their average temperature in 2022."
• 10 of the world’s most sustainable ski resorts - "Many ski resorts recognize the existential threat of the climate crisis, and most are trying to lessen their impact with a host of systemic and local green initiatives in the hope of a more sustainable future. These measures range from renewable energy to run the lifts and make hot chocolate to greener snow groomers and electric buses. Here are some of the best resorts for eco-conscious skiers, setting aside the environmental cost of getting there."
• 10 Sustainable Watches Made from Ocean Plastic - "Believe it or not, upcycled plastic recovered from the sea is the latest hot watchmaking material."
• 10 top Greenest Countries - "According to the latest rankings, Denmark has emerged as the greenest country globally, thanks to its robust environmental policies and commitment to renewable energy. Following closely are the United Kingdom and Finland, both known for their sustainable practices and high environmental standards."
• 10 travel firms turning green: new initiatives to boost sustainability - "Ahead of Earth Day on Friday, we pick operators taking action to help the planet and limit overtourism, with eco stays, fewer flights and support for local people."
• 10 ways the changing climate is creating a health emergency - "Diseases will spread faster and further, and kill more people, as the effects of record heat, floods, drought and storms escalates. Here are 10 ways the climate crisis is affecting global health: 1: Floods and disease. 2: Mosquitoes on the march. 3: Human-animal contact. 4: Severe weather events. 5: The air that we breathe. 6: The psychological cost. 7: Salty water and perilous pregnancies. 8: Food insecurity. 9: The stress of extreme heat & 10: Millions on the move."
• 10 ways to confront the climate crisis without losing hope - "It’s easy to despair at the climate crisis, or to decide it’s already too late - but it’s not. Here’s how to keep the fight alive."
• 10 worst places to live in US for air pollution - "A Guardian analysis using cutting-edge modelling developed by researchers tracks deadly PM2.5 levels. America’s top spot is not a traffic-clogged metropolis or renowned heavy industry zone but a small town surrounded by farmland and mountains."
• 11 Million New Oysters in New York Harbor (but None for You to Eat) - "The oysters, which act as nonstop water filters, were added to the Hudson River as part of an ongoing project to rehabilitate the polluted waterways around the city. The restoration of New York Harbor has reached a new milestone as 2021 draws to a close: 11.2 million juvenile oysters have been added in the past six months to a section of the Hudson River off the coast of Lower Manhattan, where they are helping to filter the water and creating habitats for other marine life."
• 12 billionaires’ climate emissions outpollute 2.1m homes, analysis finds - "Research shows impact from lifestyles and investments of likes of Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Elon Musk."
• 12 Eco-Friendly Luxury Hotels - "Hotels understand the increased importance of allowing guests to travel responsibly; however, it can often be difficult for travelers to discern if the property they select genuinely adheres to sustainable principles. As the hospitality industry worldwide gradually implements sustainability standards, we’ve gathered a list of eco-friendly options that have already demonstrated impressive efforts to preserve landscapes for future generations of travelers to behold." Forbes.
• 13 photos that will make you care about the ocean - "How do we get people to care about ocean conservation? Diving can help us explore the role of awe in protecting the planet's beating blue heart."
• 14% of world’s coral lost in less than a decade, study shows - "Largest analysis of reef health reveals equivalent of more than all living coral in Australia was lost in 2009-18."
• 15 big issues poised to affect oceans & coastlines - "Global experts consider the impact of emerging trends on marine and coastal biodiversity. In the spirit of the annual University of Cambridge–led horizon scan of emerging conservation issues, 30 experts from around the world last year put their heads together to brainstorm and assess the potential impacts to ocean and coastal ecosystems over the next decade of a spectrum of human activities."
• 15 Simple Tricks to Help You Sleep in the Heat - VOGUE.
• $15-trillion plan to capture CO2 - "Cooling the planet by filtering excess carbon dioxide out of the air would require a new, massive global industry - what would it need to work?"
• 17-minute flight? The super-rich who have ‘absolute disregard for the planet’ - "Kylie Jenner is far from the only celebrity to make short hops using private jets despite mounting concerns over the climate crisis."
• 20 meat & dairy firms emit more greenhouse gas than Germany, Britain or France - "Livestock companies with large emissions receive billions of dollars in funding, campaigners say."
• 20 ways to book a sustainable & sensational summer holiday - "Keen to get away? Here is how to find a great deal, pick the perfect destination and support the local community. Travel agents share their tips for the most affordable, sustainable and memorable trips."
• 22 disasters, 262 dead, $95bn in damages: US saw record year for climate-driven catastrophes - "Report shows US was battered by punishing extreme weather on both the east and west coasts in 2020."
• 30 years of climate summits: where have they got us? - "Highlights and lowlights of Cop since Rio 1992, when countries set up a system to tackle climate crisis."
• 50 photos of extreme weather around the world - in pictures - "As temperatures rise and pollution increases, wildfires, floods and extreme winds have battered many parts of the world in the last six months."
• 50 wealthy tourists, eight countries ... and one giant carbon footprint - "Despite the climate crisis, 'no emission spared' round-the-world holidays in private jets are selling out."
• '50/50 chance' of breaching 1.5C warming limit - "The likelihood of crossing a key global warming threshold has risen significantly, according to a new analysis."
• 52 Places for a Changed World - "The 2022 list highlights places around the globe where travelers can be part of the solution." The New York Times.
• 60% of European Union & UK land is now facing drought conditions - "An area bigger than Alaska and Texas combined - is under either drought warnings or alerts, according to the European Drought Observatory."
• 60% of fish species could be unable to survive in current areas by 2100 - study - "Warming water temperatures lower water oxygen levels, putting embryos and pregnant fish at risk, researchers say."
• 60 years of climate change warnings: the signs that were missed (and ignored) - "The effects of ‘weird weather’ were already being felt in the 1960s, but scientists linking fossil fuels with climate change were dismissed as prophets of doom."
• 70% of animal populations wiped out since 1970, report reveals - "Huge scale of human-driven loss of species demands urgent action, say world’s leading scientists."
• 70% of California beaches could disappear by end of the century - "A new study uses satellites to predict what California’s famous coastline could look like by 2100."
• 75 ways Trump made America dirtier & the planet warmer - "In the past four years, Trump has shredded environmental protections for American lands, animals and people."
• 100 most influential climate leaders in business 2023 | TIME - "The inaugural TIME100 Climate list includes leaders driving climate action in the businesses of energy, finance, culture, health, and more."
• 100 most influential climate leaders in business 2024 - "TIME reveals the second annual TIME100 Climate list, featuring the 100 most influential leaders driving business to real climate action."
• 101 Nobel laureates call for global fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty - "Dalai Lama among those to sign letter to world leaders calling for rapid shift to renewable energy."
• 101 Top Web Resources on Climate Change - "From general climate change news to specific scientific information and even social advocacy surrounding humanity's influence on climate change, these sites cover many important aspects of the study of climate change."
• 101 ways to fight climate change - "This Earth Day, the smallest contributions can counter a global challenge."
• 110 experts raise alarm over WHO’s ‘weak’ PFAS limits for drinking water - "Independent scientists raise concerns about apparent industry influence and distortions of the science in WHO guidelines."
• 131-Foot Solar-Powered Catamaran Concept Can Cruise Without Stopping for 3 Weeks - "Just like the algae that inspired it, the multihull converts sunlight into clean, green energy."
• 170tn plastic particles afloat in oceans, say scientists - "‘Cleanup is futile’ if production continues at current rate, amid rapid rise in marine pollution."
• 200 celebrities’ aircraft have flown for combined total of 11 years since 2022 - "Jets belonging to entertainers, CEOs, oligarchs and billionaires produce equivalent to emissions of almost 40,000 Britons."
• 500 flights daily cast doubt on Qatar's green pledge - World Cup: Shuttle flights cast doubts on carbon-neutral pledge.
• 550 hajj pilgrims die in Mecca as temperatures exceed 50C - "At least 320 of the dead are from Egypt and Saudi officials report treating more than 2,000 people for heat stress."
• 1977 White House climate memo that should have changed the world - "Years before the climate crisis was part of national discourse, this memo to the president predicted catastrophe."
• 2020 in a dead heat for world's warmest year - "New data from EU satellites shows that 2020 is in a statistical dead heat with 2016 as the world's warmest year."
• 2020 Is Our Last, Best Chance to Save the Planet - "From our vantage point today, 2020 looks like the year when an unknown virus spun out of control, killed hundreds of thousands and altered the way we live day to day. In the future, we may look back at 2020 as the year we decided to keep driving off the climate cliff - or to take the last exit."
• 2020 likely to be one of warmest years on record despite La NiÑa - "Climate crisis exacerbates extreme weather during natural events, say experts."
• 2020 Was a Year of Climate Extremes. What Can We Expect in 2021? - TIME Magazine.
• 2020 was hottest year on record by narrow margin, Nasa says - "Due to different methods, US Noaa judged year as fractionally cooler than 2016 while UK Met Office put 2020 in close second place."
• 2020 was joint hottest year ever recorded - "Global heating continued unabated despite Covid lockdowns, with record Arctic wildfires and Atlantic tropical storms."
• 2021: a year of climate crisis in review - "A look back at 12 months of key summits, devastating weather and alarming discoveries."
• 2022 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference | COP27 - November 6-18 (Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt).
• 2023 on track to be the hottest year on record, say scientists - "Last month was hottest October since records began, with average global temperature thought to be 1.7C above late-1800s levels. Copernicus found the average global mean temperature between January and October 2023 was the highest on record. It beat the 10-month average for 2016 - the current record holder for the hottest year - by 0.1C."
• 2023 will be hottest in history, says UN chief, as climate summit opens - "The COP28 climate change summit has opened in Dubai as the UN chief confirms that 2023 will be the hottest year on record"
• 2024: planet endures its hottest summer on record - for the second straight year - "Summer broke global heat records for the second straight year, scientists have confirmed - putting 2024 firmly on track to be the hottest year in recorded history. The period between June and August - summer in the Northern Hemisphere - was the world’s hottest such period since records began in 1940, according to data published Friday by Copernicus, Europe’s climate change service."
• 2024 set to be first to breach 1.5C global warming limit - "It is now 'virtually certain' that 2024 - a year punctuated by intense heatwaves and deadly storms - will be the world's warmest on record, according to projections by the European climate service."
• 2024 Summer Olympics: Recycled bottle tops & tables made from shuttlecocks - the greenest Olympics? - "The organising committee of Paris 2024 has vowed to make it the greenest Games in Olympic history, with half the carbon footprint of London 2012 and Rio 2016."
• $33,000-a-night private island where you can swim with sharks - "How a $33,000-a-night private island inspired by the Kennedys became a beacon for sustainable tourism."
• ‘A banana, concrete - those are good gifts’: the recycling group turning strangers into friends - "There are 7,000 Buy Nothing groups with more than 5 million members worldwide. But their appeal goes beyond the chance to swap everything from nettles to power tools."
• A beloved Jamaican beach is succumbing to climate change. It won't be the last - "Climate change is eroding beaches all over the Caribbean - even though the region contributes a tiny fraction of the emissions heating the planet."
• A billion children at ‘extreme risk’ from climate impacts - Unicef - "Report launched with youth activists including Greta Thunberg paints ‘unimaginably dire’ picture."
• A billion new trees might not turn Ukraine green - "It was an ambitious signal of green intent when Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky declared this month that a billion extra trees would be planted within three years, and a million hectares would be reforested in a decade."
• A brief history of the end of the world - "Every mass extinction, including the looming next one, explained."
• A cheap fix to global warming is finally gaining support - "Global support for one of the cheapest and most powerful climate actions is accelerating - and it couldn't come at a more urgent time."
• 'A conversation across time and space': the power of birdsong - "Musician Cosmo Sheldrake is on a mission to highlight the loss of UK birdlife with an album of avian chatter."
• A crucial ocean system could collapse within our lifetime, leaving parts the world unrecognizable - "A vital system of Atlantic Ocean currents that influences weather across the world could collapse as soon as the late 2030s, scientists have suggested in a new study - a planetary-scale disaster that would transform weather and climate."
• A crucial system of ocean currents is heading for a collapse that ‘would affect every person on the planet’ - "A vital system of ocean currents could collapse within a few decades if the world continues to pump out planet-heating pollution, scientists are warning - an event that would be catastrophic for global weather and 'affect every person on the planet.' A new study published Tuesday in the journal Nature, found that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current - of which the Gulf Stream is a part – could collapse around the middle of the century, or even as early as 2025."
• A global first links 13 of Scotland’s Unesco cities and sites in a digital trail - "From Edinburgh to St Kilda, destinations in Scotland are being promoted as part of a sustainable tourism drive timed for COP26."
• A heat wave in Antarctica melted 20% of an island's snow in 9 days - "A nine-day heat wave scorched Antarctica's northern tip earlier this month. New NASA images reveal that nearly a quarter of an Antarctic island's snow cover melted in that time -- an increasingly common symptom of the climate crisis."
• A huge iceberg that's bigger than New York City broke off near a UK base in Antarctica - "The 490 square miles (1270 square kilometers) chunk of ice is bigger than New York City and broke free in a process called calving, according to a statement from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS)."
• A hypothetical weather forecast for 2050 is coming true next week - "Two years ago, forecasters in the UK conducted an interesting thought experiment: What will our forecasts look like in 2050? The climate crisis is pushing weather to the extreme all over the world, and temperatures in the northern latitudes have been particularly sensitive to these changes. So meteorologists at the UK Met Office - the official weather forecast agency for the UK - dove in to the super long-range climate models in the summer of 2020 to see what kind of temperatures they'd be forecasting in about three decades."
• A New Generation of Nuclear Reactors Could Hold the Key to a Green Future - TIME Magazine.
• A place that makes you ask the questions that really matter - "Visitors to Antarctica are often awed and humbled by its size, and its extreme climate. But it also caused the BBC's Justin Rowlatt to reflect on the human ability to solve problems together - and to feel hope for the future."
• A new trend for climate films - "We need a subtler, more varied portrayal of climate change in film than just climate disaster blockbusters, says Becca Warner."
• A ‘once-in-200 years’ heat wave caught Southeast Asia off guard - "Climate change will make them more common."
• A really simple guide to climate change - "World temperatures are rising because of human activity, and climate change now threatens every aspect of human life."
• A seaweed drink that tastes of eggnog - "Belize's sweet, sustainable 'seaweed shakes'."
• A shadow ‘financial crisis’ has cost the world $2 trillion - "Last month, two major storms, Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, caused a total of between $51.5 billion and $81.5 billion of property damage, mostly to Southeastern US states, according to estimates from CoreLogic. That’s a lot of damage - but it’s only a small fraction of what climate change has cost people around the world."
• A shortage of these metals could make the climate crisis worse - "The world won't be able to tackle the climate crisis unless there is a sharp increase in the supply of metals required to produce electric cars, solar panels, wind turbines and other clean energy technologies, according to the International Energy Agency."
• A Surprising Climate Find - "As the planet warms, atoll nations like the Maldives seemed doomed to shrink. Scientists have begun to tell a surprising new story. What they found is startling: Even though sea levels have risen, many islands haven’t shrunk. Most, in fact, have been stable. Some have even grown."
• A third of Americans are already facing above-average warming - "Temperatures in 499 counties across west, north-east and upper midwest US have already breached 1.5C (2.7F)."
• ‘A worldwide public health threat’: Rob Bilott on his 20-year fight against forever chemicals - "Chemical companies hid their knowledge of the damage caused by PFAS for decades. With a new class-action lawsuit, Bilott intends to hold them accountable."
• ‘A wrecking ball’: experts warn Trump’s win sets back global climate action - "Election of a ‘climate denier’ to US presidency poses ‘major threat to the planet’, environmentalists say."
• A23a: Tracking the world's biggest iceberg as it drifts towards oblivion - "The world's biggest iceberg - more than twice the size of Greater London - is on the move. After a few weeks loitering on the fringes of Antarctica, it's begun to drift at pace once more."
• A68: 'Megaberg' dumped huge volume of fresh water - "The monster iceberg A68 was dumping more than 1.5 billion tonnes of fresh water into the ocean every single day at the height of its melting. To put that in context, it's about 150 times the amount of water used daily by all UK citizens."
• A380 superjumbo to test experimental open fan engine - "This Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger jet, has been recruited as a demonstrator to trial new cutting-edge open fan engine architecture which could help cut carbon emissions by up to 20%."
• Abu Dhabi Fossil Dunes: A beautiful frozen landscape created by climate change - "150,000-year-old fossil dunes could be clues to Noah's flood."
• Acropolis temporarily closed to public due to heatwave; tourist faints - "The Acropolis of Athens will be closed to public for several hours on Friday, July 14, as the heatwave that hits Greece reaches its peak with temperatures over 41 degrees Celsius also in the Greek capital."
• Activists target superyachts in climate change protest - "Climate activists from Attac targeted the famous billionaires’ quay in Antibes on Saturday in protest at the ultra-rich destroying the planet, according to their message."
• AGA KHAN AWARD FOR ARCHITECTURE - established by Aga Khan IV in 1977. "Sustainability over spectacle." It aims to identify and reward architectural concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of Islamic societies in the fields of contemporary design, social housing, community development and improvement, restoration, reuse and area conservation, as well as landscape design and improvement of the environment.
• Air conditioning: the benefits, problems & alternatives - "Amid record-breaking heat, increased access to air conditioning could save lives - but AC units are damaging the environment. Are there other options?"
• Air pollution is slashing years off the lives of billions, report finds - "Dirty air is a far greater killer than smoking, car crashes or HIV/Aids, with coal burning the leading cause."
• Air pollution will lead to mass migration, say experts after landmark ruling - "Call for world leaders to act in wake of French extradition case that turned on environmental concerns."
• Air travel is harming the planet. Here's how to fly greener - "From alternative fuels to rationing trips: A guide to more sustainable flying."
• Air travel is toxic for the planet. But some airlines are better than others - "The world’s most eco-conscious airlines."
• Airbus reveals plans for hydrogen fuel cell aircraft - Airbus has announced it is developing a hydrogen-powered fuel cell engine - and that it plans to test it on the largest commercial airplane ever to take to the skies.
• Airbus to test hydrogen-fueled engine on A380 jet - "Airbus just moved one step closer to launching the world's first zero-emission commercial aircraft by 2035."
• Airbus wants to build zero-emission planes by 2035. Here's how - "Airbus has unveiled its plans for bringing the world's first zero-emission commercial aircraft into service by 2035."
• Airlines flying near-empty ‘ghost flights’ to retain EU airport slots - "Analysis from Greenpeace finds deserted flights are generating millions of tons of harmful emissions."
• Airlines need to do more than plant trees to hit net zero, MPs told - "Climate Change Committee head says firms must invest in ‘scaleable’ offsets such as carbon capture."
• Airships for city hops could cut flying’s CO2 emissions by 90% - "Bedford-based blimp maker unveils short-haul routes such as Liverpool-Belfast that it hopes to serve by 2025."
• Alarm as Arctic sea ice not yet freezing at latest date on record - "Delayed freeze in Laptev Sea could have knock-on effects across polar region, scientists say."
• alarm over Amazon road project - "Memories of Brazil's dictatorship as plan threatens biodiverse home of three indigenous communities."
• Alaska sets record high December temperature of 19.4C - "The island community of Kodiak set the record on Sunday and scientists fear the population will be deluged with rain as climate warms."
• Alex Jones: Will a $965m damages demand crush his Infowars empire? - "Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was handed a major defeat in a Connecticut court this week. But will relatives of the Sandy Hook victims be able to collect the money - and does it mean he'll stop spreading lies?"
• All that glitters: UK retailers shift away from plastic Christmas - "Manufacturers and shops remove millions of pieces of single-use plastic from their ranges."
• All the Beijing snow is human-made - a resource-intensive, 'dangerous' trend as planet warms - "It would be hard to hold a conversation over the deafening sound of the snow machines preparing the Olympic venues northwest of Beijing. They are loud and they are everywhere, blowing snow across what will be this month's most-watched slopes."
• Almost half of thermal coal firms set to defy climate pledge - report - "Report identifies 935 firms finance industry needs to blacklist to meet Paris goals."
• Alpine plants face extinction as melting glaciers force them higher, warns study - "'Escalator to extinction' means aggressive species will eventually take over, threatening the entire mountain ecosystem."
• Amazon & Apple 'not playing their part' in tackling electronic waste - "Global giants such as Amazon and Apple should be made responsible for helping to collect, recycle and repair their products to cut the 155,000 tonnes of electronic waste being thrown away each year in the UK, MPs say."
• Amazon & Target play ‘outsized’ role in port congestion & pollution, report finds - "The companies are ‘directly responsible’ for harming nearby communities, according to report authors."
• Amazon rainforest is emitting more carbon dioxide than it absorbs in some areas, study says - "Parts of the Amazon rainforest are now emitting more carbon dioxide than they absorb, raising fears of the potentially devastating impact on its fragile ecosystems and a further worsening of the climate crisis, according to a new study."
• Amazon sees worst deforestation levels in 15 years - "A report by Brazil's space research agency (Inpe) found that deforestation increased by 22% in a year. According to the latest data, some 13,235 sq km (5110 sq miles) was lost during the 2020-21 period, the highest amount since 2006."
• Amazon’s plastic waste soars by a third amid pandemic, report finds - "Online retailer disputes figures showing it produced 270,000 tonnes of packaging last year, with about 10,000 tonnes likely to end up in seas."
• America’s hottest city is nearly unlivable in summer. Can cooling technologies save it? - "Phoenix’s new ‘heat tsar’ is betting on less asphalt, more green canopy and reflective surfaces to cool the sprawling heat island."
• American cities are getting unbearably hot. These ones are roasting the most - "All of the country’s 50 most-populated cities all have gotten hotter over the past 50 years, and all but three are experiencing more 'extremely hot' days above 95 degrees."
• Amsterdam bans construction of new hotels as a way to fight overtourism - "A new hotel in Amsterdam can only be built if another hotel closes, if the number of sleeping places doesn’t increase, and if the new hotel will be better – for example, more sustainable."
• Amsterdam bans cruise ships to limit visitors & curb pollution - "It comes months after young British men were urged not to hold bachelor parties in the Dutch capital."
• An A380 superjumbo just completed a flight powered by cooking oil - "It's huge, it's wide, and it's potentially a lot more sustainable. The Airbus A380, a behemoth of the skies, has completed a trial flight powered on cooking oil. The test airplane completed a three-hour flight from Blagnac Airport in Toulouse - Airbus' French headquarters - on 25 March. It was powered by Sustainable Aviation Fuel, or SAF - predominantly made of used cooking oil and waste fats - and operating on a single Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine."
• An average of 500 climate-damaging ghost flights left the UK each month in 2021 - "MPs criticise ‘climate-degrading’ and ‘nefarious’ practice of flying near-empty planes to retain landing slots."
• An explosive new source of clean energy - "Scientists accidentally drilled into a volcano’s magma chamber. Now they’re going back in with hopes of finding ‘limitless’ clean energy."
• An ocean of noise: how sonic pollution is hurting marine life - "Today’s oceans are a tumult of engine roar, artificial sonar and seismic blasts that make it impossible for marine creatures to hunt or communicate. We could make it stop, so why don’t we?"
• An octopus' lessons for climate change - "How to heal in the Anthropocene. In a time of deep planetary change, how do we begin to recover from the trauma of climate change?"
• Antarctic Ocean Is in Climate Crisis - "This Week, the World Could Take a Big Step Towards Protecting Its Future."
• Antarctica heat wave sends temperatures 50 degrees above normal - "The latest data shows high temperatures in portions of East Antarctica - where the most abnormal conditions are ongoing - that are typically between minus 58 and minus 76 degrees Fahrenheit are now closer to minus 13 to minus 22 degrees Fahrenheit."
• Antarctica: Scientists looked at images from space to see how fast Antarctica is turning green - "Parts of icy Antarctica are turning green with plant life at an alarming rate as the region is gripped by extreme heat events, according to new research, sparking concerns about the changing landscape on this vast continent."
• Antarctica sea-ice hits new record low - "There is now less sea-ice surrounding the Antarctic continent than at any time since we began using satellites to measure it in the late 1970s."
• Antarctica sea ice reaches alarming low for third year in a row - "The extent of ice floating around the continent has contracted to below 2m sq km for three years in a row, indicating an 'abrupt critical transition'."
• Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ keeps scientists at bay with iceberg & sea ice - "Attempts to study the deteriorating Florida-sized glacier that could raise sea levels by 2ft if it breaks off are being frustrated."
• Apocalypse now? The alarming effects of the global food crisis - "The Bank of England governor warned last week of ‘apocalyptic’ food price rises. Yet war in Ukraine, climate change and inflation are already taking their toll all over the world."
• ‘Apocalyptic skies’: the dust storms devastating Gulf states & Syria - "Rising frequency of storms due to climate crisis is causing more loss of life and more destruction, say experts."
• Apple & Disney among companies backing groups against US climate bill - "Amazon and Microsoft also supporting groups fighting legislation despite promises to combat the climate crisis, analysis finds."
• April Mediterranean heatwave ‘almost impossible’ without climate crisis - "Extreme event would have been expected once in 40,000 years before global heating, scientists estimate."
• Arctic ice loss forces polar bears to use four times as much energy to survive - study - "Other predators, such as narwhals, suffer similarly as unique adaptations become less suited."
• Arctic Sea Ice Has Shrunk to Almost Historic Levels - "'A Climate Emergency Unfolding Before Our Eyes.'"
• Are coffee pods really eco-friendly? The truth behind the surprising findings - "Coffee capsules notoriously produce waste – but some experts maintain that reducing how much coffee you use, even with a pod, can decrease emissions."
• Are laboratory-grown diamonds the more ethical choice to say 'I do'? - "In addition to cost savings and supposed environmental benefits, lab-grown diamonds have the same chemical and physical properties as mined diamonds."
• Are ski trips coming to an end? - "How climate change threatens to close ski resorts. From the Swiss Alps to the Rocky Mountains, ski resorts are grappling with the impacts of climate change. How are they adapting in a warming world?"
• Are these Gucci’s most sustainable sneakers yet? - "Gucci unveils three trainer styles, the ‘Basket’, ‘New Ace’ and ‘Rhyton’, crafted using Demetra, a new alternative to animal leather that has taken two years to create."
• Arnold Schwarzenegger's undeclared watch fetches $294K at climate auction - "The wristwatch that landed Arnold Schwarzenegger in detainment at Munich Airport on Wednesday raised €270,000 ($294,000) after being sold at a dinner in Austria for his charity, the Schwarzenegger Climate Initiative."
• As glaciers disappear in Alaska, the rest of the world’s ice follows - "Mountain glacier melt contributes more than a quarter of extra volume to the world’s oceans, disrupting ancient cycles of creation."
• As the AI industry booms, what toll will it take on the environment? - "Tech companies remain secretive over the amount of energy and water it takes to train their complex programs and models."
• As the Rest of the World Plans a Green Recovery, America Is Once Again Falling Behind - TIME Magazine.
• Asia Is Home to 99 of the World’s 100 Cities Facing the Greatest Environmental Challenges - "The many environmental challenges facing the world are far from evenly shared across regions. Of the 100 cities facing the greatest environmental risks, 99 are in Asia, according to a report published today by risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft. Meanwhile, Europe is home to 14 of the 20 safest cities."
• Asian capital where the smog has 'become a torture' - "Delhi is often ranked among the world's most polluted cities, and air pollution there reached 'hazardous' levels in early November, according to India's National Air Quality Index (AQI), which tracks the presence of harmful particles in the air."
• Asian capital you've never heard of - "Putrajaya: The capital city you've never heard of. Located in the shadow of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's 'other' capital is one of the world's greenest cities."
• At least 14 pilgrims die during hajj pilgrimage amid soaring temperatures - "Jordanians died in Saudi Arabia after suffering heatstroke, said officials, with temperatures reaching 47C in Mecca."
• Atlas of the Invisible: using data to map the climate crisis - "Graphics from a new book show causes and consequences that are hard to detect with the naked eye."
• Auditors slam EU for 'marine protected areas' that fail to protect ocean - "Only 1% of the 3,000 supposedly protected areas in the Mediterranean ban fishing."
• Australia emerges as villain of COP26 climate talks - "Australia is becoming increasingly isolated from the rest of the world with its obstinate approach to the climate crisis."
• Australia races against time to avoid an 'in danger' rating at UNESCO vote - "The Australian government and a United Nations body are facing off this week over whether the Great Barrier Reef is 'in danger' of losing its 'outstanding universal value.'"
• Australia's climate policy is being dictated by a former accountant in a cowboy hat - "Australia's Prime Minister has all but confirmed he won't join global leaders at crucial climate talks in Glasgow."
• Australia's Great Barrier Reef might lose ability to recover from warming - "Australia's Great Barrier Reef has lost more than half its coral in the last three decades and scientists fear the loss caused by frequent bleaching will compromise its ability to recover. Record-breaking temperatures that triggered bleaching events in 2016 and 2017 have meant fewer small, baby corals and breeding adult ones, said Terry Hughes, professor at ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University."
• Australia’s Great Barrier Reef tries to make sustainability cool - "Australia is offering discounts to tourists who watch science videos. Will it work?"
• Average westerner's eating habits lead to loss of four trees every year - "Research links consumption of foods such as coffee and chocolate to global deforestation."

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• Baby sharks emerge from egg cases earlier & weaker in oceans warmed by climate crisis - "Weaker sharks are less effective hunters, which can upset the balance of the ecosystem, say authors of study into impacts of hotter oceans."
• Bali's beaches buried in tide of plastic rubbish during monsoon season - "Tourist drawcards Kuta and Legian beaches are being overwhelmed by up to 60 tonnes of plastic rubbish every day."
• Bangkok air pollution prompts advice to work from home - "Thai capital’s already bad air made worse by forest fires and burning on farms."
• Banks around world in joint pledge on 'green recovery' after Covid - "Climate finance goals declared but campaigners highlight omissions over fossil fuels and poor nations' support."
• Banks lent $2.6tn linked to ecosystem & wildlife destruction in 2019 ' report - "Lack of policies regulating impact on natural world means finance industry effectively bankrolling biodiversity loss, analysis finds."
• Barcelona launches 10-year plan to reclaim city streets from cars - "Plans include making one in three Eixample streets 'green zones' and creating 21 public squares."
• Barely 15% of the world’s coastal regions remain ecologically intact, study says - "Researchers call for safeguards to protect undamaged regions and for urgent work to restore degraded areas."
• ‘Beginning of the end’ for fossil fuels - "Global wind and solar reached record levels in 2022, study finds. A boom in wind and solar has pushed the amount of electricity produced by renewable energy to record levels last year, according to a new analysis. The use of coal, oil and gas to produce electricity is expected to fall in 2023, according to the report, published Wednesday by energy think tank Ember. This would mark the first year to see a decline in the use of fossil fuels to generate electricity, outside of a global recession or pandemic."
• Beijing records hottest June day since weather records began as heatwave hits China - "Nanjiao weather station in southern Beijing hits 41.1C, half a degree higher than the station’s previous monthly record."
• Beneath the blue: dive into a dazzling ocean under threat - interactive - "Descend through the different zones of the ocean to discover its mesmerising marine life, how human pollutants are interfering - and what we can still do about it."
• best clothing for heatwaves - What is the best clothing to keep you cool?
• Best in travel 2021 Lonely Planet - "Awards for regenerative travel." As our world came to a full stop this year, we looked in the mirror to reflect on how we can best empower our readers to travel responsibly and become agents of positive change. And we realized that to reimagine travel post-2020, we needed to reinvent ourselves first, so we updated our editorial practices to highlight more local and diverse voices. We also decided to make this year's Best in Travel different by recognizing places and people demonstrating a genuine commitment to sustainability, community and diversity. And that's only the beginning. We salute all the winners!
• ‘Betting on a low-carbon future’: why China is ending foreign coal investment - "Xi Jinping’s promise reflects growing awareness of the climate crisis in China and falling renewable prices."
• Bezos, Gates back fake meat & dairy made from fungus as next big alt-protein - "As consumers become increasingly comfortable eating faux-meat burgers that look, cook and taste like the real thing, a food-tech start-up backed by Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates is using fungus as the primary ingredient to create alt-meat foods."
• Biden can repair Trump's legacy of environmental destruction. Here's where things stand - "The new president is focusing on seven key areas in which Trump allowed polluters to make America hotter and dirtier."
• Biden raises hopes of addressing climate crisis as Cop26 nears - "President has vowed to rejoin Paris agreement, cut fossil fuel reliance, and invest in low-carbon growth."
• Biden returns US to Paris climate accord hours after becoming president - "Biden administration rolls out a flurry of executive orders aimed at tackling climate crisis."
• Biden to 'hit ground running' as he rejoins Paris climate accords - "President-elect to block Keystone XL pipeline among other swift environmental moves - but challenges lie ahead."
• Big banks' trillion-dollar finance for fossil fuels 'shocking', says report - "Coal, oil and gas firms have received $3.8tn in finance since the Paris climate deal in 2015."
• big beef’s climate messaging machine: confuse, defend & downplay - "A Masters of Beef Advocacy program teaches ‘scientific sounding’ arguments on cattle’s sustainability in an all-out public relations war."
• Big oil & gas kept a dirty secret for decades. Now they may pay the price - "Via an unprecedented wave of lawsuits, America’s petroleum giants face a reckoning for the devastation caused by fossil fuels."
• Big oil companies are spending millions to appear 'green' - "Their investments tell a different story, report shows."
• Big Tech is pouring millions into the wrong climate solution at Davos - "The carbon removal tech they’re funding isn’t really meant to tackle Big Tech’s own emissions."
• Big tech’s pro-climate rhetoric is not matched by policy action, report finds - "Tech companies poured $65m into lobbying in 2020 - but only 6% of their lobbying activity is targeted at climate policy."
• Biggest climate toll in year of ‘devastating’ disasters revealed - "Most expensive storm cost $100bn while deadliest floods killed 1,700 and displaced 7 million, report finds."
• Bill Gates-backed experimental nuclear power plant heads to tiny Wyoming city - "Officials have announced that Kemmerer, population 2,600, will be the site of a plant featuring a liquid sodium-cooled reactor."
• Bill Gates blasts Bitcoin as 'not a great climate thing' in stark environmental warning - "Bill Gates has voiced his concerns over the environmental impact created by cryptocurrency Bitcoin."
• Bill Gates call for huge global effort to prepare for future pandemics - "Microsoft founder says research and development budgets should focus on weaknesses exposed by rapid spread of Covid."
• Bill Gates: 'Carbon neutrality in a decade is a fairytale. Why peddle fantasies?' - "After putting $100m into Covid research, the billionaire is taking on the climate crisis. And first he has some bones to pick with his fellow campaigners..."
• Bill Gates explains his vision for nuclear power - "Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates talks to CNN's Fareed Zakaria about building a nuclear power plant in Wyoming and the future of nuclear energy."
• Bill Gates has rightly named his mammoth hydrogen-powered superyacht ‘Breakthrough’ - and listed it for sale for $645 million.
• Bill Gates: Here's a Formula That Explains Where We Need to Invest in Climate Innovation - TIME Magazine.
• Bill Gates Makes Bid to Buy World's Largest Private Jet Operator, Signature - "Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is one of the world's most famous environmentalists or the biggest hypocrite ever. He could even be both, depending on your perspective on things."
• Bill Gates on the climate crisis: 'I can't deny being a rich guy with an opinion' - "In an exclusive extract from his new book, the Microsoft founder explains why we need to cut carbon emissions to zero - even if he is an 'imperfect messenger'."
• Bill Gates on what needs to change to avoid climate disaster - "New book by Microsoft billionaire plays down impact of flying and driving and calls for focus on steel, meat and cement."
• Bill Gates: Solving Covid easy compared with climate - "Fifty-one billion and zero - the two numbers Bill Gates says you need to know about climate. Fifty-one billion is how many tonnes of greenhouse gases the world typically adds to the atmosphere each year. Zero is where we need to get to."
• Bill Gates: Stop shutting down nuclear reactors & build new nuclear power plants to fight climate change - "As some nuclear power companies continue to shut down nuclear reactors for reasons ranging from economic woes to safety concerns, Bill Gates is bullish on nuclear power as a clean energy solution to climate change."
• Bill Gates: We’re on the Verge of a Remarkable Moment for Congress & the Country - "Mr. Gates, a co-founder of Microsoft, is also the founder of Breakthrough Energy and the author of 'How to Avoid a Climate Disaster'."
• Bill Gates will fly less & eat more synthetic meat to reduce his carbon footprint - "The Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist was discussing his efforts tackle climate change in an Ask Me Anything session on Reddit, CNBC reported."
• Bill Gates’ $645 million fuel-cell superyacht has finally completed its extensive sea trials - "Powered by liquid hydrogen stored at a bone-chilling -423°F, nearly as cold as outer space, the mammoth vessel features an underwater lounge, a hospital, and a 29-foot contraflow pool."
• Bill Gates’ climate fund looks to funnel billions into carbon removal, green hydrogen & more - "It’s starting with projects in Europe and the US."
• Billionaires are funding a massive treasure hunt in Greenland as ice vanishes - "A band of billionaires, including Jeff Bezos, Michael Bloomberg and Bill Gates, among others, is betting that below the surface of the hills and valleys on Greenland's Disko Island and Nuussuaq Peninsula there are enough critical minerals to power hundreds of millions of electric vehicles."
• Billionaires descend on Sun Valley in private jets to talk about climate change - "The private conference was canceled last year because of the pandemic."
• Billionaires should not make up climate finance gaps, says Bezos Earth Fund head - "Rich countries ‘not living up to obligations’, says Andrew Steer, in charge of $10bn environmental fund."
• Billions gone: what’s behind the disappearance of Alaska snow crabs? - "Authorities close snow crab season for first time as numbers of the prized seafood crash from 11bn to 2bn in four years."
• Billions of people could live in areas too hot for humans by 2070, study says - "If the planet continues to warm at current levels over the next 50 years, up to 3 billion people could be living in areas that are too hot for humans, a new study has found."
• Biodiversity: What is it & how are we protecting it? - "Governments from around the world are meeting later this year, to discuss how to stop human activities from causing the extinction of animal and plant species."
• 'Biophilic' skyscraper bursting with 80,000 plants opens in Singapore - "A third of the way up the recently completed CapitaSpring tower, the soaring glass and aluminum facade seemingly bursts open to reveal plants and trees growing hundreds of feet above ground. At street level, passersby and office workers can line up for an elevator leading to this so-called 'Green Oasis' - a spiral garden path that winds past exercise equipment, benches and tables on its journey through four stories of tropical flora."
• Bitcoin consumes 'more electricity than Argentina' - "Bitcoin uses more electricity annually than the whole of Argentina, analysis by Cambridge University suggests."
• Bitcoin Consumes More Electricity Than Most Countries in The World. Here's Why - "The bitcoin market now exceeds $1 trillion with its price rising tenfold in a year, but focus is shifting towards the massive power requirements needed to sustain the online currency."
• Bitcoin could derail China's climate change targets - "Bitcoin mining in China is so carbon intensive that it could threaten the country's emissions reduction targets, according to new research. China accounts for more than 75% of bitcoin mining around the world, researchers said. Bitcoin emissions in China exceed the total emissions of the Czech Republic and Qatar, study says."
• Bitcoin miners revived a dying coal plant - then CO2 emissions soared - "Critics say the enormous electricity consumption needed to sustain cryptocurrency is fueling the climate crisis and now threatens a partial resurrection of coal in the US."
• BITCOIN'S CLIMATE IMPACT IS GLOBAL. THE CURES ARE LOCAL - Wired.
• Bitcoin's Energy Consumption Is A Highly Charged Debate - Who's Right? - "How much power does bitcoin consume? It is a question that has been debated for years, especially when the price rises. The recent surge to a new high of $58,354 has certainly reinvigorated the debate. The question usually arrives with a slurry of other perennial criticisms: it's a scam, it's too volatile for a store of value, it's failed as a payment vehicle, it's used for illicit activity, it's not backed by anything, the dog ate my bitcoin wallet..."
• Bitcoin’s growing water footprint - "Amid growing concerns over the impacts of climate change on worldwide water security, Bitcoin’s water footprint has rapidly escalated in recent years."
• ‘Blah, blah, blah’: Greta Thunberg's assessment of COP26 climate agreement - "Taking to her official handle on Twitter, Thunberg wrote, 'The #COP26 is over. Here's a brief summary: Blah, blah, blah. But the real work continues outside these halls. And we will never give up, ever.'"
• Blue carbon - refers to organic carbon that is captured and stored by the world's oceanic and coastal ecosystems, mostly by algae, seagrasses, macroalgae, mangroves, salt marshes and other plants in coastal wetlands. The term Blue Carbon was coined in 2009 to highlight the contribution of coastal vegetated ecosystems to climate change mitigation. Because oceans cover 70% of the planet, there is increasing industry interest in developing Blue Carbon potential. Research is ongoing, and while in some cases it has been found that these types of ecosystems remove far more carbon per area than terrestrial forests, the effectiveness of Blue Carbon as a carbon dioxide removal solution remains highly contested.
• Blue whales threatened by ship collisions in busy Patagonia waters - "Endangered giants face potentially fatal encounters with the 1,000 daily fishing vessels moving through main feeding area off Chile, scientists warn."
• Boeing says it will make planes able to fly on 100% biofuel by 2030 - "Aviation giant already staged the world's first commercial flight using 100% biofuel in 2018."
• Boeing unveils new 777 'ecoDemonstrator' test jet - "US aircraft maker Boeing has just revealed its new 2022 ecoDemonstrator plane - a converted, 20-year-old 777-200ER that will be tasked with testing new technologies aimed at making air travel more sustainable and safer. The ecoDemonstrator will reportedly go through a six-month series of tests both on the ground and in the sky, starting this summer. Among the 30 or so technologies set for testing during the campaign include projects designed to reduce fuel use, emissions and noise, while incorporating more sustainable materials."
• Boreal forests could be a planet-warming ‘time bomb’ as wildfires expand, says new study - "Boreal forest fires usually make up 10% of global wildfire-related carbon pollution. But in 2021, their contribution soared to 23%, according to the study, as extreme drought and heatwaves in Siberia and Canada helped drive intense fires."
• Bottled water booming despite worries over waste - "Environmental campaigner Hemantha Withanage is adamant that the purchase of plastic-bottled water should be discouraged."
• Bottling the sun - "The world has been trying to master this limitless clean energy source since the 1930s. We're now closer than ever."
• BP-owned company is selling carbon credits on trees that aren’t in danger, analysis finds - "Satellite analysis looked at credits sold by Finite Carbon, which runs some of North America’s largest offset projects."
• Brazil president lashes out at Leonardo DiCaprio after actor tweets about Amazon rainforest protection - "Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has lashed out at Leonardo DiCaprio, saying it would better for the actor to 'keep his mouth shut' after he spoke out about the environmental importance of the Amazon. The rainforest has sustained severe deforestation since Bolsonaro took office and weakened its environmental protections."
• Brazil’s Amazon deforestation hits April high, nearly double previous peak - "Climate analysts are astounded by such a high reading during the rainy season, and is the third monthly record this year."
• 'Breakthrough' geothermal tech produces 3.5 megawatts of carbon-free power - "Fervo Energy's Nevada site is slated to power Google data centers."
• Brilliant Inventor Who Made Two of History’s Biggest Mistakes - "A century ago, Thomas Midgley Jr. was responsible for two phenomenally destructive innovations. What can we learn from them today? Each of these innovations offered a brilliant solution to an urgent technological problem of the era: making automobiles more efficient, producing a safer refrigerant. But each turned out to have deadly secondary effects on a global scale. Indeed, there may be no other single person in history who did as much damage to human health and the planet, all with the best of intentions as an inventor."
• ‘Bring a bag & use refills’: how to cut down on plastic waste - "An average household throws out 3,400 plastic items a year - here’s how to shrink that and save."
• Britain hands billions to projects linked to labour abuse & climate damage - "UK Export Finance used £5.24bn of taxpayer money to fund overseas energy and infrastructure ventures - despite its own review raising concerns."
• Brutal heatwaves & submerged cities: what a 3C world would look like - "Climate scientists have told the Guardian they expect catastrophic levels of global heating. Here’s what that would mean for the planet."
• 'Buddha would be green': Dalai Lama calls for urgent climate action - "The Dalai Lama warns of terrible consequences of climate inaction."
• Building a green economy could stop 'nightmare' degradation of Amazon - "US scientist Thomas Lovejoy says the rainforest's rich biodiversity has been undervalued compared to economic activities such as farming and mining."
• Building for a flooded future: Architects are designing for the new climate reality - "Climate change is making cities more susceptible to flooding. According to a 2019 study, global sea levels are expected to rise between two and seven feet over the course of the century; by 2100, at least 190 million people could be living in areas below the projected high-tide line."
• Burning Man: Why the US festival could be in trouble - "As news of rising prices, intolerable weather and poor ticket sales have hit the Nevada desert event in recent years, some speculate its days could be numbered."
• Burning world’s fossil fuel reserves could emit 3.5tn tons of greenhouse gas - "The world will have released more planet-heating emissions than have occurred since the industrial revolution, analysis found."
• Burping cows are fueling the climate crisis. This company says it's got a solution - "Cows produce beef, milk - and a lot of methane. A byproduct of digestion, methane is produced from both ends of the animals, although over 90% enters the atmosphere via their burps."
• Buy Nothing 2.0 app - "Join Buy Nothing Today!" We exist to build community. Everything shared on Buy Nothing is given freely. No strings. Free. There's never been a better time to download our app - Still free, now with more features for everyone and special features for Sustaining Members who keep the movement going and growing.

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• Calculate the environmental footprint of your food - "Unravelling how the food you eat affects the environment can be tricky, which is why BBC Future has created a Foodprint Calculator to reveal how different choices change the impact you have."
• California debates naming heatwaves to underscore deadly risk of extreme heat - "Experts and advocates are also exploring new ranking systems to add urgency to the growing disaster of rapidly warming landscapes."
• Californian firm touts ‘mushroom leather’ as sustainability gamechanger - "Vegan leather alternative isn’t just the hot fashion must-have - it could teach us about consumption and waste."
• Call for hippos to join list of world’s most endangered animals - "New classification would mean a total ban on international trade in the animal’s body parts, as climate crisis and poaching hit populations."
• Call to Earth Day 2024: Celebrating the planet & taking action to protect it - "December 4 is the fourth annual Call to Earth Day."
• Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index - "Bitcoin network power. Updated every 30 seconds."
• can America reach net-zero emissions by 2050? - "Joe Biden wants zero emissions by 2050, but time is ticking. So how will the country have to change over the next 30 years?"
• Can America’s low-cost mobile homes withstand the climate crisis? - "From Vermont to Montana, efforts are underway to protect residents in flood-vulnerable locations."
• Can bitcoin be sustainable? Inside the Norwegian mine that also dries wood - "Kryptovault’s operation is part of a fightback against criticism of the famously energy-intensive industry."
• Can board games teach us about the climate crisis? Game creators say yes - "Board games might be the best learning device to think creatively about impending climate disaster."
• Can clothes ever be fully recycled? - "The world's first commercial-scale textile recycling mill is a milestone in tackling fashion's colossal waste problem."
• Can Couture Be More Socially Responsible? - "Renaissance, a French nonprofit, focuses on producing upcycled pieces made in the couture style while providing job training opportunities."
• Can dairy adapt to climate change? - "Amid polarised debate, Emily Kasriel asks how dairy farmers see the role of their industry in climate change - and finds a mixture of doubt, denial and commitment to change."
• Can eating fish ever be sustainable? - "Finding sustainable seafood can be complex. Jocelyn Timperley digs into out how to make the most environmentally-friendly choices."
• Can Fusion Solve the Climate Crisis? - "Scientists made a huge breakthrough on the road to emissions-free power. Here’s what that means, and doesn’t mean."
• Can gravity batteries solve our energy storage problems? - "Could a cutting-edge technology that harnesses one of the universe's fundamental forces help solve our energy storage challenge?"
• Can Hawaii solve our food crisis? - "Hawaii's ancient land management system. The ahupua'a system of land development, in practice for more than 1,000 years, has the potential to show the world a new path to sustainability."
• Can oysters save New York City from the next big storm? - "A new project aims to shore up the disappearing coastline of New York City’s Staten Island, while reviving a once famously thriving oyster population."
• Can Planting a Trillion New Trees Save the World? - "To fight climate change, companies and nonprofits have been promoting worldwide planting campaigns. Getting to a trillion is easier said than done."
• Can the climate survive the insatiable energy demands of the AI arms race? - "New computing infrastructure means big tech is likely to miss emissions targets but they can’t afford to get left behind in a winner takes all market."
• Can the tourism industry survive the climate crisis? - "From the Solomon Islands to Denali national park, how five communities reliant on tourism are coping as climate change upends their industry."
• Can the world feed 8bn people sustainably? - "Food production is a major factor in the climate crisis and still millions of people go hungry. Here are some potential solutions."
• Can We Engineer Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis? - "On a windswept Icelandic plateau, an international team of engineers and executives is powering up an innovative machine designed to alter the very composition of Earth's atmosphere."
• Can we really take CO2 back out the air? - "Tackling climate change could require sucking carbon back out of the atmosphere, according to the IPCC. Jocelyn Timperley looks at how these 'negative emissions' might work."
• can we still farm like our grandparents? - "Against the odds, small-scale farmers are learning new ways to survive in an age of industrial-scale competition."
• Can we stomach the latest emerging food innovations? - "As world leaders gather in Glasgow, and prepare to chow down at numerous COP26 buffets, food technologists urgently want them to grasp the role alternative proteins might play combatting climate change."
• Can you save money & the climate? - "How I made my pension sustainable. Setting up a sustainable pension is one of the most powerful tools we have to minimise our climate footprint. Here Jocelyn Timperley investigates how she can save for her retirement while also saving the planet."
• Canada wildfires: Millions advised to mask up due to intense smoke - "Millions of people in North America have been advised to wear N95 masks outdoors due to poor air quality levels sparked by intense wildfires in Canada."
• Canadian inferno: northern heat exceeds worst-case climate models - "Scientists fear heat domes in North America and Siberia indicate a new dimension to the global crisis."
• Carbon bombs & Gulf Stream collapse: the most urgent climate stories of our time - "The last 12 months have produced alarming incidents of extreme weather across the globe, leading to serious ripple effects, from energy shortages to severe food insecurity. Guardian journalists are prioritising this foremost crisis of our times."
• ‘carbon bombs’ set to trigger catastrophic climate breakdown - "Oil and gas majors are planning scores of vast projects that threaten to shatter the 1.5C climate goal. If governments do not act, these firms will continue to cash in as the world burns."
• Carbon capture is not a solution to net zero emissions plans, report says - "The technology, put forward as part of the UK’s net zero strategy, could extend the life of fossil fuel infrastructure."
• Carbon capture is vital to meeting climate goals, scientists tell green critics - "Supporters insist that storage technology is not a costly mistake but the best way for UK to cut emissions from heavy industry."
• Carbon capture tech is advancing in the wrong direction - "It’s increasingly being paired with fossil fuel power plants."
• Carbon capture will probably make electricity more expensive - "Fossil fuel companies think they can clean up coal and gas power plants with carbon capture technologies. Their ‘optimism bias’ could cost consumers."
• Carbon Dioxide Emissions Around the World - "According to Our World in Data, the global population emits about 34 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO₂) each year. Where does all this CO₂ come from? This graphic by Adam Symington maps out carbon emissions around the world, using 2018 data from the European Commission that tracks tonnes of CO₂ per 0.1 degree grid (roughly 11 square kilometers)."
• Carbon dioxide in the air at highest level since measurements began - "Despite a massive reduction in commuting and in many commercial activities during the early months of the pandemic, the amount of carbon in Earth's atmosphere in May reached its highest level in modern history, a global indicator released on Monday showed."
• Carbon Dioxide Levels Are Highest in Human History - "Emissions totaled 36.3 billion tons in 2021, the highest level in history. As the amount of carbon dioxide increases, the planet keeps warming, with effects like increased flooding, more extreme heat, drought and worsening wildfires that are already being experienced by millions of people worldwide."
• Carbon emissions from energy to peak in 2025 in ‘historic turning point’, says IEA - "International Energy Agency says Ukraine invasion boosted state spending on clean energy and ‘will accelerate transition to renewables’."
• Carbon emissions of richest 1% increase hunger, poverty & deaths, says Oxfam - "Consumption of world’s wealthiest people also making it increasingly difficult to limit global heating to 1.5C."
• Carbon Emissions Per Capita, by Country, mapped - "The global average for per-capita consumption-based emissions is 4.7 tCO₂. These are the places that emit more and less carbon."
• Carbon emissions to soar in 2021 by second highest rate in history - "Global economies forecast to pour stimulus money into fossil fuels as part of Covid recovery."
• Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’ - "International Energy Agency says $4tn investment needed over decade to reach net zero target."
• Carbon Offset Emissions Calculator for Private Jet Flights - "Calculate how much carbon emissions your private jet flight is producing and buy carbon offsets from a choice of organizations to compensate for it."
• Carbon offsets used by major airlines based on flawed system, warn experts - "The forest protection carbon offsetting market used by major airlines for claims of carbon-neutral flying faces a significant credibility problem, with experts warning the system is not fit for purpose, an investigation has found."
• Carbon credit speculators could lose billions as offsets deemed ‘worthless’ - "Many credits in the voluntary market going unused, with study finding some offsetting could make global heating worse. Carbon credit speculators could lose billions as scientific evidence shows many offsets they have bought have no environmental worth and have become stranded assets."
• Cars Are Going Electric. What Happens to the Used Batteries? - "Used electric vehicle batteries could be the Achilles' heel of the transportation revolution - or the gold mine that makes it real."
• ‘Cash, coal, cars & trees’: what progress has been made since Cop26? - "Six months on, the war in Ukraine and ongoing Covid-19 pandemic have derailed some changes agreed on in Glasgow."
• Cashmere demand is threatening Mongolia’s steppe - "Why demand for cashmere comes at a cost. Can the industry go sustainable?"
• Caspian Sea: The planet’s largest lake is shrinking fast. Experts fear it may never recover - "The Caspian Sea has been shrinking since the mid-1990s, but the rate it's disappearing has sped up since 2005. The Caspian Sea is the planet’s largest inland sea and it’s largest lake, an enormous body of water roughly the size of Montana. Its looping coastline stretches more than 4,000 miles and is shared by five countries: Kazakhstan, Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia and Turkmenistan."
• ‘Catastrophic’: Sierra Leone sells rainforest for Chinese fish plant - "A $55m deal struck by the government of Sierra Leone with China to build an industrial fishing harbour on 100 hectares (250 acres) of beach and protected rainforest has been criticised as 'a catastrophic human and ecological disaster' by conservationists, landowners and rights groups."
• celebrities whose jet pollution is 500 times the average person’s - "Researchers analysing celebrities’ private aviation found most flights were taken for leisure - and there was a spike for the UN climate conference. The average person globally has a carbon footprint of 4.3 tonnes of CO2, meaning the celebrities' jet emissions alone were 558 times as high."
• Celebs with the Worst Private Jet Co2 Emissions - "Our data reveals that the celebs have emitted an average of 3376.64 tonnes of CO2 emissions in just their private jet usage in 2022 so far. That's 482.37 times more than the average person's annual emissions. Some of the biggest offenders include Taylor Swift, Jay-Z, Kim Kardashian and Travis Scott."
• Change food production & stop abusing land, IPCC climate report warns - "Land degradation, including deforestation, produces almost a quarter of the world's greenhouse gas emissions."
• Change lane, whales ahead: Sri Lanka urged to reroute shipping traffic - "Unique colony of blue whales increasingly at risk from tankers and container ships, say marine campaigners."
• Changes in Atlantic currents may have dire climate implications for the next century - "Without modifying human behaviour we run the risk of violent weather swings and a drastic effect on crops and ocean life."
• Changes to giant ocean eddies could have 'devastating effects' globally - "Researchers fear increasing energy in these eddies could affect ability of Southern Ocean to absorb C02."
• Chemical pollution has passed safe limit for humanity, say scientists - "Study calls for cap on production and release as pollution threatens global ecosystems upon which life depends."
• Child labour, toxic leaks: the price we could pay for a greener future - "Our mission to create cleaner living using natural resources could itself cause widespread environmental harm, scientists now warn."
• China & US pledge climate change commitment - "'The United States and China are committed to cooperating with each other and with other countries to tackle the climate crisis, which must be addressed with the seriousness and urgency that it demands,' the statement said."
• China: 5 charts show how the planet’s biggest polluter is becoming a clean energy powerhouse - "Trump might nix America as a climate tech leader. 5 charts show China winning that race."
• China building two-thirds of world’s wind & solar projects - "Country on track reach 1,200GW of installed wind and solar capacity by end of 2024 - six years ahead of Beijing’s target."
• China emissions exceed all developed nations combined - "China emits more greenhouse gas than the entire developed world combined, a new report has claimed. The research by Rhodium Group says China emitted 27% of the world's greenhouse gases in 2019. The US was the second-largest emitter at 11% while India was third with 6.6% of emissions, the think tank said."
• China, Europe, US drought: Is 2022 the driest year recorded? - "Europe and parts of China have experienced extreme temperatures this summer, dry conditions in Africa have put millions at risk of starvation, and the American West continues to see a persistent lack of rainfall."
• China fires rods into the sky to make it rain, as it faces worst heat wave on record - "China is seeding clouds to replenish its shrinking Yangtze River."
• China heatwave: scorching temperatures & severe drought - in pictures - "Parts of China are enduring the worst heatwave in decades, affecting crops and power supplies as water levels reach record lows."
• China sandstorms highlight threat of climate crisis - "Experts say extreme weather including droughts will become more common as planet heats."
• China, the world's biggest polluter, at risk of missing climate targets, new report finds - "In an effort to bring planet-heating pollution to a peak by 2030, China has vowed to 'strictly control' new coal-fired generation capacity, and has also connected record numbers of new wind and solar plants to its grid."
• China warns US poor relations could undermine progress on climate change - "Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi tells US climate envoy John Kerry cooperation on reducing emissions cannot be separated from the broader relationship."
• China's worst heatwave in 60 years is forcing factories to close - "China's Sichuan province has ordered all factories to shut down for six days to ease a power shortage in the region as a scorching heat wave sweeps across the country. Sichuan is a key manufacturing location for the semiconductor and solar panel industries and the power rationing will hit factories belonging to some of the world's biggest electronics companies, including Apple (AAPL) supplier Foxconn and Intel (INTC)."
• ChloÉ's Gabriela Hearst on making fashion sustainable - "When Uruguayan fashion designer Gabriela Hearst was announced as the creative director of luxury fashion house Chloé in December last year, those familiar with her work knew it spelled change for the 70-year-old French brand - especially given the maison's CEO, Riccardo Bellini, had already indicated he was looking to take the label in a new purpose-driven direction."
• ‘Circular’ fashion: greenwashing myth, or attainable goal? - "Hopes for recyclable fashion are far from mass market reality, warns a new documentary at London Fashion Week."
• City drivers 'should think twice' before buying SUVs - "Research confirms most SUVs are bought by urban drivers. It shows that large SUVs - often known as Chelsea tractors - are indeed most prevalent in places such as Chelsea."
• city of 24 million people may soon become uninhabitable - "Welcome to Lagos during rainy season. Africa's most populous city is battling floods and rising seas. It may soon be unlivable, experts warn."
• city of sustainable skyscrapers - "Hong Kong, the world's capital of tall buildings, is turning up the dial on high-rise sustainable design, as the city aims for net-zero emissions by 2050."
• Civilization Is Accelerating Extinction & Altering the Natural World at a Pace 'Unprecedented in Human History' - The New York Times.
• Claude Lorius: Pioneering French climate change scientist dies aged 91 - "Claude Lorius, a leading glaciologist whose expeditions helped prove that humans were responsible for global warming, has died at the age of 91."
• Clean environment is a human right, UN council agrees - "The UN’s main human rights body has overwhelmingly voted to recognise the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment as a human right, and to appoint an expert to monitor human rights in the context of the climate emergency."
• Clean water is a human right. In America it's more a profit machine - "When it comes to water infrastructure, America's challenges resemble those of a developing country. It's time for that to change."
• Climate action could save 'millions of lives' through clean air, diet & exercise - "Meeting Paris goals would bring health benefits aside from tackling global heating, research says."
• Climate Action Tracker - an independent science-based assessment, which tracks the emission commitments and actions of countries. The website provides an up-to-date assessment of individual national pledges, targets and INDCs and currently implemented policy to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
• Climate activists attacking art ‘severely underestimate’ fragility of works, gallery directors warn - "Protesters have thrown soup and glued themselves to famous artworks around the world, prompting response by high-profile galleries including Moma and the Louvre. The statement was co-signed by almost 100 directors of high-profile institutions, many of which have been targeted by activists already."
• Climate activists dye Spanish Steps fountain water black - "A group called Ultima Generazione or Last Generation have poured what they described as a charcoal-based black liquid into the water of the Barcaccia fountain at the base of the Spanish Steps in central Rome."
• Climate 'apocalypse' fears stopping people having children - study - "Survey of 600 people finds some parents regret having offspring for same reason."
• climate benefits of a four-day workweek - "How longer weekends help the planet."
• climate can't wait for electric planes. Sustainable fuel may be the answer - "More than 50 airlines, oil companies and other companies, including Delta (DAL), BP (BP) and Boeing (BA), pledged on Wednesday to replace 10% of global jet fuel supply with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2030."
• climate catastrophe: Portrait of a planet on the verge of ... - "As the UN sits down for its annual climate conference this week, many experts believe we have passed the point of no return."
• Climate change - Wikipedia.
• Climate change & coronavirus: Five charts about the biggest carbon crash - "We're living through the biggest carbon crash ever recorded."
• Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation & Vulnerability - "The Working Group II contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report assesses the impacts of climate change, looking at ecosystems, biodiversity, and human communities at global and regional levels. It also reviews vulnerabilities and the capacities and limits of the natural world and human societies to adapt to climate change."
• Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change - "The Working Group III report provides an updated global assessment of climate change mitigation progress and pledges, and examines the sources of global emissions. It explains developments in emission reduction and mitigation efforts, assessing the impact of national climate pledges in relation to long-term emissions goals." The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
• Climate change: A-Z of climate anxiety: how to avoid meltdown - "With the climate emergency putting our mental health at risk, Emma Beddington presents an everyday guide to eco wellbeing."
• Climate change a bigger threat than war, Fiji tells security summit - "Fiji has told an Asian security summit that climate change is a bigger threat to the Pacific than military tensions."
• climate change? A really simple guide - "Scientists say global warming could have a catastrophic effect on the planet."
• Climate change: Billions of people could live in areas too hot for humans by 2070, study says - "If the planet continues to warm at current levels over the next 50 years, up to 3 billion people could be living in areas that are too hot for humans, a new study has found."
• Climate change: 'climate doomers' preparing for society to fall apart - "An article by a British professor that predicts the imminent collapse of society, as a result of climate change, has been downloaded over half a million times. Many mainstream climate scientists totally reject his claims, but his followers are already preparing for the worst."
• Climate Change Could Cause More Annual Deaths Than Infectious Disease by 2100 - "In recent decades, tens of thousands of people around the globe have died as the result of extreme heat, and yet the phenomenon of deadly heat would be easy to miss. That may not be true much longer."
• Climate change could make overwinter ‘zombie’ fires more common - "Study finds burn area from fires that survive winter varies depending on warmth of summers."
• Climate change: Could the coronavirus crisis spur a green recovery? - "The Covid-19 lockdown has cut climate change emissions - for now. But some governments want to go further by harnessing their economic recovery plans to boost low-carbon industries. Their slogan is "Build Back Better", but can they succeed?"
• Climate Change Could Worsen Supply Chain Turmoil - "A drought that has crippled economic activity in southwestern China hints at the kind of disruption that climate change could wreak on global supply chains."
• Climate change: Deadly heat is killing Americans: A decade of inaction on climate puts lives at risk - "Heat now causes more deaths than hurricanes, tornadoes or floods in most years, creating a new public health threat. An investigation reveals why the CDC's prevention efforts have faltered."
• Climate change 'delayed migration of plant-eating dinosaurs by millions of years' - "New study of fossils suggests arrival in northern hemisphere long after meat-eating cousins."
• Climate change: gallery before-and-after images - NASA.
• Climate change: Greenland's ice faces melting 'death sentence' - "Greenland's massive ice sheet may have melted by a record amount this year, scientists have warned."
• Climate change: Have countries kept their promises? - "Agreed by 196 parties in the French capital in December 2015, the Paris climate deal aims to keep the rise in global temperatures this century 'well below 2C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5C.' We look at five key countries and how well they have kept their promises."
• Climate change: How laundry is spilling plastics into the ocean - "Experts are studying the samples to examine a growing but almost invisible threat to our seas: plastic microfibers. Microplastics (those measuring up to 5 millimeters in diameter) make up almost a fifth of the 8 million tons of plastic that end up in the oceans each year."
• Climate change: Inside the mission to create an army of Greta Thunbergs - video - "Melanie Harwood is an education entrepreneur and self-styled 'disruptor', who has partnered with the United Nations to educate teachers about climate change. The Guardian's Richard Sprenger joined her on a trip to Dubai, to witness her unorthodox approach first hand."
• Climate change is already a disaster to health - "'We see really catastrophic impacts that are very distressing to us'."
• Climate change is already here. Just look at the American west - "An American emergency. Nowhere is the nascent climate crisis more dramatic than in the West, where drought and extreme heat have created life-threatening conditions."
• Climate Change Is Destroying My Country. The Nations Causing It Must Help - "Islands like the Bahamas are paying the price for wealthier nations’ emissions - an injustice crying out for a global remedy."
• Climate change is frying the Northern Hemisphere - "Unprecedented heat, hundreds dead and a town destroyed. Climate change is frying the Northern Hemisphere."
• Climate Change Is Harming the Planet Faster Than We Can Adapt, U.N. Warns - "Countries aren’t doing nearly enough to protect against the disasters to come as the planet keeps heating up, a major new scientific report concludes."
• Climate Change Is Keeping Therapists Up at Night - "How anxiety about the planet’s future is transforming the practice of psychotherapy."
• Climate change is making baby sharks smaller, undernourished & exhausted - "Baby sharks are being born smaller, undernourished and exhausted as climate change warms the world's oceans, researchers say."
• Climate Change Is Making Disasters Deadlier. Here’s How Much - "More than half a million people were killed in 10 disasters that climate change worsened, according to a new report."
• Climate change is making record-breaking heatwaves in India & Pakistan 100 times more likely - "Climate change has made the odds of a record-breaking heatwave hitting northwestern India and Pakistan 100 times more likely to happen, scientists said Wednesday, as the two countries experience high temperatures that are disrupting daily life."
• Climate change is redrawing the disaster map - "From tropical storms to wildfires, climate disasters aren’t confined to the places we’re used to seeing them."
• Climate change: Oceans running out of oxygen as temperatures rise - "Climate change and nutrient pollution are driving the oxygen from our oceans, and threatening many species of fish."
• Climate change: PLANTING 1 TRILLION TREES MIGHT NOT ACTUALLY BE A GOOD IDEA - "The World Economic Forum's plan to plant 1 trillion trees is backed by controversial science."
• Climate Change Pledges Are In. Will They Fix Anything? - The New York Times.
• Climate change: The massive CO2 emitter you may not know about - "Concrete is the most widely used man-made material in existence. It is second only to water as the most-consumed resource on the planet."
• Climate change: The rich are to blame, international study finds - "The rich are primarily to blame for the global climate crisis, a study by the University of Leeds of 86 countries claims."
• Climate change threatens health & survival of urban trees - "City-dwelling oaks, maples, poplars, elms, pines and chestnuts are among more than 1,000 tree species flagged at risk due to climate change."
• Climate Change Turned Lush Hawaii Into a Tinderbox - "Declining rainfall, rising temperatures and invasive species have left the islands more susceptible to wildfires." The New York Times.
• Climate change | United Nations - "Climate Change is the defining issue of our time and we are at a defining moment. From shifting weather patterns that threaten food production, to rising sea levels that increase the risk of catastrophic flooding, the impacts of climate change are global in scope and unprecedented in scale. Without drastic action today, adapting to these impacts in the future will be more difficult and costly."
• Climate change: Victoria Falls dries to a trickle after worst drought in a century - "One of southern Africa's biggest tourist attractions has seen an unprecedented decline this dry season, fuelling climate change fears."
• Climate change: Where we are in seven charts & what you can do to help - "Representatives from nearly 200 countries are gathering in Poland for talks on climate change - aimed at breathing new life into the Paris Agreement."
• Climate change: Which airline is best for carbon emissions? - "EasyJet has come top of the league for airlines trying to cut carbon emissions to tackle climate change."
• climate change: Who is to blame for? - "We know that climate change is caused by human activity, but pinning down exactly who is responsible is trickier than it might seem."
• Climate change: Will planting millions of trees really save the planet? - "From Greta Thunberg to Donald Trump and airlines to oil companies, everyone is suddenly going crazy for trees."
• Climate change: World has six months to avert climate crisis, says energy expert - "International Energy Agency chief warns of need to prevent post-lockdown surge in emissions."
• Climate change's most important number - "'The most important number you've never heard of'. As the impacts of climate change add up, economists are trying to figure out what the true cost of a tonne of carbon really is."
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• Climate Clock - "The science is clear: we are in a Climate Emergency. Decades of increasing carbon emissions are harming the natural and societal systems upon which humanity depends, threatening untold ecological and human devastation if we do not #ActInTime. The good news: there is still time."
• CLIMATE CRISIS - Al Gore's new book: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis.
• Climate crisis 233m years ago reshaped life on Earth, say scientists - "Volcanic eruptions drove global heating, causing mass extinctions and ushering in dinosaur era."
• Climate crisis behind drastic drop in Arctic wildlife populations - report - "Native shorebirds and caribou among species at risk as survival strategies are upended."
• Climate crisis breaks open generational rifts in US families - "A sense of despair and outrage among young people over global heating is being met with indifference and dismissal among some older relatives."
• Climate Crisis Chronicles, Vol. 1 - "‘How do you even begin to fight a fire that big?’"
• Climate Crises Dominated 2021. But These Innovations Offer Some Hope - "From international agreements to technological advances, progress is being made. Here, some of the most important climate advances of 2021." TIME Magazine.
• climate crisis explained in 10 charts - "From the seemingly inexorable increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to the rapid growth in green energy."
• Climate crisis has shifted the Earth's axis, study shows - "Massive melting of glaciers has tilted the planet's rotation, showing the impact of human activities."
• climate crisis in four charts - "As much of the northern hemisphere endures blistering heatwaves and parts of Asia are deluged with rain, a number of climate records are being challenged."
• Climate crisis inflicting huge ‘hidden costs’ on mental health - "Vicious circle of climate impacts, trauma and depression must be broken, say scientists."
• Climate crisis is making days longer, study finds - "Melting of ice is slowing planet’s rotation and could disrupt internet traffic, financial transactions and GPS. The climate crisis is causing the length of each day to get longer, analysis shows, as the mass melting of polar ice reshapes the planet. The phenomenon is a striking demonstration of how humanity's actions are transforming the Earth, scientists said, rivalling natural processes that have existed for billions of years."
• Climate crisis is suffocating the world’s lakes, study finds - "Falling oxygen levels harming already struggling wildlife and drinking water supplies, say scientists."
• Climate crisis 'likely cause' of early cherry blossom in Japan - "Peak bloom reached on 26 March in Kyoto and experts say impact of global warming is to blame."
• Climate crisis made deadly German floods ‘up to nine times more likely’ - "Study reinforces the hard evidence that carbon emissions are the main cause of worsening extreme weather."
• Climate crisis may fuel future pandemics - "‘Zoonotic spillovers’ expected to rise with at least 15,000 instances of viruses leaping between species over next 50 years."
• Climate crisis ‘may put 8bn at risk of malaria & dengue’ - "Reducing global heating could save millions of people from mosquito-borne diseases, study finds."
• Climate crisis pushes albatross ‘divorce’ rates higher - study - "Researchers say warmer waters mean birds are travelling further for food and becoming more stressed, triggering relationship breakdowns."
• Climate crisis pushing great white sharks into new waters - "Shift is caused by the heating of the oceans and other wildlife is suffering more attacks."
• Climate crisis sends temperatures soaring in Lapland - "Traditional way of life under threat in vast area straddling the Arctic Circle."
• climate crisis should be at the heart of the global Covid recovery - "Governments are pouring resources into economic recovery. It's an opportunity for visionary climate policies."
• Climate crisis to shrink G7 economies twice as much as Covid-19, says research - "G7 countries will lose $5tn a year by 2050 if temperatures rise by 2.6C."
• Climate crisis ‘unequivocally’ caused by human activities, says IPCC report - "Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change states every corner of the planet is already being affected and it could get far worse."
• climate crisis? We’ve been investigating it for more than 100 years - "Climate warnings have been around for decades. Guardian reporting on the issue dates back as far as 1890."
• Climate crisis will cause falling humidity in global cities - study - "Research says planting trees in urban areas could mitigate rising temperatures."
• Climate crisis will make Europe’s beer cost more & taste worse, say scientists - "Experts say hop yields and quality will continue to drop by 2050 if farmers don’t adapt to higher temperatures. Climate crisis will make Europe's beer cost more and taste worse, say scientists. Climate breakdown is already changing the taste and quality of beer, scientists have warned. The quantity and quality of hops, a key ingredient in most beers, is being affected by global heating, according to a study."
• Climate denial is waning on the right. What’s replacing it might be just as scary - "The wrapping of ecological disaster with fears of rampant immigration is a narrative that has flourished in far-right fringe movements in Europe and the US."
• Climate diplomacy is hopeless, says author of How to Blow Up a Pipeline - "Andreas Malm says he has no hope in ‘dominant classes’, and urges more radical approach to climate activism."
• climate disaster is here - This is what the future looks like - "Earth is already becoming unlivable. Will governments act to stop this disaster from getting worse?"
• Climate disasters ‘caused more internal displacement than war’ in 2020 - "Intense storms and flooding triggered three times more displacements than violent conflicts did last year, as the number of people internally displaced worldwide hit the highest level on record."
• Climate emergency: 2019 was second hottest year on record - "Last decade was also hottest yet in 150 years of measurements, say scientists."
• Climate emissions shrinking the stratosphere, scientists reveal - "Thinning indicates profound impact of humans and could affect satellites and GPS."
• Climate fight 'is undermined by social media's toxic reports' - "Scientists warn that Nobel summit and long-term decisions to save the planet are at risk from targeted attacks online."
• Climate-friendly diets can make a huge difference - even if you don’t go all-out vegan - "Changing habits can be hard but even partial shifts from meat-based menus could significantly decrease planet-heating emissions."
• ‘Climate Havens’ Don’t Exist - "The worst damage from Hurricane Helene came in areas that were expected to be relatively immune to the effects of climate change."
• Climate Peril We Overlook - "Our planet has just endured its hottest summer on record, with 2024 on track likewise to become the hottest year since recordkeeping began. We often focus on doomsday scenarios, but we shouldn't let them distract us from other consequences of climate change like impaired learning, crime, suide - even slipping off ladders."
• Climate Questions? Get Answers Here - "What's causing global warming? How can we fix it? This interactive F.A.Q. will tackle your climate questions big and small."
• Climate records tumble, leaving Earth in uncharted territory - scientists - "A series of climate records on temperature, ocean heat, and Antarctic sea ice have alarmed some scientists who say their speed and timing is unprecedented."
• climate science behind flooding - "why is it getting worse? - video explainer."
• Climate tech is about to fly commercial - "Boeing, Alaska Airlines, and NOAA team up to measure greenhouse gases mid-flight."
• Climate tipping points could topple like dominoes, warn scientists - "Analysis shows significant risk of cascading events even at 2C of heating, with severe long-term effects. Ice sheets and ocean currents at risk of climate tipping points can destabilise each other as the world heats up, leading to a domino effect with severe consequences for humanity, according to a risk analysis."
• Climatologist Michael E Mann: 'Good people fall victim to doomism. I do too sometimes' - "The author and eminent climate scientist on the deniers' new tactics and why positive change feels closer than it has done in 20 years."
• Clothes washing linked to 'pervasive' plastic pollution in the Arctic - "Polyester fibres that injure marine life were found in sea water across region."
• Cloud spraying & hurricane slaying: how ocean geoengineering became the frontier of the climate crisis - "Around the world, dozens of ingenious projects are trying to ‘trick’ the ocean into absorbing more CO2. But critics warn of unforeseen consequences."
• Clouds hold the key to forecasting climate change - "But they're extremely difficult to understand, let alone measure. Meet the storm chasers who try to do it anyway."
• CO2 emissions: nations' pledges 'far away' from Paris target, says UN - "Secretary general António Guterres says first assessment of promises amounts to 'red alert for our planet'."
• A coal billionaire is building the world’s biggest clean energy plant - "Five times the size of Paris. Visible from space. The world’s biggest energy plant. Enough electricity to power Switzerland."
• coal power capacity rises despite climate warnings - "Increase of 2% last year driven by plant expansion in China and slowdown in US and Europe closures."
• Coca-Cola among brands greenwashing over packaging, report says - "Research ‘exposes litany of misleading claims’ by household names, including Coca-Cola and Unilever."
• Coca-Cola, Pepsi & NestlÉ named top plastic polluters for third year in a row - "Companies accused of 'zero progress' on reducing plastic waste, with Coca-Cola ranked No 1 for most littered products."
• Coffin made of mushrooms feeds on the human body - "Dying to be green: Are mushroom coffins the secret to an eco-friendly death? "
• Cold iguanas could drop from trees in Florida, US weather service warns - "The lizards aren’t dead but merely immobilised when temperatures go under 10C, weather bureau says."
• Cold showers & no lights: How one German city is fighting Russia's energy battle - "The German city of Hanover has banned hot water in public buildings and has introduced measures to reduce heating and energy usage as Europe faces a potential natural gas crisis this winter."
• Cold weather testing: Airplanes endure punishing extremes - "With extremely cold temperatures gripping much of the United States, travelers may be wondering how their planes are made safe for flying. The short answer: Along with regular deicing of planes before take-off, airlines put their aircraft through rigorous testing in some of the coldest places on the planet before they are ever pressed into service."
• Companies race to stem flood of microplastic fibres into the oceans - "New products range from washing machine filters and balls to fabrics made from kelp and orange peel."
• ‘Condemning everyone alive’: outrage at US supreme court climate ruling - "Limiting the Environmental Protection Agency at a time when fossil fuel emissions need to be curbed is ‘devastating’."
• Congo peat: The 'lungs of humanity' which are under threat - "A giant slab of carbon-rich peat, discovered in central Africa, is under threat from uncontrolled development - posing a significant risk for future climate change."
• Conservationists in court bid to halt $16bn Scarborough gas project citing damage to Great Barrier Reef - "Australian Conservation Foundation says global heating from fossil fuel development will compound coral bleaching on Great Barrier Reef."
• Cooling La NiÑa may not save Great Barrier Reef from mass coral bleaching, experts warn - "With the world 1C warmer, modelling shows there is still a risk of corals bleaching from heat stress this summer."
• COP15: Nations reach 'historic' deal to protect nature - "The 'historic' plan will put 30% of the planet under protection by the end of the decade. There will also be targets for safeguarding vital ecosystems such as rainforests and wetlands. The agreement was finalised in the early hours of Monday in Montreal, Canada."
• Cop15: Watered down: why negotiators at Cop15 are barely mentioning the ocean - "With only two mentions of the word ‘ocean’ in the latest 5,000-word working agreement, delegates fear marine biodiversity is being sacrificed."
• COP26: Bezos pledges $2bn for restoring nature - "Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has said his Bezos Earth Fund will spend $2bn restoring landscapes and transforming food systems."
• COP26: Does a climate summit need 25,000 people? And more questions - "Many developing nations have insisted on having an in-person COP. They feel that it is far easier for their voices to be ignored on a dodgy Zoom connection."
• COP26: Fear of failure as climate summit enters final day - "The COP26 climate summit in Glasgow is entering its final day, amid growing fears that the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C is unlikely to be met."
• COP26: How might decisions at the climate summit change our lives? - "If and when a new deal is signed at the climate summit in Glasgow, you might be left wondering what - if anything - it will mean for you."
• Cop26 kicks off in Glasgow - in pictures - "Images from the 2021 United Nations climate change conference in Scotland."
• COP26: New global climate deal struck in Glasgow - "The Glasgow Climate Pact is the first ever climate deal to explicitly plan to reduce coal, the worst fossil fuel for greenhouse gases. The deal also presses for more urgent emission cuts and promises more money for developing countries - to help them adapt to climate impacts. But the pledges don't go far enough to limit temperature rise to 1.5C."
• Cop26 preparations to intensify after compromise on virtual talks - "Governments to hold three-week virtual meeting next month before climate summit in November."
• COP26: Queen urges leaders to ‘achieve true statesmanship’ - "The Queen has expressed her hope that world leaders would 'rise above the politics of the moment, and achieve true statesmanship' in tackling the climate crisis as she welcomed Cop26 delegates to Glasgow in a recorded video address."
• COP26: The truth behind the new climate change denial - "As world leaders met at the COP26 summit to debate how to tackle climate change, misleading claims and falsehoods about the climate spiralled on social media."
• Cop26: third draft text retains many key elements after talks overrun - "A reference to phasing out coal and ending subsidies for fossil fuels has been retained, albeit slightly weakened, in the latest draft of the COP26 climate agreement published on Saturday after talks went into overtime."
• COP26: What is the Glasgow climate conference & why is it important? - "The UK is hosting a summit that is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. The meeting in Glasgow from 31 October to 12 November could lead to major changes to our everyday lives."
• COP26: What's the climate impact of private jets? - "There has been criticism of the number of world leaders and other delegates who have travelled to the COP26 summit in private jets."
• COP27: Climate anxiety is rising - it might be a good thing - "Record-breaking heatwaves, devastating floods in Pakistan, and drought in East Africa - and that is just this year."
• COP27: Climate change threatening global health - report - "Climate change is severely impacting people's health around the world, a report by a leading medical publication has found."
• Cop27 first week roundup: powerful dispatches, muted protest, little cash - "Despite ‘loss and damage’ focus there have been more oil and gas lobbyists than delegates from the most vulnerable countries."
• Cop27 talks continue over EU climate loss & damage fund proposal - "Last-ditch plan for providing cash to countries suffering climate-related disaster brings overtime wrangling."
• Cop28 live: landmark deal to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels agreed - "Cop28 president says summit ‘should be proud of our historic achievements’."
• Cop 28: What sea level rise will look like in cities that have hosted climate summits - "A new analysis shows how the host cities of previous summits could be inundated - if not entirely submerged - by rising ocean waters."
• COP28: Why has an oil boss been chosen to head climate summit? - "The United Arab Emirates has named the head of the state oil company, Sultan Al Jaber, as the president of this year's UN climate conference, COP28. But how can one man dedicate himself both to selling fossil fuels and tackling the climate crisis?"
• Cop29: $300bn deal at COP criticised for being 'too little, too late' for scale of climate challenge - "Days of negotiations in Azerbaijan - that extended the talks by more than 30 hours - saw richer countries agree to raise their contribution to $300bn a year by 2035. The African Group of Negotiators described it as 'too little, too late'."
• COP29, Baku, Azerbaijan: Oil is 'gift of God' says Azerbaijan’s president at COP29 day two - "Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has told the COP climate conference that oil, gas and other natural resources are a 'gift of God' and countries should not be blamed for having them or bringing them to the market."
• COP29, Baku, Azerbaijan: Will rich nations promise more money for climate change? - "In 2009, the world's developed nations agreed to give $100bn a year to poorer nations by 2020 to help them tackle and prepare for climate change. In the 15 years that have passed since that first goal was set, global temperatures have increased and emissions have grown - requiring trillions of dollars of investment to tackle the issue of climate change."
• Cop29, day 6: Almost 500 carbon capture lobbyists granted access to Cop29 climate summit - "More lobbyists for the controversial technology were present this year, despite debate about its viability."
• Cop29, day 8: frustration at slow progress on climate finance agreement - "Campaign group WWF says there’s a ‘need for parties to get together and work through this’ as experts call for $1tn to reach developing countries each year."
• Cop29, day 10: call to block Azerbaijan president from talks to allow negotiators to work - "Cop28 adviser Paul Watkinson says Ilham Aliyev should be kept away from talks to let negotiations take place."
• Cop29, day 11: UN secretary general urges climate finance negotiators to ‘never forget what is at stake’ - "António Guterres appealed to ministers and officials to ‘navigate a path’ through their differences."
• Cop29, day 12: new draft text published on final day of negotiations - "Developing nations pushing for climate crisis fund say this year’s climate summit has been ‘poorly led and chaotic’."
• Cop29, day 13: rich nations to raise climate finance offer to $300bn as Thunberg warns summit ‘about to agree to death sentence’ - "The talks in Azerbaijan have seen nations at odds over how much money developed countries should provide to poorer ones."
• Cop29 live: calls grow to ban fossil fuel lobbyists at summit as numbers soar - "UK Greens say climate measures ‘being derailed by the fossil fuel lobby’ and that Trump’s victory underlines the need to reform Cop."
• Cop29 live: Planet on course for 2.7C temperature rise, report warns, with ‘minimal progress’ in 2024 - "Join us for all the latest developments from day 4 of the climate summit in Azerbaijan."
• Cop 29 live: Trump vow to ditch Paris agreement ‘of grave concern’ to small island states - "‘Our survival is very much at risk,’ Alliance of Small Island States says, adding that ‘the US doesn’t live on a different planet’."
• Cop29 live updates: global north owes $5tn a year climate debt to global south - "Rich nations need to fund poorer nations to avoid burning fossil fuels and cope with severe weather events fuelled by global heating, says campaign group."
• COP29: Oil industry veteran to lead next round of Cop climate change summit - "Mukhtar Babayev is named president-in-waiting of UN climate summit to be held in November."
• cost of our concrete addiction - "The concrete that helps the climate. Concrete is the defining material of the Anthropocene and takes a terrible toll on the climate."
• Cost of world’s 10 most expensive natural disasters rises to $170bn, aid group finds - "Christian Aid says the 13% rise in the cost of damage reflects the effects of climate change, with Hurricane Ida the most expensive."
• Could AI save the Amazon rainforest? - "Conservationists in the Brazilian Amazon are using a new tool to predict the next sites of deforestation - and it may prove a gamechanger in the war on logging."
• Could Covid lockdown have helped save the planet? - "Slowdown of human activity was too short to reverse years of destruction, but we saw a glimpse of post-fossil fuel world."
• Could ‘engineered’ coral save the planet’s reefs from destruction? - "London Zoo’s latest exhibition shows how scientists hope to halt the devastation caused by overheated oceans."
• Could hemp be a key tool in fight against climate change? - "The fast-growing plant is believed to be twice as effective as trees at absorbing and locking up carbon."
• Could humans really destroy all life on Earth? - "The seemingly insatiable human tendency to consume is changing our planet and the life on it, but can we change our behaviour?"
• Could the coronavirus crisis spur a green recovery? - "The Covid-19 lockdown has cut climate change emissions - for now. But some governments want to go further by harnessing their economic recovery plans to boost low-carbon industries. Their slogan is 'Build Back Better', but can they succeed?"
• Could the Covid pandemic make fashion more sustainable? - "From advances in carbon-sequestering sequins to a boom in second-hand shopping, there have been chinks of light in 2020, despite the grim big picture."
• Could we live without plastic? - "What would happen if we stopped using plastic? Plastic has seeped into every aspect of our existence. Can we live without it?"
• Countries Using the Most Energy per Capita - "Qatar and Iceland Consume Most Energy Per Capita."
• Countries With The Cleanest Air In The World, Ranked In new report - "In fact, Estonia, Denmark, United Kingdom, Finland, Sweden, Luxembourg, Austria, Norway and Switzerland have held spots on the list of the world's cleanest countries since 2020."
• Country Overshoot Days 2022 - "The calculated illustrative calendar date on which humanity's resource consumption for the year exceeds Earth’s capacity to regenerate those resources that year."
• Covid-19 pandemic is 'fire drill' for effects of climate crisis, says UN official - "Lise Kingo says social equality issues must be part of sustainable development agenda."
• Covid has undermined fight against global heating, says WEF - "Sharper divisions between rich and poor countries are making a united response more difficult, survey finds."
• Covid recovery plans threaten global climate hopes - "The prospect of a global green recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is hanging in the balance, as countries pour money into the fossil fuel economy to stave off a devastating recession, an analysis for the Guardian reveals."
• Covid-19 paused climate emissions - but they're rising again - "The world's sudden launch into lockdown a year ago had an interesting effect on carbon emissions - now they're returning back to normal far quicker than society is."
• Cows help farms capture more carbon in soil, study shows - "Research also reveals that a mixture of arable crops and cattle helps improve the biodiversity of the land."
• Criticism intensifies after big oil admits ‘gaslighting’ public over green aims - "Fury as ‘explosive’ files reveal largest oil companies contradicted public statements and wished bedbugs upon critical activists."
• Cruise Industry Is On a Course For Climate Disaster - "The cruise industry has an enormous environmental footprint. But customers don't seem concerned about climate change."
• CRYPTO CAN’T FIX CARBON OFFSETS - BUT CRYPTO FANS ARE TRYING ANYWAY - "There’sThere’s a wonky new attempt to use controversial technology to tackle climate change: turning carbon offset credits into crypto tokens. Both carbon offsets and crypto are hot-button topics in the sustainability game."
• cryptoart.wtf - "This website estimates the carbon footprint of CryptoArt NFTs as a result of blockchain transactions."
• Current coal phaseout pledges ‘absolutely not enough’, warn experts - "New figures show slow coal phaseout progress to date, with pledges not enough to limit warming to 1.5C."
• Cut meat consumption to two burgers a week to save planet, study suggests - "Climate crisis report says ‘we are not winning in any sector’ as experts call for urgent action on fossil fuels."

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• Dalai Lama: Seven billion people 'need a sense of oneness' - "The leader of Tibetan Buddhism sees reasons for optimism even in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. People are helping one another, he tells the BBC's Justin Rowlatt, and if seven billion people on Earth develop 'a sense of oneness' they may yet unite to solve the problem of climate change."
• Dangerous heatwaves engulf parts of China, US & Europe - "At least 86 Chinese cities issue alerts, while temperatures soar in south-west and central US and Iberian peninsula."
• Dark matter & lithium water: 15 big issues poised to affect oceans & coastlines - "Global experts consider the impact of emerging trends on marine and coastal biodiversity. In the spirit of the annual University of Cambridge–led horizon scan of emerging conservation issues, 30 experts from around the world last year put their heads together to brainstorm and assess the potential impacts to ocean and coastal ecosystems over the next decade of a spectrum of human activities."
• David Remnick: 'There is no vaccine for climate change' - "The New Yorker editor on Fragile Earth, a new collection of the magazine's climate crisis writing, the continuing dangers of Trumpism - and seeing his family for the first time in a year."
• Daylight Saving, There Are More Options Than You Might Think - "There are only so many hours of light in the day. When should we enjoy them?"
• Dead solar panels are about to become a lot more valuable - "In the coming years, recyclers will hopefully be able to mine billions of dollars worth of materials from discarded solar panels, according to a new analysis published this week. That should ease bottlenecks in the supply chain for solar panels while also making the panels themselves more sustainable."
• Deadly heat is killing Americans: A decade of inaction on climate puts lives at risk - "Heat now causes more deaths than hurricanes, tornadoes or floods in most years, creating a new public health threat. An investigation reveals why the CDC's prevention efforts have faltered."
• Dealing with drought: how fog collectors are providing trees with water in Spain - "Scientists in the Canary Islands and Portugal are collecting water from fog to enable reforestation of degraded landscapes."
• Death Valley records its hottest month ever in July - "The national park had an average 24-hour temperature of 108.5F (42.5C), that month, beating its previous record in 2018."
• Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon hits highest annual level in a decade - "Rainforest lost 10,476 sq km between August 2020 and July 2021, report says, despite increasing global concern."
• Deforestation surges despite pledges - "An area of tropical forest the size of Switzerland was lost last year as tree losses surged, according to new research. Brazil dominates the losses of primary tropical forest and in 2022 this increased by over 14%."
• Deforestation: Which countries are still cutting down trees? - "World leaders at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow have pledged to end and reverse deforestation by 2030."
• Delhi air pollution reaches 'severe plus' levels - "Air pollution in India's capital Delhi has soared to extremely severe levels, choking residents and engulfing the city in thick smog. Monitors recorded pollution levels of 1,500 at 15:00 IST (10:30 BST), according to tech company IQAir - 15 times the level the Word Health Organization (WHO) considers satisfactory for breathing."
• Delta Air Lines faces lawsuit over $1bn carbon neutrality claim - "US airline pledged to go carbon neutral but plaintiffs say it is relying on offsets that do almost nothing to mitigate global heating."
• ‘Deluge of plastic waste’: US is world’s biggest plastic polluter - "At 42m metric tons of plastic waste a year, the US generates more waste than all EU countries combined."
• Denmark offers ‘loss & damage’ funding to poorer countries for climate breakdown - "Denmark ‘gets ball rolling’ at UN ahead of protests as poor nations call for greater collective commitment."
• Denmark to build 'first energy island' in North Sea - "A project to build a giant island providing enough energy for three million households has been given the green light by Denmark's politicians."
• Denmark to make domestic flights fossil fuel free by 2030 - "In her New Year's address, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she wanted to 'make flying green'."
• Denser cities could be a climate boon - but nimbyism stands in the way - "Drawing people into cities could cut emissions and combat housing crises. But even progressives are hard to convince."
• Designers hope hydrogen-powered plane will fly halfway around the world without refueling - "The zero-emission aircraft would supposedly match the speed and comfort of current midsize planes."
• Destruction of world's forests increased sharply in 2020 - "Calls for forests to be high on Cop26 agenda after loss of 42,000 sq km of tree cover in key tropical regions."
• ‘Devastating’: 91% of reefs surveyed on Great Barrier Reef affected by coral bleaching in 2022 - "Report reveals extent of sixth mass bleaching event with worst-affected reefs between Cape Tribulation and Whitsundays."
• Developing Nations Have a Message at Global Climate Talks: Polluters, Pay Up - "Poor countries facing climate hazards want the United States and other industrialized nations to compensate them for the harm caused by greenhouse gases."
• Did the vikings predict an apocalypse? - "A recent study of a mysterious stone in Sweden revealed Vikings were already concerned about a climate catastrophe more than 1,200 years ago."
• Disney VIP world tour will produce 6.2 tonnes of carbon for each guest - "Travellers on ‘bucket list adventure’ costing $110,000 will emit 20 times more than poor people do in a year."
• Dizzying pace of Biden's climate action sounds death knell for era of denialism - "Analysis: The new president has framed the challenge of global heating as an opportunity for US jobs, saying: 'We have to be bold'."
• Do Airline Climate Offsets Really Work? Here’s the Good News & the Bad - "Carbon credits could eventually play an important role in fighting climate change, but right now a few dollars’ worth won’t change much."
• Do Christmas trees help the planet? - "The overlooked benefits of real Christmas trees. The environmental pros and cons of Christmas trees go far beyond the climate impact of 'real or plastic', scientists say. So what's the best choice for a green Christmas?"
• do we need millions of machines sucking CO2 from the air? - "From turning CO2 into rock to capturing the breath of office workers, a growing number of companies think the answer is yes."
• Do you have 'eco-anxiety'? Here's how to find out - "We know changes in the weather and seasons can affect mood, causing run-of-the-mill rainy-day blues and seasonal affective disorder. Now, it’s also important to recognize the harmful mental and physical health effects of long-term climate change."
• Do you own too many clothes? - "How to make your wardrobe sustainable. When a report concluded that a planet-friendly wardrobe should have no more than 74 garments, three writers decided to conduct personal wardrobe audits, with surprising results."
• Don’t throw away your old sunglasses - "What to do with those broken or outdated sunnies instead. From upcycling projects to sustainable brands, there are countless creative options to consider. Recycling sunglasses helps reduce waste and supports environmental sustainability. Many local recycling facilities accept eyewear for recycling and often partner with optical shops to repurpose the materials."
• Doomsday Clock nears apocalypse over climate & nuclear fears - "The symbolic Doomsday Clock, which indicates how close our planet is to complete annihilation, is now only 100 seconds away from midnight."
• Doomsday Clock reveals how close we are to total annihilation - "The Doomsday Clock that has been ticking for 77 years is no ordinary clock - it attempts to gauge how close humanity is to destroying the world. On Tuesday, the clock was again set at 90 seconds to midnight - the closest to the hour it has ever been, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which created the clock in 1947."
• 'Doomsday Glacier' could meet its doom within 3 years - "Thwaites Glacier is roughly the size of Florida, and holds enough ice to raise sea levels over two feet."
• 'Doomsday Glacier': Elizabeth Rush on her epic journey to Earth's 'doomsday glacier' - "In 2019, 57 scientists and crew embarked on a 54-day journey to the farthest reaches of Antarctica. Their mission: Thwaites Glacier, a rapidly crumbling block of ice the size of Britain melting so fast it's known as the world's 'doomsday glacier'."
• Doomsday Glacier: Scientists looked deep beneath the Doomsday Glacier - "Scientists using ice-breaking ships and underwater robots have found the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is melting at an accelerating rate and could be on an irreversible path to collapse, spelling catastrophe for global sea level rise. What they found spells potential disaster for the planet."
• 'Doomsday vault' town warming faster than any other on Earth - CNN.
• Dos & don'ts of recycling - "How does recycling work? While the specifics of recycling vary around the globe, there are some common rules - and pervasive myths. Here's everything you ever wanted to know about it."
• Draft Cop27 agreement fails to call for ‘phase-down’ of all fossil fuels - "Document will provide basis for negotiations over coming days and is likely to be significantly reworked."
• Drought in Europe exposes sunken ships, lost villages & ominous 'hunger stones' - In pictures - "Europe has been suffering weeks of drought, with persistent heatwaves leading to evacuations and deaths."
• ‘Drought is on the verge of becoming the next pandemic’ - "While the world becomes drier, profit and pollution are draining our resources. We have to change our approach."
• Dubai: Chaos in Dubai as UAE records heaviest rainfall in 75 years - "Some areas recording more than 250 mm (around 10 inches) of precipitation in fewer than 24 hours, the state’s media office said in a statement Wednesday. Flights were canceled, traffic came to a halt and schools closed."
• Dubai: Scientists find the fingerprints of climate change on Dubai’s deadly floods - "Over a period of less than 24 hours between April 14 and 15, the United Arab Emirates experienced its heaviest rainfall in since records began 75 years ago."
• Dubai: Year’s worth of rain plunges Dubai underwater - "A year’s worth of rain unleashed immense flash flooding in Dubai Tuesday as roads turned into rivers and rushing water inundated homes and businesses."
• Dubai’s millionaires are fueling a private jet boom - "More millionaires are forecast to move to the United Arab Emirates in 2024 than to any other country in the world. Experts say the influx is driving a boom in private aviation. With aviation accounting for 3% of global carbon emissions not every nation is embracing private aviation with such fervor. The Netherlands last year declared its intention to ban private jets and small business aviation at its major Schipol airport from 2026."
• Dubai's new 'GigaFarm' project will cost more than $300 million, but it could save agriculture - "'GigaFarm' in the desert could produce 3 million kilograms of food."
• Dutch city of Haarlem may be world’s first to ban most meat ads - "Haarlem in The Netherlands is set to ban most meat ads from public spaces because of the food's climate impact."

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• Eagle attacks, red invaders & a genetic bottleneck: inside the fight to save arctic foxes - "Captive breeding in Norway has built up numbers endangered by the climate crisis and golden eagles but only a more diverse population will survive in the long term."
• Earth Day - an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First held on April 22, 1970. The official theme for 2023 is Invest In Our Planet.
• Earth Day, when is it & what has it achieved? - "Millions of people across the globe are gathering to mark Earth Day and celebrate the environmental movement. The event began in 1970 in the United States, and is now marked around the world. Earth Day is a global event which aims to highlight the importance of protecting the environment. It takes place every year on 22 April."
• Earth hour - worldwide movement organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The event is held annually encouraging individuals, communities, and businesses to turn off non-essential electric lights, for one hour, from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. on a specific day towards the end of March, as a symbol of commitment to the planet. It was started as a lights-off event in Sydney, Australia, in 2007.
• Earth is 73% of the way to a critical threshold scientists warn should be avoided - "The last seven years have been the seven warmest on record for the planet, new data shows, as Earth's temperature continues its precarious climb due to heat-trapping fossil fuel emissions."
• Earth is trapping ‘unprecedented’ amount of heat, Nasa says - "Scientists from agency and Noaa say Earth’s ‘energy imbalance’ roughly doubled from 2005 to 2019 in ‘alarming’ way."
• Earth just had hottest January since records began, data shows - "Average global temperature 2.5F above 20th-century average. Antarctic has begun February with several temperature spikes."
• Earth just had the hottest month since humans have kept track - "‘First place is the worst place to be’."
• Earth on verge of five catastrophic climate tipping points, scientists warn - "Humanity faces ‘devastating domino effects’ including mass displacement and financial ruin as planet warms."
• Earth Overshoot Day 2024 - "Country Overshoot Day Calendar & Calculations. A country’s overshoot day is the date on which Earth Overshoot Day would fall if all of humanity consumed like the people in that country."
• Earth Overshoot Day (EOD) - since 1987. "Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when we (all of humanity) have used more from nature than our planet can renew in the entire year." Earth Overshoot Day is calculated by Global Footprint Network and is a campaign supported by dozens of other nonprofit organizations. Information about Global Footprint Network's calculations and national Ecological Footprints are available online.
• Earth Overshoot Day (EOD) - Country Overshoot Days 2023 - "A country’s overshoot day is the date on which Earth Overshoot Day would fall if all of humanity consumed like the people in that country."
• Earth Photo 2024 competition: Striking photos show how our planet is changing - for better & for worse - "A photograph of a solitary man walking along terraces in China, rust-red rivers in Alaska and a gargantuan western red cedar are among the winning images of the Earth Photo 2024 competition."
• Earth’s axis is tipping because humans won’t stop pumping groundwater - "Humans’ unquenchable thirst for groundwater has sucked so much liquid from subsurface reserves that it’s affecting Earth’s tilt, according to a new study."
• Earth’s demise could rid galaxy of meaning, warns Brian Cox ahead of Cop26 - "Unique events that led to civilisation mean its demise could ‘eliminate meaning in galaxy for ever’."
• EARTHDAY.ORG - "The Official Site." The World Turns to Climate Action. EARTHDAY.ORG is honored that the Biden Administration has decided to convene a global climate summit on Earth Day 2021. Many important environmental events have happened on Earth Day since 1970, including the recent signing of the Paris Agreement, as Earth Day continues to be a momentous and unifying day each and every year. We look forward to being a part of this historic climate summit and making active progress to Restore Our Earth.
• 'Earthrise': The photo that sparked an environmental movement - "More than 50 years after it was shot, Earthrise continues to be seen as one of the most iconic environmental photographs ever taken."
• Earthshot Prize - launched in 2020 by Prince William and David Attenborough. "Awarded to five winners each year for their contributions to environmentalism. It was first awarded in 2021 and is planned to run annually until 2030. Each winner receives a grant of £1 million to continue their environmental work. The five categories were inspired by the UN Sustainable Development Goals; they are 'the restoration and protection of nature', 'air cleanliness', 'ocean revival', 'waste-free living', and 'climate action'."
• Earthshot Prize: Prince William announces five winners - "Childhood friends in Oman who figured out how to turn carbon dioxide into rock are among five winners chosen for the Prince of Wales's prestigious Earthshot Prize."
• East Antarctic glacier melting at 70.8bn tonnes a year due to warm sea water - "Denman glacier in remote part of the continent could become unstable, possibly contributing to more sea level rise than predicted."
• Easter egg prices soar as cocoa crops are hit by climate crisis & exploitation - "Experts say the global shortage of the main ingredient of chocolate is linked to poor conditions for farmers supplying large companies."
• Eating to save nature? Embrace potatoes, ditch meat & track your beans - "The impact of meat on the environment is well known, but what about staples such as rice and legumes?"
• Ebook vs paper: which reading medium is better for the environment? - "Ereader makers have taken steps to make digital reading greener, but how sustainable is it?"
• eco cruise in Norway's far north - "'It is magical to swim surrounded by the Arctic winter in all its brutal glory.'"
• eco-friendly stay at 'the quietest ski village in Austria' - "In the hamlet of Fontanella in the Grosses Walsertal valley, 'leave-no-trace' pop-up chalets offer an alternative for skiers looking for a back-to-nature stay in the Alps."
• ‘Eco’ wood burners produce 450 times more pollution than gas heating - report - "Report from chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty finds air pollution kills up to 36,000 people a year in England."
• Ecocide: Should killing nature be a crime? - "From the Pope to Greta Thunberg, there are growing calls for the crime of 'ecocide' to be recognised in international criminal law - but could such a law ever work?"
• EcoFlow Power Kit review: off-grid living made easy - "A game-changing all-in-one power system for cabins and RVs that can be installed relatively quickly. Just add solar."
• Ecological footprint calculator - "How many planets do we need if everybody lives like you?"
• Economics' failure over destruction of nature presents 'extreme risks' - "New measures of success needed to avoid catastrophic breakdown, landmark review finds."
• Ecosia - since 2009. "Let's plant some trees!" Search engine based in Berlin, Germany, that donates 80% or more of its profits to nonprofit organizations that focus on reforestation and planting trees where they are needed most. It considers itself a social business, is CO₂-negative and claims to support full financial transparency and protect the privacy of its users. Ecosia is also B Lab-certified.
• El NiÑo could take a $3 trillion bite out of the world economy - "El Niño is on its way, and when the warm weather pattern arrives, it could take a $3 trillion toll on the global economy, according to new research. That estimate is based on damages inflicted by El Niño in previous years, plus forecasts pointing to a potentially supercharged event this year."
• El NiÑo: how the weather event is affecting global heating in 2023 - "Planet is being hit by double whammy of global heating and emerging El Niño."
• El NiÑo is dead. Here’s what to expect in the coming months - "With El Niño out of the spotlight, its opposite is preparing to take center stage later this summer: La Niña. Here’s what a summer without El Niño and a budding La Niña could have in store."
• Electric cars rise to record 54% market share in Norway - "Nordic country becomes first in the world where electric car sales outstrip those powered by other means."
• Electric vehicles close to 'tipping point' of mass adoption - "Sales increase 43% globally in 2020 as plunging battery costs mean the cars will soon be the cheapest vehicles to buy."
• Elon Musk announces $100 million prize for new carbon capture tech - "It would be his single largest philanthropic effort to date."
• Elon Musk Says the World Has a Bigger Problem than Global Warming - "'Population collapse due to low birth rates is a much bigger risk to civilization than global warming,' the global CEO tweeted on August 26."
• Elon Musk thinks the population will collapse. Demographers say it's not happening - "Billionaire Elon Musk tweeted, not for the first time, that 'population collapse due to low birth rates is a much bigger risk to civilization than global warming.' Climate change is a serious problem facing the planet and experts say it's difficult to compare problems. What is clear, demographers say, is that the global population is growing, despite declines in some parts of the world, and it shouldn't be collapsing any time soon - even with birth rates at lower levels than in the past."
• Elon Musk’s 9-minute jet flight from San Jose to San Francisco sparks outrage - "Elon Musk’s private jet flew from San Jose to San Francisco — a 35-mile flight that lasted a total of nine minutes, according to Twitter users who track the tech mogul’s movements. The super-short flight across San Francisco Bay took place on May 6, but Twitter users widely shared the satellite map showing the plane’s flight path over the weekend, with many expressing outrage over the carbon footprint left behind by the head of an electric car company."
• Empire State Building's Green Retrofit Was a Success. Will Other Buildings Follow Suit? - "Underneath the Empire State building, a maze of pipes, gauges and steel valve wheels that comprise the building’s chiller plant look as if they might have remained unchanged since President Herbert Hoover turned on the tower’s iconic lights at its opening in 1931. Despite their appearance, those enormous heat exchange machines have been thoroughly upgraded on the inside. They have been gutted and reassembled using much of their original materials as part of an extensive and unprecedented retrofit - launched a decade ago, but ongoing to this day - that saw this Big Apple landmark reworked top to bottom in an effort to save energy and reduce costs."
• Endangered animals get entangled in plastics that riddle US oceans - study - "More than 1,800 marine animals from 40 species suffering from contact with plastics over the past decade."
• Energy crisis: How living in a cold home affects your health - "With the world in the grip of a global energy crisis, hundreds of millions of people are now facing fuel poverty this winter as they struggle to keep their homes warm. The consequences could be wide-reaching and long-lasting."
• Energy crisis: Ursula von der Leyen calls for 'emergency intervention' in electricity market - "The worsening energy crisis besieging Europe has laid bare the 'limitations' of the electricity market and requires an 'emergency intervention' to bring down soaring prices, Ursula von der Leyen has said."
• Energy prices are causing chaos in Asia. Here's why the rest of the world should worry - "Wholesale electricity prices in the first quarter of 2022 were up 141% from last year; households are being urged to cut down usage and on June 15 - for the first time - the Australian government suspended indefinitely the national electricity market in a bid to bring prices down, ease pressure on the energy supply chain and prevent blackouts."
• environmental cost of cryptocurrency mines - "UNM team assesses monetary price of health and air quality impacts."
• Environmental impact of bottled water ‘up to 3,500 times greater than tap water’ - "Researchers also find impact of bottled water on ecosystems is 1,400 times higher than that of tap water."
• Environmental photographer of the year 2022 - in pictures - "This year’s Environmental photographer of the year competition, from CIWEM, WaterBear, Nikon and Arup, showcases some of the most striking images of the natural world, providing an international platform to raise awareness for the issues that threaten our planet. Here’s a closer look at the winning photos."
• Environmental review of 2022: another mile on the ‘highway to climate hell’ - "Deadly floods in Pakistan and record heat in the UK were just two symptoms this year of the global crisis."
• Environmental toxins are worsening obesity pandemic, say scientists - "Pollutants can upset body’s metabolic thermostat with some even causing obesity to be passed on to children."
• ‘Era of global boiling has arrived,’ says UN chief as July set to be hottest month on record - "Head of World Meteorological Organization also warns ‘climate action is not a luxury but a must’ as temperatures soar."
• Ethereum just completed The Merge - "Here’s how much energy it’s saving. ‘A step into a more sustainable future for cryptocurrencies.’"
• EU & US block plans to protect endangered shortfin mako sharks - "The species, mainly caught as bycatch but also prized by sports fishermen, is facing an alarming decline in numbers."
• EU leaders agree to cut emissions by at least 55% by end of decade - "Member states avoid embarrassing deadlock after night-long talks before UN climate meeting."
• EU revealed to be world's biggest live animal exporter - "Bloc exported more than 1.6 billion chickens, pigs, sheep, goats and cattle in 2019, but faces criticism over welfare failings."
• Europe heatwave: Red alerts issued in 16 Italian cities - "Red alerts have been issued for 16 cities across Italy as extreme heat continues to affect southern Europe."
• Europe just had its warmest fall on record - "The world just experienced its hottest November on record while Europe had its warmest fall, according to an alarming report from the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service. Temperatures were most elevated in a large region across northern Europe, Siberia and the Arctic Ocean, where sea ice was at the second lowest level ever seen in November."
• Europe's Largest Bank Suspected Of Greenwashing - "A group of investors worth $2.4 trillion suspect HSBC of greenwashing as it continues to fund coal projects despite pledging to go carbon neutral."
• European power prices shatter records as energy crisis intensifies - "Power prices in Europe continue to smash records, intensifying the region's energy crisis and fanning fears about access to electricity and heating as the weather begins to cool. German power prices for next year, which are considered Europe's benchmark, briefly jumped above €1,000 ($999.80) per megawatt hour on Monday before falling back to €840 ($839.69) per megawatt hour."
• European weather: Winter heat records smashed all over continent - "Temperatures for January have reached an all-time high in a number of nations across Europe."
• Even low levels of air pollution can damage health, study finds - "US researchers looked at Canada to see how people in cleanest areas were still experiencing ill health."
• Even slow-moving boats likely to kill endangered right whales in a collision, study finds - "Canadian government's speed restrictions are not enough to prevent deaths of endangered animals, researchers say."
• Evidence | Facts - "NASA Climate Change: How Do We Know?"
• Excessive heat: Why this summer has been so hot - "It is hot. Very hot. And temperatures show no signs of easing. Nearly a third of Americans - over 113 million people - are under some form of heat advisory, the US National Weather Service said."
• Extraordinary Antarctica heatwave, 70 degrees above normal, would likely set a world record - "Scientists were shocked this month when a research station in Antarctica reported extraordinarily warm weather. The temperature at Concordia Research station atop Dome C on the Antarctic Plateau - typically known as the coldest place on Earth - surged to an astounding 11.3 degrees Fahrenheit (minus-11.5 Celsius) on March 18."
• Extreme heat around the world in videos, photos & graphics - "From wildfires to glacier collapses, a flurry of extreme heat events has led to deaths and disrupted lives since the start of July."
• Extreme heat in oceans ‘passed point of no return’ in 2014 - "Formerly rare high temperatures now covering half of seas and devastating wildlife, study shows."
• Extreme heat is slamming the world's three biggest economies all at once - "It's not just the Rhine. Around the world, rivers that support global growth - the Yangtze, the Danube and the Colorado - are drying up, impeding the movement of goods, messing with irrigation systems and making it harder for power plants and factories to stay cool."
• Extreme Heat Will Change Us - "Half the world could soon face dangerous heat. We measured the daily toll it is already taking."
• Extreme temperatures kill 5 million people a year with heat-related deaths rising, study finds - "More people died of cold than heat in past 20 years but climate change is shifting the balance."
• Extreme weather has cost Europe about €500bn over 40 years - "Severe floods and other extreme weather have cost Europe about half a trillion euros in the past four decades, with Germany, France and Italy the worst-hit countries. Between 90,000 and 142,000 deaths were attributed to weather and climate-related events over the period 1980 to 2020, the overwhelming majority of them from heatwaves. European Environment Agency data shows worst-hit countries to be Germany, France and Italy."
• Extreme weather renews focus on climate change as scientists update forecasts - "As scientists gather online to finalize a long-awaited update on global climate research, recent extreme weather events across the globe highlight the need for more research on how it will play out, especially locally."
• Extreme weather: the climate crisis in four charts - "As much of the northern hemisphere endures blistering heatwaves and parts of Asia are deluged with rain, a number of climate records are being challenged."
• Exxon Mobil accurately predicted warming since 1970s - "The study in the journal Science Thursday looked at research that Exxon funded that didn’t just confirm what climate scientists were saying, but used more than a dozen different computer models that forecast the coming warming with precision equal to or better than government and academic scientists."

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• Facebook let fossil-fuel industry push climate misinformation, report finds - "Thinktank InfluenceMap accuses petroleum giants of gaming Facebook to promote oil and gas as part of climate-crisis solution."
• farm subsidies wrecked Europe’s landscapes - "The steep and stark environmental decline was not supposed to happen under the common agricultural policy."
• Fashion greenwashing glossary: what do ‘circular’, ‘sustainable’ & ‘zero waste’ really mean? - "Vague, technical-sounding terms are often used in fashion to make clothing sound environmentally conscious. Here experts decode the meaning behind them."
• fast fashion graveyard in Chile's Atacama Desert - "More than half of the 60,000 tonnes of clothes imported each year ends up in illegal desert landfills, with dire consequences for the environment and the local community."
• Fast fashion is eating up the planet & this feeble government enables it - "Nobody needs a £1 bikini. This is a hugely polluting industry and it’s pathetic that ministers have refused to act."
• 'Fast furniture' is clogging up landfills - "Like fast fashion, 'fast furniture' is a problem for our planet."
• Fate of climate crisis hangs on election as US exits Paris agreement - "Trump administration set US withdrawal in motion a year ago but it didn't take effect until 4 November."
• Feadship Launches a Groundbreaking Eco-Friendly 308-Foot superyacht - "This New Fuel-Efficient Hybrid Superyacht Was Designed to Reduce Boating Emissions. The hybrid vessel is equipped with the latest and greatest green technologies."
• Fears of hottest year on record as global temperatures spike - "Early data shows June temperatures hitting record highs ahead of El Niño that experts say will have significant heating effect."
• February 2024 on course to break unprecedented number of heat records - "Rapid ocean warming and unusually hot winter days recorded as human-made global heating combines with El Niño"
• Fierce cyclone in North Pacific marks end of year of record weather events - "New Year's Eve saw a new low-pressure record set and strongest storm in that basin in 60 years."
• 'Fifty-fifty chance' of breaching 1.5C warming limit - "The likelihood of crossing a key global warming threshold has risen significantly, according to a new analysis."
• First draft of COP26 agreement published - "The first draft of an agreement setting out how countries will cut emissions to avoid temperature rises of above 1.5C has been published."
• Fish that eat microplastics take more risks & die younger, study shows - "Joint study conducted finds that fish fed a diet including plastic were more likely to be eaten themselves."
• Fishing for Scallops When the Scallops Are Nearly All Dead - "Bay scallops brought prosperity and community to the people of Shelter Island. Today, most of the scallops are gone, but some fishermen haven’t given up hope."
• Flights are taking huge 'detours' around Russian air space. Here's what that means for the climate crisis - "Since Russia closed its airspace to airlines from dozens of countries at the end of February - in response to sanctions levied for its invasion of Ukraine - about 400 flights per month that had previously been routed over the country are being forced to take a wider berth, according to Flightradar24."
• Floating wind turbines could open up vast ocean tracts for renewable power - "Technology could help power a clean energy transition if it can overcome hurdles of cost, design and opposition from fishing."
• FLOODS, FIRES & EXTREME HEAT: DISASTER PILE-UPS ARE THE NEW NORM - "The forecast for the future is a deluge of disasters."
• Floods, storms & searing heat: 2020 in extreme weather - "While Covid has dominated the news, the world has also felt the effects of human-driven global heating."
• Flourishing plants show warming Antarctica undergoing ‘major change’ - "Dramatic spread of native plants over past decade is evidence of accelerating shifts in fragile polar ecosystem, study finds."
• food calculator: What's your diet's carbon footprint? - "Avoiding meat and dairy products is one of the biggest ways to reduce your environmental impact, according to recent scientific studies."
• 'Forests are not renewable': the felling of Sweden's ancient trees - "Forests cover 70% of the country, but many argue the Swedish model of replacing old-growth forests with monoculture plantations is bad for biodiversity."
• Forests the size of France regrown since 2000, study suggests - "The restored forests have the potential to soak up the equivalent of 5.9 gigatonnes (Gt) of carbon dioxide - more than the annual emissions of the US, according to conservation groups."
• Forests the size of tennis courts - "Hundreds of tiny forests are being planted in towns and cities around the world."
• Forever chemicals - Wikipedia.
• ‘Forever chemicals’ mean England’s waters will miss pollution targets for decades - "Mapping project reveals standards for PFAS will not be met until 2063 in many areas."
• ‘Forever chemicals’: the hidden threat from the toxic PFAS on your shelf - "PFAS are used in paints, food packaging and even cosmetics. We know they are in our water, air, soil and bodies – but less about how they will affect us."
• Forever chemicals: What We Know (& Don’t Know) About ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Food - "There’s a growing understanding of the health threats of PFAS chemicals in what we eat and drink."
• Fossil fuel cars make 'hundreds of times' more waste than electric cars - "Analysis by transport group says battery electric vehicles are superior to their petrol and diesel counterparts."
• Fossil fuel firms among biggest spenders on Google ads that look like search results - "One in five ads served on search results for 78 climate-related terms placed by firms with interests in fossil fuels, research finds."
• Fossil fuel firms owe climate reparations of $209bn a year, says study - "Groundbreaking analysis by One Earth is first to quantify economic burden caused by individual companies."
• Fossil fuel protesters charged after tomato soup thrown on Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' in London gallery - "Two anti-fossil fuel protesters who were filmed throwing tomato soup on Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' in a London gallery Friday have been charged with criminal damage offenses."
• Fossil Fuels, Climate Change & India's COVID-19 Crisis - TIME Magazine.
• Fossil of the Day awards - since 1999. "Awards given by CAN to the countries who are 'doing the most to achieve the least' in terms of the progress on climate change."
• France energy: Air-conditioned shops will be told to shut doors to cut waste - "Shops in France will be ordered to close doors when using air conditioning and limit neon lighting in a bid to cut energy waste, a minister has said."
• France to ban some domestic flights where train available - "MPs vote to suspend internal flights if the trip can be completed by train within two and a half hours instead."
• France to push for private jet curbs at EU level - "France will consult its partners in the European Union on ways to regulate private jet emissions after the comings and goings of French billionaires on the fuel-guzzling planes caused a political controversy over the summer, Reuters reports."
• Freezing point climbs to record high above Swiss Alpine summits - "Weather balloons rise to 5,184 metres before finding freezing point amid record heatwaves."
• French ban on plastic packaging for fruit & vegetables begins - "Cucumbers, lemons and oranges are among the 30 varieties banned from being wrapped in plastic."
• French winemakers face devastation after worst weather in 30 years - "One of France's biggest export industries is facing a devastating blow after an unusually severe frost earlier this month damaged vineyards across the country, heaping pain on winemakers already reeling from the pandemic and US tariffs."
• French winemakers fan flames to save 2022 crop - "Climate extremes in France this spring have again made it a race against time for vineyard owners to protect their crops. March warmth and April frosts in 2021 resulted in one of the country’s lowest wine production in years. This year is proving every bit as tough."
• From China to Japan, extreme cold is gripping East Asia. Experts say it’s the ‘new norm’ - "Tens of millions of people across East Asia braved a severe cold snap Wednesday as subzero temperatures and heavy snow brought travel chaos during the Lunar New Year holiday, with climate experts warning that such extreme weather events had become the 'new norm.'"
• From London to New York: Can quitting cars be popular? - "Cities around the world reveal surprising truths about getting the public on board with cutting car-use."
• From 'net zero' to 'mitigation,' here's how to sound smart on climate - "Here are other terms to know to keep up with the talks, understand what's at stake and, most importantly, sound smart around the dinner table."
• From pollutant to product: the companies making stuff from CO2 - "Vodka, jet fuel, protein... according to a new clutch of carbon-to-value startups, these are just some of the things that can be manufactured from thin air."
• From Siberia to US west, wildfires spewed record carbon emissions this year - "Climate crisis fanned intense blazes that emitted 1.76bn tonnes of carbon globally in 2021, says EU’s monitoring service."
• From Vanuatu law school to the Hague: the fight to recognise climate harm in international law - "Vanuatu is leading a campaign to have the international court of justice issue an opinion on climate change – which could have huge legal ramifications."
• Frosts, heatwaves & wildfires: the climate crisis is hitting the wine industry hard - "As the climate crisis intensifies, the wine industry is increasingly vulnerable and growers across the world are scrambling to find solutions."
• FTSE giants fail to disclose their carbon footprint - "BP, Glencore, Rolls-Royce, Just Eat and B&M among last eight firms yet to provide investors with information."
• Fungi Fashion Is Booming As Adidas Launches New Mushroom Leather Shoe - "The mushroom market is anticipated to reach a value of over $50 billion by 2025, according to Grand View Research, as people increasingly turn to nature for solutions to our late-stage pandemic needs. While some are ingesting mushrooms to support their bodies, others are wearing mushrooms to support the planet - literally."
• Fury at climate talks over ‘backsliding’ on fossil fuels - "A row has broken out at COP29 climate talks as leading countries said a draft deal risked going back on a historic agreement to reduce the use of planet-warming fossil fuels."
• Future-proofed piste - sustainable skiing in the French Alps - "Serre Chevalier near Briançon is defying the sceptics with its solar, wind and hydro-powered shift towards building the ski resort of the future."
• Futuristic designs unveiled for ‘world’s greenest highway’ - "Not content with Dubai having the tallest building, the deepest pool or the highest hotel, urban design firm URB hopes to add one more superlative feather to the city’s cap: the world’s 'greenest' highway."

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• G7 should double help for poorer countries to cut CO2 emissions, says UN - "Richer nations also urged to ensure make-or-break climate talks this year are a success."
• G7 Want to Save the World from Climate Change. But Are They Willing to Pay for It? - "Climate change has finally cemented its place at the top of the agenda for international diplomacy in recent months, and with President Joe Biden in office, all members of the group of seven - the U.S., Italy, France, Germany, the U.K., Canada and Japan - are aligned on the urgency of the current moment for the first time. In a pre-summit gesture in May, the group agreed to end their financing of overseas coal projects - a long-awaited goal that will sharply reduce prospects for the dirtiest fossil fuel."
• G20 poured more than $1tn into fossil fuel subsidies despite Cop26 pledges - report - "The G20 poured record levels of public money into fossil fuels last year despite having promised to reduce some of it, a report has found. Scientists estimate the air pollution from fossil fuels kills up to 10 million people a year."
• Garbology: How to spot patterns in people's waste - "Whether it's indulgent food choices, sexual habits or North Korean secrets, the stuff that people throw away can reveal all."
• Generational amnesia: The memory loss that harms the planet - "As each new generation inherits the world, vital knowledge is forgotten. In the latest in our Wise Words series, Richard Fisher explores the language that has emerged to describe that phenomenon."
• Germans Combat Climate Change From Their Balconies - "Plug-and-play solar panels are popping up in yards and on balcony railings across Germany, driven by bargain prices and looser regulations."
• Germany to bring forward climate goals after constitutional court ruling - "Government proposes net zero deadline of 2045 instead of 2050, but critics demand actions not numbers."
• Giant Batteries Are Transforming the Way the U.S. Uses Electricity - "They’re delivering solar power after dark in California and helping to stabilize grids in other states. And the technology is expanding rapidly. To fill the gap, power companies typically burn more fossil fuels like natural gas. That's now changing. Since 2020, California has installed more giant batteries than anywhere in the world apart from China. They can soak up excess solar power during the day and store it for use when it gets dark."
• giant 'water battery' under the Alps could be a game-changer for renewable energy in Europe - "Switzerland has unveiled its latest renewable energy innovation: a giant water battery. Beginning operations last month, the water battery, called Nant de Drance, is a pumped storage hydropower plant that provides the same energy storage capacity as 400,000 electric car batteries."
• Gigantic new aircraft design aims to create the largest plane ever to fly - "Meet the WindRunner airplane, whose mission will be to deliver gigantic 300-foot-long blades directly to wind farms. To help the world meet its decarbonization targets, it'll use sustainable aviation fuel and needs only a simple packed-dirt or gravel runway to land on. Radia is banking on research organisation Bloomberg NEF's estimation that up to $10 trillion will be spent on onshore wind through 2050. The development of WindRunner is to enable GigaWind, the XXL turbines made by Radia’s partners, which include five of the world's top six turbine manufacturers."
• Gin made from this ingredient is 'climate-positive' - "Three ways this gin made from peas is good for the climate."
• Give us action on climate not just words, say developing nations ahead of Cop26 - "Demand for G20 to ‘step up’ with tougher emissions reduction targets and financial aid for poorest."
• Glacial lakes threaten millions with flooding as planet heats up - "More than 12,000 deaths have already been attributed to glacial lake outburst floods worldwide."
• Glass or plastic: which is better for the environment? - "The packaging worse than plastic. For centuries we have used glass to store food, beverages, chemicals and cosmetics. But is it time to find a more sustainable alternative?"
• global climate plans can now keep heating below 2C, study shows - "But goal of limiting global heating to 1.5C will fail without immediate action, scientists warn."
• Global climate strike: thousands join coordinated action across world - "Rally to demand government action on climate crisis is first worldwide since start of pandemic."
• global climate summit 2021 - "Today, President Biden invited 40 world leaders to the Leaders Summit on Climate he will host on April 22 and 23. The virtual Leaders Summit will be live streamed for public viewing."
• Global CO₂ emissions by country 2022 - "Carbon dioxide emissions of the most polluting countries worldwide in 2010 and 2022."
• Global demand for coal could hit all-time high in 2022 - "Electricity from coal plants has risen by 9% this year to fuel economic recovery from Covid, says watchdog."
• Global dismay as supreme court ruling leaves Biden’s climate policy in tatters - "Biden’s election was billed as heralding a ‘climate presidency’ but congressional and judicial roadblocks mean he has little to show."
• Global food industry on course to drive rapid habitat loss - research - "World faces huge wildlife losses by 2050 unless what and how food is produced changes."
• Global food production emissions 'would put Paris agreement out of reach' - "Study calls for more focus on farming and food waste, behind a third of greenhouse gas production."
• Global Footprint Network - since 2003. "Advancing the Science of Sustainability." Global Footprint Network is a research organization that is changing how the world manages its natural resources and responds to climate change.
• Global fresh water demand will outstrip supply by 40% by 2030, say experts - "Landmark report urges overhaul of wasteful water practices around world on eve of crucial UN summit."
• Global heating: best & worst case scenarios less likely than thought - "Uncertainty over climate outcomes reduced but experts warn urgent reduction in CO2 levels is essential."
• Global heating could stabilize if net zero emissions achieved, scientists say - "Climate disaster could be curtailed within a couple of decades if net zero emissions are reached, new study shows."
• Global heating is turning white Alps green, study finds - "Vegetated areas above treeline have increased by 77% since 1984, satellite data shows."
• Global heating will push billions outside ‘human climate niche’ - "World is on track for 2.7C and ‘phenomenal’ human suffering, scientists warn."
• Global ice loss accelerating at record rate, study finds - "Rate of loss now in line with worst-case scenarios of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change."
• Global landmarks turn off the lights to mark annual Earth Hour - "This year's event focuses on the link between harming the natural world and disease outbreaks like Covid-19."
• Global pollinator losses causing 500,000 early deaths a year - study - "Insect declines mean reduced yields of healthy foods like fruit and vegetables and increased disease in people."
• Global pollution price could cut greenhouse gases by 12%, says report - "World Economic Forum says taxing carbon emitters would cost less than economic fallout from climate crisis."
• Global renewable energy industry grew at fastest rate since 1999 last year - "New wind and solar power projects in China, Europe and the US spurred 45% rise in capacity."
• Global salmon farming harming marine life and costing billions in damage - "Report says pollution, parasites and fish mortality rates cost an estimated $50bn globally from 2013 to 2019."
• Global soils underpin life but future looks 'bleak', warns UN report - "It takes thousands of years for soils to form, meaning protection is needed urgently, say scientists."
• Global Warming Already Baked In Will Blow Past Climate Goals, a New Study Says - "The amount of baked-in global warming, from carbon pollution already in the air, is enough to blow past international agreed upon goals to limit climate change, a new study finds."
• Global warming linked to colder winters in the US - "A new study shows that increases in extreme winter weather in parts of the US are linked to accelerated warming of the Arctic."
• Global warming set to break key 1.5C limit for first time - "Our overheating world is likely to break a key temperature limit for the first time over the next few years, scientists predict. Researchers say there's now a 66% chance we will pass the 1.5C global warming threshold between now and 2027."
• ‘Gold rush’ for gas production threatens to lock in global heating - "New dash for gas driven by energy disruption and rising prices spurns warnings to cease exploration to meet 1.5 heating limit."
• Golden Goose Launches Sustainable Sneaker Made Out of Plant Material, Biodegradable Sole for Earth Day - "Golden Goose has teamed up with Italian materials production company Coronet to launch a new sustainable sneaker. Launching for Earth Day, Yatay, the made-in-Italy style is bio-based, made with material derived from vegetable sources. Components include recycled polyester and biodegradable rubber."
• Golf is a dirty sport that's wrecking the planet. It doesn't have to be - "Climate change crisis: Golf courses on borrowed time as Earth's weather patterns become wilder. The impact of golf on the climate and environment has led to growing calls to make the sport more sustainable - even to play on bone-dry courses, as golfing legend Tiger Woods has enjoyed."
• Goodbye cod, hello herring: why putting a different fish on your dish will help the planet - "In the first of a new series, we look at why people reject so much of the bountiful catches from our seas in favour of the same few species, mostly imported - and how to change that."
• Google 'airbrushes' out emissions from flying, BBC reveals - "Flights now appear to have much less impact on the environment than before. The company said it made the change following consultations with its 'industry partners'. It affects the carbon calculator embedded in the company's 'Google Flights' search tool."
• Google Earth's new Timelapse feature shows chilling effect of climate change - "Google's latest feature, Timelapse, is an eye opening, technical feat that provides visual evidence of how the Earth has changed due to climate change and human behavior. The tool takes the platform's static imagery and turns it into a dynamic 4D experience, allowing users to click through timelapses that highlight melting ice caps, receding glaciers, massive urban growth and wildfires' impact on agriculture. Timelapse compiles 24 million satellite photos taken from 1984 to 2020, an effort Google (GOOG) said took two million processing hours across thousands of machines in Google Cloud. For the project, the company worked with NASA, the United States Geological Survey's Landsat program - the world's longest-running Earth observation program - the European Union's Copernicus program and its Sentinel satellites, and Carnegie Mellon University's CREATE Lab, which helped develop the technology behind Timelapse."
• Google Maps can now tune its eco-friendly navigation for gas, diesel & electrified vehicles - "The feature, originally launched in the US and Canada last year, will highlight routes that use less energy if they have a similar ETA to other alternate routes. Google says that starting today, it is rolling out to users in “nearly 40” European countries, including France, Ireland, Poland, Spain, and the UK. (It was introduced in Germany last month.)"
• Google Maps to start showing eco-friendly routes - "Google Maps will start directing drivers to routes it calculates to be the most eco-friendly based on a list of factors."
• Google Maps will now help travelers find the most eco-friendly route - "Driving and flying are huge contributors to carbon emissions and climate change. So Google is helping users make more informed decisions about how they travel. The company is releasing features on Google Maps and Google Flights to show how travel plans may contribute to climate change. In addition to showing drivers the fastest way to get to their destination, Google Maps will now show the route that's the most fuel-efficient."
• Google’s emissions climb nearly 50% in five years due to AI energy demand - "Tech giant’s goal of reducing climate footprint at risk as it grows increasingly reliant on energy-hungry data centres."
• Governments achieve target of protecting 17% of land globally - "UN report warns that quantity not matched by quality, with many conserved areas poorly protected, as Germany backs new landscapes fund for developing countries. An area greater than the land mass of Russia has been added to the world’s network of national parks and conservation areas since 2010, amid growing pressure to protect nature."
• Governments falling woefully short of Paris climate pledges, study finds - "As Cop26 meeting approaches, analysis shows world is on track for 3C temperature increase if present trends continue."
• Graphic shows all the changes in global temperature since 1850 - "Heat waves are becoming more intense because of the rise in global temperature, which has devastating effects on landscapes, ecosystems and even the human body. Climate experts explain why this matters and what can be done to stabilize the planet's temperature."
• Great apes threatened by mining for electric vehicle batteries - "A surge of mining in some African countries for materials used to make green energy technologies puts gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos at risk. In total, 180,000 great apes - just over one-third of the entire continental population - could be threatened by mining activities, the researchers found. The West African countries Liberia, Sierra Leone, Mali and Guinea saw the largest overlap between ape populations and mining sites."
• Great Barrier Reef authority confirms unprecedented sixth mass coral bleaching event - "Aerial surveys show almost no reefs across a 1,200km stretch escaping the heat, prompting scientists to call for urgent action on climate crisis."
• Great Barrier Reef hit by sixth mass bleaching event, leading coral scientist says - "One of the world’s leading coral scientists claims a sixth mass bleaching event is unfolding across the Great Barrier Reef, with official monitoring flights now under way all along the Queensland coastline. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) has confirmed monitoring flights are being conducted 'along the length and breadth' of the 2,300km world heritage reef."
• Great Barrier Reef: leading scientists praise Unesco’s ‘in danger’ warning - "Group of reef and climate scientists say world heritage warning merited and Australia has not ‘pulled its weight on emissions’."
• Great Barrier Reef should be listed as 'in danger', Unesco says - "The Great Barrier Reef should be put on a list of World Heritage Sites that are 'in danger' over harm caused by climate change, Unesco says."
• Great Barrier Reef suffering ‘most severe’ coral bleaching on record as footage shows damage 18 metres down - "Marine researcher ‘devastated’ by widespread event that is affecting coral species usually resistant to bleaching."
• Great Barrier Reef: The worst summer on record for the Great Barrier Reef - "‘Like wildfires underwater’: Worst summer on record for Great Barrier Reef as coral die-off sweeps planet."
• Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now so huge & permanent that a coastal ecosystem is thriving on it, scientists say - "Scientists have found thriving communities of coastal creatures, including tiny crabs and anemones, living thousands of miles from their original home on plastic debris in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – a 620,000 square mile swirl of trash in the ocean between California and Hawaii."
• Great Pacific Garbage Patch: The plastic oceans we can't see - "Visualising the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. In 1997 Captain Charles Moore was sailing from Hawaii to California when he noticed a steady stream of plastics bobbing in the ocean. He had discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch."
• Greece: Orange Sahara dust haze descends over Athens - "A dramatic orange haze has descended over Athens as clouds of dust have blown in from the Sahara desert. It is one of the worst such episodes to hit Greece since 2018, according to officials. Greece had already been struck by similar clouds in late March and early April, which also covered areas of Switzerland and southern France. The Sahara releases 60 to 200 million tonnes of mineral dust per year."
• ‘Green Bitcoin Mining’: The Big Profits In Clean Crypto - "Bitcoin is infamous for wasting enough electricity to add 40 million tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere a year - but now, a growing cadre of U.S. miners are developing green, and lucrative, new strategies worth a fortune all their own."
• Green tariffs: what are they & why do they matter? - "They are considered a means of levelling the playing field between countries with differing commitments to cutting carbon."
• 'Greenest ever Games': how the Paris Olympics hopes to inspire a new era of global sporting events - "Organisers say they are setting a precedent by using existing or temporary venues for most events and focusing on low-carbon building for the rest."
• Greenhouse gas emissions must peak within 4 years, says leaked UN report - "Group of scientists release draft IPCC report as they fear it will be watered down by governments."
• Greenhouse gas emissions transforming the Arctic into 'an entirely different climate' - "Warmest temperatures since 1900 have all occurred within the past seven years, according to Noaa's annual Arctic report card."
• Greenland: enough ice melted on single day to cover Florida in two inches of water - "The deluge of melting has reached deep into Greenland’s enormous icy interior, with data from the Danish government showing that the ice sheet lost 8.5bn tons of surface mass on Tuesday alone. A further 8.4bn tons was lost on Thursday, the Polar Portal monitoring website reported."
• Greenland ice melt reaching 'tipping point,' study finds - "Climate change is causing Greenland's massive ice sheets to melt much faster than previously thought, a new study has found, and it may be 'too late' to do anything about it."
• Greenland ice sheet on brink of major tipping point, says study - "Scientists say ice equivalent to 1-2 metres of sea level rise is probably already doomed to melt."
• Greenland losing 30m tonnes of ice an hour, study reveals - "Total is 20% higher than thought and may have implications for collapse of globally important north Atlantic ocean currents."
• Greenland shed 6 billion tons of water per day last weekend - "The amount of Greenland ice that melted last weekend could cover West Virginia in a foot of water."
• Greenland's glaciers could lose more ice than previously thought, raising concerns for sea level rise - "Greenland's ice sheet is already melting rapidly, and that ice loss is one of the main contributors to rising sea levels. Planet-heating greenhouse gas emissions like carbon dioxide are accelerating this melt."
• GREENPEACE - since 1969. "Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning network, founded in Canada in 1971 by Irving Stowe and Dorothy Stowe, immigrant environmental activists from the United States. Greenpeace states its goal is to 'ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its diversity' and focuses its campaigning on worldwide issues such as climate change, deforestation, overfishing, commercial whaling, genetic engineering, and anti-nuclear issues. It uses direct action, lobbying, research, and ecotage to achieve its goals."
• Greenwashing - (a compound word modelled on "whitewash"), also called "green sheen", is a form of marketing spin in which green PR (green values) and green marketing are deceptively used to persuade the public that an organization's products, aims and policies are environmentally friendly.
• Greenwashing a police state: the truth behind Egypt’s Cop27 masquerade - "Sisi’s Egypt is making a big show of solar panels and biodegradable straws ahead of next month’s climate summit - but in reality the regime imprisons activists and bans research. The climate movement should not play along."
• ‘Greta is right’: climate pledges must be matched by action, say Mars executives - "The company will tie executive pay to emissions reduction and eliminate deforestation through its supply chain."
• Greta Thunberg - Wikipedia.
• Greta Thunberg accuses MEPs of 'surrender on climate and environment' - "European parliament votes to continue payments to farmers with no green conditions attached."
• Greta Thunberg calls for protest against expansion of German coalmine - "Climate activist also denounced ‘police violence’ against campaigners at the abandoned village of Lützerath."
• Greta Thunberg files application to trademark her name - "Climate activist also applied to register name of climate movement Fridays for Future."
• Greta Thunberg has accused Russia of ‘ecocide’. What does that mean? - "On June 6, Ukraine suffered an environmental catastrophe. The collapse of the Kakhovka dam in the south of the country sent water thundering downstream, killing more than 100 people according to Ukrainian officials. It wiped out villages, flooded farmland and nature reserves, and swept up pollutants like oil and agricultural chemicals as it made its destructive path towards the Black Sea. And Ukraine is calling it 'ecocide.'"
• Greta Thunberg: I don't want to go into politics - "Climate activist Greta Thunberg has said she will not pursue a career in politics - because it is too 'toxic'."
• Greta Thunberg ‘I really see the value of friendship. Apart from the climate, almost nothing else matters’ - "Interview: The transformation of Greta Thunberg. Greta Thunberg has spent three years raising the alarm on the climate crisis."
• Greta Thunberg makes surprise appearance at Glastonbury festival - "19-year-old activist warns world faces ‘total natural catastrophe’ unless citizens take urgent action."
• Greta Thunberg: not phasing out fossil fuels is ‘death sentence’ for world’s poor - "Climate activist says only ‘rapid and equitable’ phaseout will keep temperatures within 1.5C limit."
• Greta Thunberg not planning on attending COP26 in Glasgow - "Environmental activist Greta Thunberg has said she isn't planning on going to the UN climate conference in Glasgow in November."
• Greta Thunberg on Fighting Climate Change During COVID-19 - "'We Now Need to Do the Impossible.' How Greta Thunberg Is Fighting for a Greener Post-Pandemic World."
• Greta Thunberg on the climate delusion - ‘We’ve been greenwashed out of our senses. It’s time to stand our ground’.
• Greta Thunberg recycles Trump's mockery of her as he tries to stop votes - "Swedish teen environmental activist took her shot at the president's rage tweet as the US formally exits from the Paris climate agreement."
• Greta Thunberg returns to school after year of climate activism - "Swedish environmental activist says she's heading back to the classroom after travelling the world, spreading her conservation message."
• Greta Thunberg revealed as Vogue Scandinavia's inaugural cover star - "Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has been unveiled as the cover star of Vogue Scandinavia's first issue. Shot by Swedish photography and conservationist duo Alexandrov Klum, the whimsical cover shows Thunberg wearing a billowing upcycled trench coat while sitting with an Icelandic horse called Gandalf in a woodland outside of Stockholm."
• Greta Thunberg roasts world leaders for being 'blah, blah, blah' on climate action - "Swedish activist Greta Thunberg mocked world leaders - including US President Joe Biden and the UK's Boris Johnson - at a youth climate summit in Milan on Tuesday, saying the last 30 years of climate action had amounted to 'blah, blah, blah.'"
• Greta Thunberg says climate experts are being ignored - "Climate specialists not being listened to despite Covid showing importance of following science, activist says."
• Greta Thunberg says Covid-19 response shows world can 'suddenly act with necessary force' - "The coronavirus pandemic proves the world can 'act with necessary force' when faced with a global emergency, teen climate activist Greta Thunberg says."
• Greta Thunberg says it’s ‘strange’ Joe Biden is considered a climate leader - "Environmental activist criticises US president for expanding fossil fuel infrastructure."
• Greta Thunberg sings at Cop26: ‘You can shove your climate crisis up your arse’ - "Climate activist Greta Thunberg had some choice words for the world leaders inside the Cop26 conference in Glasgow. Joined by some of the many activists rallying around the climate change meeting, Thunberg decried inaction from politicians and big business, saying ‘We are not going to let them get away with it any more’."
• Greta Thunberg sings Rick Astley hit at climate concert - "Greta Thunberg launched a global series of concerts highlighting climate change on Saturday, by singing Rick Astley's 'Never Gonna Give You Up'. The Swedish climate activist took to the stage in Stockholm along with Fridays for Future's Andreas Magnusson to perform the hit song."
• Greta Thunberg tells protest that COP26 has been a 'failure' & PR exercise - "Greta Thunberg has told a mass rally in Glasgow that the COP26 climate summit has been a 'failure'. The Swedish activist had earlier joined thousands of young people - including striking school pupils - for a march through the city."
• Greta Thunberg to publish a ‘go-to source’ book on the climate crisis - "The Climate Book will include contributions from scientist Katharine Hayhoe, economist Thomas Piketty and novelist Margaret Atwood."
• Greta Thunberg to skip ‘greenwashing’ Cop27 climate summit in Egypt - "Swedish climate activist says the UN’s climate conference will be ‘used as an opportunity for leaders and people in power to get attention’."
• Greta Thunberg turns 17 today. Here's how she started a global climate movement in just 18 months - "Greta Thunberg, a teenage activist from Sweden who has become the face of the youth climate movement, turns 17 today."
• Greta Thunberg warns US lawmakers over climate change - "Climate activist Greta Thunberg urged US lawmakers to end fossil fuel subsidies, or face catastrophic consequences in future decades."
• Greta Thunberg: 'We are speeding in the wrong direction' on climate crisis - "Climate striker speaks before UN event marking five years since the Paris accord."
• Greta Thunberg: Who is the climate campaigner & what are her aims? - "Environmental activist Greta Thunberg is in Glasgow, where the COP26 summit is taking place. The 18-year-old is one of the world's best known climate campaigners."
• Greta Thunberg's FINAL 'School Strike for Climate' - "Swedish activist takes part in the protests she started one last time... because she has now graduated."
• Greta Thunberg's Speech At The U.N. Climate Action Summit - "Climate activist Greta Thunberg, 16, addressed the U.N.'s Climate Action Summit in New York City on Monday. Here's the full transcript of Thunberg's speech, beginning with her response to a question about the message she has for world leaders."
• Greta Thunberg's Speeches - Wikipedia.
• Greta Thunberg's Travel Diary from the U.S. to Davos - "Six Months on a Planet in Crisis."
• Green shoots: Spanish firm tackles plastic waste from shotgun cartridges - "BioAmmo aims to make 50m of its plastic-free, biodegradable cartridges this year."
• Greenland weighs up economy v climate crisis - "As the island eyes tourism and mining it is also mindful of controlling the cost."
• Guess What Uses 50% Of The World's Energy, Creates 30% Of Emissions - "It's heat. And if you didn't guess correctly, that's okay: in the global fight against climate change, our need for heat is often overlooked. But how do we produce enough of it without also warming the planet?"
• Guide to the Heat - "It’s the first major heat wave of 2024. If you vacation during the heat wave, experts advise that you keep your sightseeing to the evening and early morning. 'In the mid- to late afternoon you either go back to the hotel to sit by the pool or go to the beach,' one travel agent said. To cool a home without A.C., close blinds and use stick-on solar film."

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• Half of glaciers will be gone by 2100 even under Paris 1.5C accord, study finds - "If global heating continues at current rate of 2.7C, losses will be greater with 68% of glaciers disappearing."
• Halt destruction of nature or risk ‘dead planet’, leading businesses warn - "Exclusive: executives demand meaningful action to protect ecosystems as UN biodiversity summit opens."
• 'Happy corals': climate crisis sanctuary teeming with life found off east Africa - "Rare discovery of reef cooled by channels formed during creation of Kilimanjaro is 'something to hope for', say scientists."
• Harvard University will divest its $42bn endowment from all fossil fuels - "Harvard Management Company, which oversees the university’s vast endowment of almost $42bn, has already been reducing its financial exposure to fossil fuels and has no direct investments in companies that explore for or develop further reserves of fossil fuels, Bacow said in a message posted on the university’s website."
• Has coronavirus made us more ethical consumers? - "Kimberley Bird says the coronavirus pandemic has turned her into a more ethical, more environmentally-conscious consumer. And she is far from alone."
• Has Covid-19 brought us closer to tackling climate change? - "Has the pandemic helped individuals, industry and government get any closer to tackling the environmental crisis?"
• Has the Amazon Reached Its ‘Tipping Point’? - "Some Brazilian scientists fear that the Amazon may become a grassy savanna - with profound effects on the climate worldwide."
• Has the US learned to cope with extreme heat? Next summer could be even hotter - "This year’s heatwaves have been a huge challenge - and scientists predict 2024 will likely break records again."
• Have we hit 'peak beef'? - "Meat production is central to the debate on climate change and ethical food. But how much is too much ' for people and the planet?"
• Hawaii bill seeks to gut funding aimed at protecting environment from tourism - "Legislature seeks to strip funding of Hawaii’s largest tourism agency, just as it refocuses on community and environment."
• He won $217 million in the lottery, then spent nearly all of it to help save the planet - "A lucky Frenchman has decided to dedicate most of his record-breaking $217 million lottery jackpot to a nature foundation he created, he told Le Parisien in an exclusive interview published Wednesday."
• Health risks from heat waves send a climate alarm - "While snow and rain pose their own challenges, outdoor heat exposure is hard to escape, even with a hat, water, and lightweight clothing. While thoughts of summer may conjure up images of pools, beaches and vacations, what we often forget is that outdoor heat exposure is a major health risk that goes far beyond sunburns."
• Healthy Planet, Healthy People. How Slowing Climate Change Saves Lives - "Just because the United States has re-joined the Paris Agreement doesn't mean that the world is on a path to a better climate future."
• Heat deaths in Europe may triple by end of the century, study finds - "Countries in south most at risk, with rise likely to outstrip fall in cold-related deaths if global heating hits 3C or 4C."
• ‘heat dome’ hitting Olympics ‘impossible’ without global heating - "Scorching temperatures in Mediterranean countries and north Africa already causing increase in premature deaths."
• 'Heat hell is worldwide' - "Extreme heat scorches across the globe."
• Heat is testing the limits of human survivability. Here’s how it kills - "The world is getting so hot & humid, parts of it will be uninhabitable."
• Heat Pumps Are the Future & How Your Home Could Use One - "The highly efficient devices are the darlings of the environmental movement. Here’s why."
• Heat-related deaths have increased by 117% in the US since 1999 - report - "More than 21,500 US deaths over last two decades were connected to heat, top medical journal finds."
• Heating Arctic may be to blame for snowstorms in Texas, scientists argue - "The wintry weather that has battered the southern US and parts of Europe could be a counterintuitive effect of the climate crisis."
• Heatwaves are stressing out power grids all over the world - "From North America to Asia, power grids are struggling to keep people cool."
• Heatwaves put classic Alpine hiking routes off-limits - "Routes that are usually safe at this time of year now face hazards as a result of warmer temperatures."
• Heatwaves, wildfires, air chaos & overcrowding 2023. How this year’s summer vacations fell apart - "From the litany of bad headlines surrounding the world of travel, you could be forgiven thinking it’s been the summer from hell for vacationers. Environmental disasters, aviation industry mishaps and strikes, dirty beaches, soaring temperatures, deluges, price hikes and overcrowding all seem to have conspired to ruin getaways for hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people this year."
• Helping poorest tackle climate crisis will boost global growth, says IMF head - "Kristalina Georgieva says investing to create resilient economies is a 'win-win-win-win' scenario."
• Herd of 170 bison could help store CO2 equivalent of almost 2m cars, researchers say - "Free-roaming animals reintroduced in Romania’s ?arcu mountains are stimulating plant growth and securing carbon stored in the soil while grazing."
• Here's how many times you need to reuse your reusable grocery bags - "The battle against the single-use plastic bag may not be won but it’s definitely under way."
• Herman Miller Is Now Making The Iconic Aeron Chair From Ocean-Bound Plastic - "Herman Miller revolutionized ergonomic office seating when they introduced the now-iconic Aeron Chair in 1994, and now the brand has done it again by relaunching the chair in recycled ocean-bound plastic. The new ocean-bound plastic Aeron in Onyx Ultra Matte is available now and starts at $1,195."
• HermÈs Reimagines Victoria Bag With Alternative Mushroom-Based "Leather" - "Hermès is officially breaking away from its traditions and moving forward with sustainable leather alternatives for its iconic luxury bags."
• Higg Index - since 2012. "The Higg Index is a suite of tools for the standardized measurement of value chain sustainability, and it is central to the Sustainable Apparel Coalition | SAC’s mission to transform businesses for exponential impact." Apparel and footwear industry self-assessment standard for assessing environmental and social sustainability throughout the supply chain.
• Himalayan avalanches are increasing risk for climbers in warming climate - "Experts warn that global heating is exacerbating inherent dangers of high altitude mountaineering."
• Himalayan glaciers could lose up to 80% of their ice by 2100 as temperatures rise, report warns - "The report, published Tuesday by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), examined the impact of climate change on an area stretching 1.6 million square miles (4.1 million square kilometers) from Afghanistan in the west to Myanmar in the east."
• Historical climate emissions reveal responsibility of big polluting nations - "Analysis of the total carbon dioxide emissions of countries since 1850 has revealed the nations with the greatest historical responsibility for the climate emergency. But six of the top 10 have yet to make ambitious new pledges to cut their emissions before the crucial UN Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow in November."
• homes powered by a kite - "The kites seeking the world's surest winds. To harvest wind energy from the heights where it blows fastest, the key may be to fly a kite."
• Hong Kong hit by heaviest rain storm in 140 years - "Hong Kong and southern Chinese cities are battling widespread flooding as the region endures some of its heaviest rainfall on record. On Friday, streets and subway stations were under water in Hong Kong as officials shut schools and workplaces."
• Hoodies sell out in Tonga as El NiÑo brings wintry chill - "Residents on island rush to buy warm clothing and heaters amid unusually cold winter weather for the Pacific nation."
• ‘Horizon’ plane’s innovative shape promises greener flights & added comfort - "San Diego-based Natilus has joined the race with Horizon, a blended wing aircraft that is also meant to carry about 200 passengers while producing half the emissions and using 30% less fuel than current Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 aircraft - the models it’s aiming to compete with."
• Hot days lead to more mental health emergencies, study finds - "Extreme temperatures due to climate crisis are resulting in higher rate of hospital visits, say scientists."
• Hot, dry summer forces early start to Champagne harvest - "Champagne grape pickers have had to start the harvest earlier this year, as climate change forces the makers of the French sparkling wine to rethink how they make the coveted bubbly."
• hottest summer in human history - a visual timeline - "From June to August 2023, a series of extreme weather events exacerbated by climate breakdown caused death and destruction across the globe."
• How a hi-tech search for Genghis Khan is helping polar bears - "Researchers are going on a bear hunt, using AI and radar to spot dens and track the threatened Arctic predators."
• How a hybrid tree conquered the world - "The world's cities have always been radically hostile environments for trees - but there’s one variety that’s proved to be remarkably resilient."
• How a sand battery could transform clean energy - "A new way of storing renewable energy is providing clean heat through the long Nordic nights."
• How a 'tree mortgage' scheme could turn an Indian town carbon neutral - "Kerala villagers are reaping the benefits of a scheme that pays them to leave their trees rooted, reducing risk of deforestation."
• how air conditioning is heating up the world - "As temperatures rise, a new book delves into the environmental toll of America’s favorite way to cool off."
• How calls for climate justice are shaking the world - "Young activists are breathing new life into the long-running debate over climate justice - the framing of global warming as an ethical issue rather than a purely environmental one."
• How can you reduce your carbon footprint? - "Climate Basics: Your carbon footprint explained."
• How China Could Change the World By Taking Meat Off the Menu - "China came by its love of meat only recently; in the 1960s, the average Chinese person consumed less than 5 kg of meat annually. But as in comes soared following Deng Xiaoping's market-driven 'reform and opening' of the late 1970s, consumption rose to 20 kg per capita by the late 1980s and has now reached 63 kg. Today, China consumes 28% of the world's meat, including half of all pork."
• How China shapes the world's coal - "The world's largest funder of coal is closing down its finance for the industry overseas. What does that mean for the world on climate change?"
• How cities are going carbon neutral - "Home to the majority of the global human population, urban areas make an outsized contribution to carbon emissions. What can they do to reach net zero by the middle of the century?"
• How cities will fossilise - "The modern metropolis will leave a geological legacy that will last for millennia, but as the author David Farrier writes, some things will endure far longer than others."
• How clean cooking helps the climate - "Wood-fired stoves have powered Nigerian cooking for time immemorial. But cleaner cooking could go a long way to saving lives, and carbon emissions, in Africa's most populous nation."
• how climate breakdown is supercharging toll of extreme weather - "Guardian analysis shows human-caused global heating is driving more frequent and deadly disasters across the planet, in most comprehensive compilation to date."
• How climate change has altered Christmas - "While Hollywood's depiction of a white Christmas might be the northern hemisphere ideal, for many around the world the holiday is celebrated in very different weather. But, climate change is threatening both winter wonderlands and warmer Christmas traditions."
• How Climate Change Is Altering Your Favourite Glass Of Wine - "Climate change is disrupting the speed at which grapes grow and when they can be harvested. This makes the taste of cabernet sauvignon, for example, that much harder to attain. It might mean that in the U.S., cabernet sauvignon grapes might need to be replaced with another grape variety. Or it might make merlot unsuitable for Bordeaux and even allow the perfect glass of 'champagne' to come from England."
• How climate change is melting the Alps’ glaciers - in pictures - "Most of the world’s mountain glaciers are retreating because of the climate crisis, but those in the European Alps are especially vulnerable. Smaller and with less ice cover, this year they are on track for their highest loss of mass in at least 60 years of record keeping."
• How climate change is reshaping the Alps - "As the frozen 'glue' that helps hold the rock faces of the Alps together begins to thaw, mountaineers face a growing risk of sudden rockfall."
• How climate change might alter borders - "How borders might change to cope with climate migration. With up to three billion people expected to be displaced by the effects of global warming by the end of the century, should it lead to a shift in the way we think about national borders, asks Gaia Vince?"
• How companies blame you for climate change - "Why you are blamed for climate change. Businesses shape how we talk about climate change, and sometimes this can stop us from paying attention to their actions."
• How Coronavirus Could Set Back the Fight Against Climate Change - "This year was supposed to be a big one in the international fight against climate change. But the fast spreading new coronavirus disease, COVID-19, is posing a triple-threat to action that could derail the Paris Agreement effort to combat global warming, worried experts say."
• How Covid conspiracists are shifting to climate change denial - "Members of an online movement infected with pandemic conspiracies are shifting their focus - and are increasingly peddling falsehoods about climate change."
• How Covid lockdowns triggered record rainfall in China - "Scientists identify impact of sudden cleaning of skies and drop in greenhouse emissions in 2020."
• how Covid-19 piled the pressure on conservation efforts - "Ecotourism revenues plummeted around the world as some areas saw poaching and land grabs increase in 2020."
• How COVID-19 Vaccination Became a Climate Metaphor - "Climate advocates say failure to share vaccines could signal to developing countries that wealthy nations will leave them behind on climate."
• How creating wildlife crossings can help reindeer, bears - and even crabs - "Sweden's announcement this week that it is to build a series of animal bridges is the latest in global efforts to help wildlife navigate busy roads."
• How cutting your food waste can help the climate - "All food generates greenhouse gases to reach our plates, but when nearly a third of it is thrown away or wasted, does that mean we could be doing more to protect the climate?"
• How data could save Earth from climate change - "Using a name inspired by Indonesian farmers, Subak will share information and fund hi-tech solutions to fight global heating."
• How do we solve bitcoin’s carbon problem? - "The cryptocurrency consumes more energy than Norway. As countries consider copying China’s ban, experts disagree on whether a greener version is possible."
• How does ethereum’s ‘merge’ make the cryptocurrency greener? - "The second biggest blockchain has changed the way it validates transactions on its decentralised ledger."
• How does today’s extreme heat compare with Earth’s past climate? - "Viewed through a long enough lens, our climate can seem unremarkable - but for humans it is unprecedented."
• How ending mining would change the world - "Mining fuels the modern world, but it also causes vast environmental damage. What would happen if we tried to do without it?"
• How Fashion Giants Recast Plastic as Good for the Planet - "An influential system overseen by retailers and clothing makers ranks petroleum-based synthetics like 'vegan leather' as more environmentally sound than natural fibers."
• How France has lost its mustard - "Why there's no 'Dijon' in Dijon mustard. France is facing a widespread dearth of Dijon mustard, which news outlets wasted no time in attributing to the war in Ukraine. But the story is a whole lot spicier than that."
• How has Cop26 shifted the dial on the climate crisis? A visual guide - "Some progress has been made at Glasgow, but no major country’s pledges are yet in line with holding global heating to 1.5C."
• How humans have changed the Earth's surface in 2023 - "From new artificial islands to the environmental devastation caused by the breach of Ukraine's Kakhovka Dam – this is how humanity has changed the face of our planet throughout the past year."
• How Iceland is undoing carbon emissions for good - "Carbon emissions are causing climate change - so rather than sending carbon dioxide into the sky, in Iceland, some are turning it into stone."
• How Industrial Fishing Creates More CO2 Emissions Than Air Travel - "It's been well established by now that the agricultural systems producing our food contribute at least one fifth of global anthropogenic carbon emissions - and up to a third if waste and transportation are factored in. A troubling new report points to a previously overlooked source: an industrial fishing process practiced by dozens of countries around the world, including the United States, China, and the E.U."
• How London could achieve net zero carbon by 2050 - "A city historically known for its lethal 20th-Century smogs has committed to reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050 - how will London get there?"
• How longer weekends help the planet - "The climate benefits of a four-day workweek."
• How Many Clothes Should We Own, Exactly? - "'Buy less and buy better' has become a common refrain in fashion’s sustainability movement. But how much should we actually be buying? If a new report is anything to go by, it’s likely a lot less than you think. Researchers from Berlin’s Hot Or Cool Institute found that we should only be purchasing five new garments a year in order to stay in line with the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees celsius, if nothing else changes. That would mean shoppers in the U.K. alone would need to reduce their consumption by up to 80 percent in some cases."
• how monitoring nature from space could keep Earth healthy - "With current data on global biodiversity either lacking or flawed, a global satellite scheme aims to fill the gaps to target protection of our seas, soils and wildlife."
• How much indoor air pollution do we produce when we take a shower? - "Chemicals that evaporate from personal care products are among pollutants that form ozone in summer smogs."
• How much is an elephant worth? Meet the ecologists doing the sums - "The idea of being able to put a price on nature is dividing opinion, but the financial value of 'ecosystem services' is increasingly guiding policy."
• How much money can you actually save by turning off lights around your house? - "As a homeowner, your electricity bill is going to be a consistent line item in your budget. The good news is that you have the power to reduce your bill with just a few simple lifestyle changes. One of those changes that can help you save money on electricity - while also having the added benefit of helping the environment - is turning off your lights when you aren't using them. Keep reading to learn why it's important to turn off your lights and how much you can save by turning off your lights."
• How much of the world’s oil needs to stay in the ground? - "Analysis shows future is bleak for fossil fuel industry with trillions of dollars of assets at stake."
• How national border walls are splitting ecosystems apart - "Amid a rising tide of nationalism, walls and fortified fences are proliferating around the world. These barriers pose a growing threat to wildlife - blocking migrations and threatening millions of species that will need to move to keep up with a changing climate."
• How Old Clothes Became Big Business - "From The RealReal dropping upcycled collections to LVMH planning to launch a platform to sell off deadstock fabrics, fashion is finding value in its excess."
• How opera is aiming for net zero amid worsening climate change - "Many opera companies are working towards full sustainability, and Glyndebourne is among those aiming to be a force for good, according to a new documentary."
• How planting trees is bringing clean water to a tropical nation - "The Dominican Republic's forests are being cut down for grazing land - and it's also having a serious effect on the water supply. Is planting new trees a natural solution to the crisis?"
• how rental fashion became big business - "‘It’s more sustainable - and I still get to wear something new every weekend.'"
• How rich people could help save the planet from climate change - "Rich people don't just have bigger bank balances and more lavish lifestyles than the rest of us - they also have bigger carbon footprints."
• How satellites may hold the key to the methane crisis - "A new generation of detectors will be many times better at tracking discharges of the dangerous greenhouse gas."
• How Skagen Turns Ocean Plastic Into Watches For The Many - "The Danish-inspired brand is making waves with horological sustainability efforts."
• How smart appliances can help fix the energy gap - "How energy flexibility can save us money and cut carbon. Imagine your future home as an energy hub storing electricity from the grid when clean wind power is plentiful, and then selling it back - at a profit - when demand surges elsewhere."
• How SUVs conquered America & the world to become a chief climate offender - "Exclusive new emissions analysis shows how much more dangerous for the climate SUVs are than smaller vehicles, and how embedded they have become in our lives."
• How Texas is racing to thwart the heat - "Amidst a record-breaking heatwave, cities across Texas are exploring ways to keep people cool. But the state also needs to tackle historic inequalities affecting who is most impacted by excessive heat."
• How the climate crisis is affecting tornadoes - "The series of tornadoes that ripped through the Midwest and the Southeast United States this weekend adds to another stretch of deadly and potentially unprecedented weather disasters this year, exacerbating the already growing economic toll brought by climate disasters across the country. Scientists say the short-lived scale of tornadoes, coupled with an extremely inconsistent and unreliable historical record, makes connecting outbreaks to long-term, human-caused climate change extremely challenging."
• how the climate crisis is turning the Arctic green - "In northern Norway, trees are rapidly taking over the tundra and threatening an ancient way of life that depends on snow and ice."
• how the climate crisis killed the golden toad - "The loss of the amphibian from Costa Rica’s cloud forest was one of the first linked to global heating, say scientists."
• How The Gambia’s oyster farmers are being hit by climate change - "If CO2 emissions remain high, by the end of the century oyster stocks are projected to decline by up to 80%."
• HOW THE IPHONE HELPED SAVE THE PLANET - "Over the last 12 years, smartphones have helped dematerialize our consumption of countless other products."
• How the largest direct air capture plant will suck CO2 out of the atmosphere - "It’s an important test run for the new technology."
• How the New Climate Bill Would Reduce Emissions - "A major climate and energy package announced last week in a deal by Senate Democrats would put the United States much closer to its goal of cutting global warming pollution in half by 2030, several new independent analyses have concluded."
• How the rise of copper reveals clean energy’s dark side - "As the world shifts to wind energy and electric cars, demand for the conductive metal has increased. But mining copper brings its own environmental hazards."
• How tiny tweaks to your dinner can help save the planet - "Vegetarian? More like planetarian - how tiny tweaks to your dinner can help save the planet. Eating less meat and dairy is one of the ways we can have a positive impact on the future of the planet, as multiple studies on climate change have demonstrated."
• How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates review - why science isn't enough - "The co-founder of Microsoft looks to science and tech to end climate crisis ... but can nations cooperate?"
• How to be a sustainable fashion lover & why it matters - "Upcycling, visible mending and organising are among the ways fashionistas are giving their wardrobes a longer life. Bel Jacobs explores how caring for our clothes also means caring for the planet."
• How to choose the best & most eco-friendly - swimwear - "Make a splash this summer - from luxury vintage to sustainable fabrics, here's our smart guide to swimming in style."
• How to get planes off fossil fuels - "The fastest ways aviation could cut emissions. From switching the fuel they use to changing flight plans so they produce fewer contrails, airlines are searching for ways to cut their impact on the climate."
• How to Minimize Your Exposure to Microplastics - "Furniture, clothing and food packaging can all shed tiny particles that can end up in our bodies. Some experts recommend keeping items made of plastic, such as a sofa upholstered in polypropylene fabric, out of direct sunlight, or choosing options that aren't made of plastic."
• How to move a country: Fiji’s radical plan to escape rising sea levels - "In Fiji, the climate crisis means dozens of villages could soon be underwater. Relocating so many communities is an epic undertaking. But now there is a plan - and the rest of the world is watching."
• How to read the Doomsday Clock - "The Doomsday Clock depicts how close humanity is to armageddon - but where did it come from, how do you read its time, and what can we learn from it? Existential risk researcher SJ Beard explains."
• How to recycle your used & unwanted gadgets - "Because you love the earth as much as you loved your iPhone, right? You're probably used to sorting your garbage into bins: green for paper or blue for plastic and glass. But when it comes to electronics, we're still used to selling those off or tossing them into the trash heap. Unfortunately, our gadget addiction has real consequences for the planet, making it imperative that we dispose of everything responsibly."
• How To Solve Climate Change: Bill Gates Wants You To Know Two Numbers - "The world's fourth-richest person has a plan to save the planet from catastrophic climate change - and it's cheaper than you think."
• How to stop the climate crisis: six lessons from the campaign that saved the ozone - "Thirty years ago, all 197 countries got together to ban the gases damaging the Earth's ozone layer. Now we need to unite to combat an even greater threat. What can we learn from 1989?"
• How to talk to a denier - "What can you do when the people closest to you believe climate change is a hoax?"
• How to use less water: 15 essential tips - "From beef burgers to megabutts to cutting back on clothes."
• How trading CO2 could save the climate - "For its proponents, a global carbon market could significantly reduce the world's carbon emissions. But its critics say that giving polluters the option to pay for their emissions is not the answer to climate change."
• How water shortages are brewing wars - "Unprecedented levels of dam building and water extraction by nations on great rivers are leaving countries further downstream increasingly thirsty, increasing the risk of conflicts."
• How we get tree planting wrong - video - "In the face of the impending climate catastrophe, there has been a growing clamour to repopulate the trillions of trees our planet has lost over the centuries. But large-scale tree planting is not helping, and in some cases it's creating more problems for the environment. Josh Toussaint-Strauss discusses how we've been getting tree planting wrong, and what we should be doing instead to safeguard precious ecosystems and reduce greenhouse gases."
• how we got addicted to weather apps - "‘We used to check every day, now it’s every minute’. As unprecedented weather leads to increasing climate anxiety, there’s a raft of different apps catering for every kind of forecast."
• How wildfires fuel the climate crisis - "Extreme wildfires are increasing due to rising emissions, but they also disrupt the climate in return. Weighing up the overall impact, however, is tricker than it seems."
• How We Will All Solve the Climate Crisis - "We only have one Earth. And we have the technology to save it."
• How what you eat affects climate change - "Your Questions About Food and Climate Change, Answered. How to shop, cook and eat in a warming world."
• How ‘world’s first oil town’ is wrestling with fossil fuel legacy - "Cop29 host Baku has cleaned up since its Black City days - but this summit needs to do more than whitewash the facade of a petrostate."
• How your fridge is heating up the planet - "The way you dispose of old kitchen appliances and air conditioning units can have a huge impact on the climate."
• How your gas stove sparked a battle over climate change - "Gas stovetops have become a proxy battleground for the future of the planet. Some cities are trying to cut down their greenhouse gas emissions by getting rid of gas hookups in new construction. But the natural gas industry isn't going down without a fight."
• How your heating warms the planet - "How to cut carbon out of your heating. With many people spending more time than usual in their homes this year, how can the environmental cost of heating them be reduced?"
• How your house will go carbon free - "From the materials needed to build houses to the energy needed to heat or cool them, the roofs over our heads contribute a great deal to climate change. Can that be fixed by the middle of this century?"
• HRH Prince Charles & Sir Jony Ive on designing for a better world - "Founded and led by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and Sir Jony Ive the Terra Carta Design Lab celebrates young designers developing high-impact, low-cost solutions to the climate crisis."
• HRH The Prince Of Wales Speaks about his lifelong commitment to sustainable fashion - "A passionate champion of the craft tradition, HRH The Prince of Wales talks to British Vogue editor-in-chief about The Modern Artisan, a training programme co-founded by The Prince’s Foundation, whose students are about to launch a fashion collection with sustainability at its core."
• HSBC has stakes in firms that plan more than 70 new coal plants - "Asset management arm is not bound by pledge to stop financing coal even though new plants will emit hazardous air pollution."
• Human activity influencing global rainfall, study finds - "Anthropogenic warming of climate has been a factor in extreme precipitation events globally, researchers say."
• Human brains contain surprising levels of plastic, study says - "Tiny shards of plastic are increasingly infiltrating our brains, study says."
• Human-driven climate crisis fuelling Horn of Africa drought - study - "Region is suffering its worst drought in 40 years after five consecutive years of below-average rainfall."
• Human-made materials now outweigh Earth's entire biomass - study - "Production of concrete, metal, plastic, bricks and asphalt greater than mass of living matter on planet, paper says."
• Humanity faces ‘collective suicide’ over climate crisis, warns UN chief - "António Guterres tells governments ‘half of humanity is in danger zone’, as countries battle extreme heat."
• Humans ‘pushing Earth close to tipping point’, say most in G20 - "Global survey finds 74% also want climate crises and protecting nature prioritised over jobs and profit."
• hundreds of millions from US to Europe & Asia hit by severe heat - "Italy told to prepare for most intense heatwave ‘of all time’ and 100 million Americans remain under extreme heat advisories as climate crisis bites."
• Hydrogen-powered skyscraper set for Egypt’s new capital - "Egypt’s 'New Administrative Capital,' a new city deep into construction outside Cairo, has prompted plenty of blue-sky thinking. But few ideas have been as ambitious as powering a skyscraper with hydrogen."

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• 'I Am Greta' chronicles the birth of Greta Thunberg's climate crusade - "Greta Thunberg's inspiring children's crusade on the climate-change crisis receives dutiful if somewhat sluggish documentary treatment in 'I Am Greta,' an intimate portrait of the teenage activist that at its best conveys her courage and spirit, before bogging down in what becomes a somewhat repetitious call for action."
• I Have to Buy New Jeans. Help! - "A reader seeks guidance for navigating the overwhelming and environmentally destructive denim market." The New York Times.
• Ice that took roughly 2,000 years to form on Mt. Everest has melted in around 25 - "The highest glacier on the world's tallest mountain is losing decades worth of ice every year because of human-induced climate change, a new study shows."
• Icon of the Seas: Can the World's Largest Cruise Ship Really Be Climate-Friendly? - "The newly christened Icon of the Seas is filled with energy-efficient technology. But some climate experts say the biggest challenge with a ship that can accommodate nearly 8,000 people is its size. With the capacity to carry nearly 8,000 people, the 20-deck, 1,198-foot-long vessel is the size of a small city. There are eight 'neighborhoods' packed with amenities that include a 55-foot waterfall, six water slides and more than 40 restaurants, bars and entertainment venues."
• Ikea bought 11,000 acres of forest in Georgia to protect it from development - "The Ingka Group, which owns and operates most Ikea stores, purchased 10,840 acres of land near the Altamaha River Basin, the company announced on January 14. The company has stated its objective to reduce more greenhouse gas emissions than the entire Ikea value chain emits by 2030 while continuing to grow its worldwide business."
• 'Imperfect messenger' Bill Gates on what needs to change to avoid climate disaster - "New book by Microsoft billionaire plays down impact of flying and driving and calls for focus on steel, meat and cement."
• In a First, Nonprofit Buys Insurance for Hawaii’s Threatened Coral Reefs - "If worsening coastal storms damage the reefs, the Nature Conservancy will get a payout and use the money to repair the coral - work that state officials can’t afford to do."
• In areas hit hard by climate change, only the rich can afford to stay - "Flooding is the most common and most expensive natural disaster in the U.S., according to FEMA. Ninety percent of all natural disasters in the U.S. involve flooding and just 1 inch of water can cause $25,000 of damage to a home."
• In the face of climate change & food insecurity, New Zealand considers lab-grown fruit - "Scientists will attempt to create fruit without the parts that are normally discarded like the core of an apple or orange pith."
• In the Ocean, It’s Snowing Microplastics - "Tiny bits of plastic have infiltrated the deep sea’s main food source and could alter the ocean’s role in one of Earth’s ancient cooling processes, scientists say."
• Increase in burning of plastic 'driving up emissions from waste disposal' - "Expansion of energy-from-waste incineration could stop UK hitting its net zero carbon target, campaigners warn."
• India bans single-use plastic to combat pollution - "India on Friday imposed a ban on single-use plastics on items ranging from straws to cigarette packets to combat worsening pollution in a country whose streets are strewn with waste."
• India's richest man is pouring more than $80 billion into green energy - "His conglomerate, Reliance Industries, announced Thursday that it would allocate a whopping 6 trillion rupees (approximately $80.6 billion) to renewable power projects in the western Indian state of Gujarat, where it hopes to help generate a million new jobs."
• innovative, green future of skiing - "As ski resorts around the world grapple with the effects of climate change, dry slope skiing may be the green answer to the sport's future."
• Insect populations suffering death by 1,000 cuts, say scientists - "'Frightening' global decline is 'tearing apart tapestry of life', with climate crisis a critical concern."
• Inside bill gates' private jet colection - "Bill Gates has caused quite a bit of debate with his private jet travel. The Microsoft founder turned climate activist owns no less than four business jets, which he calls his ‘guilty pleasure’. His collection is worth close to $200 million and features not one but two Gulfstream G650s. What’s more, he has just invested billions of dollars in the world’s largest business jet service provider."
• Inside one couple’s state-of-the-art smart starter home - "One couple’s starter home in a connected community in California shows how smart energy powered by smart home technology could be the future of affordable, energy-independent living."
• Inspiring climate activist videos & speeches - Fridays For Future.
• IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - "The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change."
• IPCC climate crisis report delivers ‘final warning on 1.5C’ - "Comprehensive review of human knowledge on subject says: act now, or it will be too late."
• IPCC report 2022: ‘now or never’ if world is to stave off climate disaster - "Greenhouse gas emissions must peak by 2025, say climate scientists in what is in effect their final warning."
• IPCC report shows ‘possible loss of entire countries within the century’ - "Pacific island nations are already being battered by king tides, catastrophic cyclones and sustained droughts."
• IPCC report’s verdict on climate crimes of humanity: guilty as hell - "Analysis: report exposes the failure to act on the climate crisis - political leaders are now in the dock."
• IPCC steps up warning on climate tipping points in leaked draft report - "Scientists increasingly concerned about thresholds beyond which recovery may become impossible."
• Iraq’s ancient buildings are being destroyed by climate change - "Iraq is known as the cradle of civilisation. It was here that agriculture was born, some of the world’s oldest cities were built. Water shortages leading to rising salt concentrations and sandstorms are eroding world’s ancient sites."
• Is Charles’ climate fight over now he’s King? - "We’re weeks away from the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference – better known as COP27 - but there will be a distinct lack of royal presence at this year’s event. We now understand Britain’s new monarch will forgo the upcoming summit in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Earlier this week, several British outlets reported that UK Prime Minister Liz Truss had advised Charles III against attending."
• Is global warming making hurricanes stronger? - "The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was one of the most active on record, according to the US National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration. There were a record-breaking 30 named storms, 12 of which made landfall in the continental United States. It was the fifth consecutive year of above-normal Atlantic hurricane activity. But is this a result of global warming?"
• Is it cheaper to have a bath or a shower? Your energy questions answered - "From boiling pasta to vampire devices, experts explain how you can reduce your bills."
• Is it time to begin rewilding the seas? - "From giant clams to zebra shark, marine biologists want to replace lost and vanishing species at sea but face unique obstacles - not least rampant overfishing."
• Is Netflix's Seaspiracy film right about fishing damaging oceans? - "A documentary about the fishing industry's impact on sea life and the oceans has caused a lot of debate."
• Is Online Shopping Bad for the Planet? - "In theory, getting deliveries can be more efficient than driving to the store. But you may still want to think before you add to cart. The convenience of online shopping is hard to beat. But it uses a lot of energy and resources and can lead to more waste. Transportation needed for online shopping spews greenhouse emissions."
• Is seaweed the future of flying? - "Aircraft currently leave a major footprint on the world's climate, so can the aviation industry hope to reach net zero by the middle of the century?"
• Is this the end of forests as we've known them? - "Trees lost to drought and wildfires are not returning. Climate change is taking a toll on the world's forests - and radically changing the environment before our eyes."
• Is veganism always best for the planet? - "The climate benefits of veganism and vegetarianism. In a two-week experiment, BBC Future tracked emissions from a vegan, vegetarian and omnivorous diet - and found some thought-provoking ways to lower emissions from our food."
• Is your money harming the climate? - "It might not be the most obvious way of reducing your carbon footprint, but how you save, invest and give away your money can make a difference to the climate."
• Isn’t it good, Swedish plywood: the miraculous eco-town with a 20-storey wooden skyscraper - "Skellefteå has wooden schools, bridges, even car parks. And now it has one of the world’s tallest wooden buildings. We visit Sweden to see what a climate-conscious future looks like."
• ‘It comes from bacteria, and goes back to bacteria’: the future of plastic alternatives - "Making a biodegradable material strong enough to replace plastic is a tough task. But scientists are trying to do just that."
• ‘It seems this heat will take our lives’: Pakistan city fearful after hitting 51C - "Residents of Jacobabad say loss of trees and water facilities makes record-breaking temperatures unbearable."
• ‘It’s impossible to breathe’: Life in the world’s most polluted city - "Inside Delhi’s first ever clinic dedicated to pollution-related illnesses, Deepak Rajak struggles to catch his breath."
• It’s now or never: Scientists warn time of reckoning has come for the planet - "The IPCC is unequivocal: we must take urgent action to curb global heating and prevent catastrophe. Will our policymakers and the Cop26 conference be up to the task?"
• It’s one of the world’s highest ski resorts. So where’s all the snow? - "The Gulmarg Ski Resort - one of the highest in the world - sits in the Pir Panjal Range of the Himalayas just over 50 kilometers from the city of Srinagar and about 20 kilometers from the 'Line of Control' (LoC), the de facto border that divides this disputed region between India and Pakistan."
• It's Time for American Leaders to Wake Up to the Threat of Climate Change for the Good of the Planet & Business - "Left unchecked, the impact of climate change will only further alter our world as we know it - reshaping our coastlines and the cities that sit on them, accelerating species extinction, devastating agriculture and causing famine, ravaging our economy and impacting everyone's health."
• ‘It’s unbearable’: in ever-hotter US cities, air conditioning is no longer enough - "Record-breaking temperatures in the last few years shatter the myth that air conditioning alone will keep people safe."
• Italian vacation hotspot is turning tourists away as it runs out of water - "Set atop a hill on the Italian island of Sicily, Agrigento is a heritage tourist’s paradise. Beneath the archaeological structures and relics of its Valley of the Temples lies an ancient maze-like aqueduct system that still captures water today. But the aqueduct, and others built in modern times, are running dry."

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• James Lovelock, Whose Gaia Theory Saw the Earth as Alive, Dies at 103 - "A British ecologist, he captured imaginations with his hypothesis and was essential to today’s understanding of man-made pollutants and their effect on the climate."
• Jane Fonda: 'If Greta Thunberg can do it, so can I' - "In an exclusive extract from her new book, the actor recalls the beginnings of her climate crisis protests outside the White House."
• Japan just recorded its earliest cherry blossom bloom in 1,200 years - "Scientists warn it's a symptom of the larger climate crisis."
• Japan will soon release Fukushima radioactive water into the ocean. How worried should we be? - "The plan to release treated wastewater has been in the works for years, with the environment minister declaring in 2019 there were 'no other options' as space runs out to contain the contaminated material."
• Jeff Bezos & girlfriend Lauren Sanchez discuss climate change with Prince Charles over a cup of tea on the eve of Cop26 - "The meeting comes two days after Bezos was criticised for celebrating Bill Gates' 66th birthday in Turkey on the Microsoft founder's superyacht."
• Jeff Bezos names first recipients of his $10 billion Earth Fund for combating climate change - "Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos on Monday announced the first 16 recipients of the Earth Fund, which is designed to invest in scientists, activists and other organizations combating the effects of climate change."
• Jeff Bezos pledges $1 billion to conservation efforts - "The pledge is part of the Bezos Earth Fund, the Amazon founder’s $10 billion commitment to support scientists, activists and organizations working to address climate change."
• Jeff Bezos’ $500 million Koru superyacht emits an astounding 1,500 times more greenhouse gases than an average person - "Inspite of being the largest sailing yacht in the world the 417-feet long vessel will be responsible for more than 7,150 tonnes of CO2 every year."
• Jet-lag, climate villains & coffee: the seven stages of every Cop - "Whatever the outcome of the UN’s latest high-stakes crapshoot, a lengthy and arcane process must be followed first."
• Joe Biden could bring Paris climate goals 'within striking distance' - "Biden's presidency could help reduce global heating by about 0.1C if plans fulfilled, say experts."
• Joe Biden: How the president-elect plans to tackle climate change - "Joe Biden's plan to tackle climate change has been described as the most ambitious of any mainstream US presidential candidate yet. Our environment correspondent Matt McGrath considers what we wants to do, and he might get it done."
• Joe Biden Says the U.S. Will Lead on Climate. But First He Has to Regain World Leaders' Trust - "Joe Biden named former Secretary of State John Kerry to a new top position on global climate policy, a public step toward what the President-elect has promised will be a renaissance in American leadership on the issue."
• Joe Biden's billions won't stop Brazil destroying the Amazon rainforest - "Funds offered to persuade Jair Bolsonaro's ruinous government to stop deforestation are meant well, but badly misjudged."
• John Kerry commits US to climate crisis fight but warns world is way off pace - "Joe Biden's new climate envoy says: 'All nations must raise ambition together ' or we will all fail, together'."
• John Kerry named as Joe Biden's climate tsar - "Former US Secretary of State John Kerry will act as climate envoy when US President-elect Joe Biden takes office."
• John Kerry says Earth has 9 years to avert the worst consequences of climate crisis: "There's no faking it on this one" - "Many people wrongly believe that climate change only relates to temperatures increasing, not decreasing. Kerry said it threatens all weather patterns."
• John Oliver on protecting against ‘forever chemicals’: ‘It shouldn’t just be on us as individuals’ - "The Last Week Tonight host digs into contamination by non-biodegradable ‘forever chemicals’ in household wares and corporate cover-up of its health effects."
• July 4 Fireworks & Air Pollution - "As concerns over wildfires and air quality mount, drones and laser shows offer an alternative to fireworks on July 4 and other holidays." The New York Times.
• July 4, 2024: The planet saw its hottest day on record - "Sunday was the hottest day in recorded history. July 21 clocked in at 17.09 degrees Celsius, or 62.76 Fahrenheit. Despite being based on data from the mid-20th century, the temperature records represent the warmest period the planet has seen in at least 100,000 years."
• July 2023 Is Hottest Month Ever Recorded on Earth - "Preliminary analyses show that this July is virtually certain to be the hottest month on record for the planet by a wide margin, largely because of global warming."
• July was the hottest month on record, amid extreme weather around the globe - "The global temperature in July 2021 was the highest for any July in the 142 years of records, according to data released today from NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information."
• Just 3% of world's ecosystems remain intact, study suggests - "Pristine areas in the Amazon and Siberia may expand with animal reintroductions, scientists say."
• Just 20 firms behind more than half of single-use plastic waste - study - "The study looked at approximately 1,000 factories that make the raw materials needed for single-use products. Plastic bottles, food packages and bags are among billions of items that are used once and then thrown away, often ending up in the oceans."
• Just how hard is it to recycle a jumbo jet? - "Thanks to the pandemic and the subsequent collapse in air travel, around a quarter of the world's passenger jets remain idle - parked at airports and storage facilities while their owners decide what to do with them. More attention is being paid to this final stage in the life of a passenger jet as the industry strives to become more sustainable and environmentally friendly in the face of mounting concern regarding global warming."

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• King Charles will not attend climate summit on Truss advice - "King Charles will not attend the climate change conference COP27, which is due to be held in Egypt next month, Buckingham Palace has confirmed."
• King Charles III, Climate Advocate, Delivers Speech at Odds With His Beliefs - "In keeping with tradition, he outlined the priorities of the prime minister at the opening of Parliament - including, this year, more fossil fuel extraction."
• KÖppen climate classification - one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
• Kylie’s 17-Minute Flight Has Nothing on the 170 Trips Taylor Swift’s Private Jets Took This Year - "The pop star landed at number one on a new report that tries to track the carbon emissions of celebrity private jets."

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• Lab analysis of Subway tuna sandwiches fails to identify tuna DNA - "New York Times commissions test of 60in worth of tuna sandwiches but researchers were unable to pinpoint a species."
• Lab-grown 'beef rice' could offer more sustainable protein source, say creators - "Scientists made the experimental food by covering traditional rice grains in fish gelatin and seeding them with skeletal muscle and fat stem cells which were then grown in the laboratory."
• Lakes. Tigers. Your cup of coffee. What’s at risk of disappearing - "Explore what’s at risk of disappearing as the climate crisis rapidly alters our world."
• Land temperatures in Spain surpass 60C as deadly heatwave sweeps Europe - "Ground so hot that fiery red areas on map turn black."
• largest lake is shrinking fast. Experts fear it may never recover - "The Caspian Sea has been shrinking since the mid-1990s, but the rate it's disappearing has sped up since 2005. The Caspian Sea is the planet’s largest inland sea and it’s largest lake, an enormous body of water roughly the size of Montana. Its looping coastline stretches more than 4,000 miles and is shared by five countries: Kazakhstan, Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia and Turkmenistan."
• Laurene Powell Jobs’ Charitable Foundation Taps California Environment Chief To Lead $3.5 Billion In Climate Change Giving - Forbes.
• 'Lead by doing': Bill Gates' message to global leaders - "US President Joe Biden has had the top job for less than a week but billionaire Bill Gates has wasted no time in getting straight to business about raising the alarm on climate change."
• Lego plans to make half the plastic in bricks from renewable materials by 2026 - "Toymaker hopes to bring down oil-based plastic it uses by paying up to 70% more for certified renewable resin to encourage production."
• Leonardo DiCaprio & Jeff Bezos have backed this lab-grown sushi startup - "How lab-grown sushi could help tackle overfishing."
• Limiting air pollution 'could prevent 50,000 deaths in Europe' - "World Health Organization estimates air pollution kills more than 7 million people each year."
• Living without plastic in Japan - "Quitting single-use plastic in Japan. Japan is one of the world's biggest plastic waste producers, thanks to its love of packaging - but a week of going plastic-free in Tokyo reveals surprising solutions."
• How a major change to ethereum could change cryptocurrency forever - "Ethereum turning off its mining rigs and slashing the currency’s carbon emissions should be good news. But not everyone agrees."
• Lotion in the ocean: is your sunscreen killing the sea? - "Up to 14,000 tonnes ends up in coral reef areas each year, but scientists are divided on how we can best protect our skin without harming the environment."
• Louis Vuitton Presents Sustainable LV Trainer - "90% Of Louis Vuitton’s Latest LV Trainer Is Constructed From Recycled Materials. 94% of the shoe’s outsole is made out of recycled polyurethane."
• Love skiing? Enjoy it while it lasts - "Skiing vacations be a thing of the past."
• 'low CO2, high-protein diet' - "What is the lowest-carbon protein? Finding protein-rich foods that are good for the climate can be complex. Isabelle Gerretsen digs into the data to understand which food choices can help us curb emissions."
• Luxury travel: 50 wealthy tourists, eight countries ... and one giant carbon footprint - "Despite the climate crisis, 'no emission spared' round-the-world holidays in private jets are selling out."
• Luxury Watch Brands Are Showing How Circularity & Sustainability Can Co-Exist - "There has been a sudden enthusiasm amongst luxury brands for embracing the resale model to both increase revenues and meet their sustainability targets. This is true for watches too. After all, the circular economy creates economic value through reuse and preservation, whereas its opposite, the linear economy functions on the concept of 'more' and waste."
• LVMH is selling off deadstock fabrics - "The move will help the conglomerate become more circular and sustainable."

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• Major marina rendezvous at Yacht Show - "For the second Monaco Smart & Sustainable Marina Rendezvous, M3 (Monaco Marina Management) has partnered again with Blumorpho, experts in innovation for sustainable business, to organise this unique networking rendezvous, focused on actions to be taken to meet environmental challenges."
• Major sea-level rise caused by melting of Greenland ice cap is ‘now inevitable’ - "Loss will contribute a minimum rise of 27cm regardless of what climate action is taken, scientists discover."
• Making water in a desert, from sunlight & air - "Mineralizing rivers, desalinating oceans, drilling into the ground. There are many different ways to access drinking water in places where it's in short supply. But with overpopulation, climate change and increasing water scarcity, innovators have been on the lookout for a new solution - and some are convinced the answer is up in the air."
• Maldives faces existential threat from a climate crisis it did little to create. We need the world’s help now - "'Small islands like ours face an uncertain future. We can adapt – but climate finance that we badly need must be unlocked.' - Mohamed Muizzu, president of the Maldives."
• Maldives luxury resort takes fresh approach to waste with ground-breaking ‘Sustainability Lab’ - "This country is the lowest-lying nation in the world. Maldives isn’t your usual destination. As the world’s lowest-lying country, it’s 99% water, with its 1,000-plus islands spread over 90,000 square kilometers."
• Maldives: Scientists take on riddle of the shrinking & growing Maldives - "British researchers undertake £2.8 million project to understand how rising sea levels are causing islands to become ‘mobile’. A study in 2010 that found islands in the Indian Ocean are shrinking in places but growing in others. The study looked at 30 of the islands in the Maldives and found most were stable or increasing in area, with only 14 per cent experiencing a net reduction."
• Maldives’ plan to reclaim atoll land for tourist resorts may ‘choke ecosystem’ - "Vulnerable island nation split over project to dredge millions of tonnes of sand to create land for resorts and industry at Addu Atoll, made a Unesco reserve for its seagrass and mangroves."
• Map: Air pollution kills millions worldwide. In the western U.S., the air is only getting worse - "For the first time in more than 15 years, the World Health Organization updated its guidance for acceptable levels of air pollution."
• Mapped: Carbon Dioxide Emissions Around the World - "According to Our World in Data, the global population emits about 34 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO₂) each year. Where does all this CO₂ come from? This graphic by Adam Symington maps out carbon emissions around the world, using 2018 data from the European Commission that tracks tonnes of CO₂ per 0.1 degree grid (roughly 11 square kilometers)."
• Mapped: The 10 Hottest & Coldest Countries in the World - "This visualization shows the world’s hottest and coldest countries (and some territories) by their average temperature in 2022."
• Margarita buzzkill: How the climate crisis is threatening tequila - "Something to consider as you search for happy hours to celebrate National Margarita Day: The delicious concoction’s main ingredient is threatened by changing weather and new strain on the agave plant’s vital pollinator - the bat."
• Mauna Loa Eruption Threatens a Famous Climate Record - "Atop the Mauna Loa volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii, a little more than two miles above sea level, a 124-foot aluminum tower has been collecting carbon dioxide measurements nearly every hour, every day, for over 60 years. It was a rare interruption in the data collection that has produced the world’s longest running continuous record of the rising levels of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere."
• Meet the doomers: why some young US voters have given up hope on climate - "Politically active young people are often championed as the Earth's great hope to reverse the climate crisis - but many believe we've already passed the tipping point."
• Megaprojects risk pushing forests past tipping point - report - "Huge road, energy and mining projects driving into heart of world's remaining forests."
• Melting glaciers force Switzerland & Italy to redraw part of Alpine border - "Two countries agree to modifications beneath Matterhorn peak, one of Europe’s highest summits."
• Memory of Mankind archive: Scientists store entire human genome on ‘memory crystal’ that could survive billions of years - "The crystal features a visual key, intended to explain what it contains to whoever finds it. The crystal is stored in the Memory of Mankind archive in Hallstatt, Austria."
• Memory of Mankind (MOM) - "Help us to preserve the 1000 most important books of humanity in the MOM Archive." Preservation project funded in 2012 by Martin Kunze. Its main goal is to preserve the knowledge about present human civilization from oblivion and collective amnesia. Information is printed on ceramic tablets and stored in the salt mine of Hallstatt, Austria. The project aims to create the 'time capsule of our era', letting anyone participate by allowing them to submit texts and images. In contrast to national archives, content for MOM is collected by those who take part. It is a collective, "bottom-up" history.
• Men’s meat-heavy diets cause 40% more climate emissions than women’s, study finds - "Research also shows 25% of diet-related emissions are from ‘optional’ food and drinks, such as coffee, alcohol and cake."
• Microphones dropped into ocean off Greenland to record melting icebergs - "Artist Siobhán McDonald will turn recordings into an acoustic installation exploring humanity’s impact on the ocean."
• Microplastic pollution found near summit of Mount Everest - "Humans now known to have polluted Earth from deepest ocean to highest peak."
• Microplastic pollution in oceans vastly underestimated - study - "Particles may outnumber zooplankton, which underpin marine life and regulate climate."
• Microplastics detected in clouds hanging atop two Japanese mountains - "Findings regarding clouds above Mount Fuji and Mount Oyama highlight how microplastics are highly mobile. The cloud's mist contained about 6.7 to 13.9 pieces of microplastics per litre, and among them was a large volume of 'water loving' plastic bits, which suggests the pollution 'plays a key role in rapid cloud formation, which may eventually affect the overall climate', the authors wrote in a press release."
• Microplastics detected in meat, milk & blood of farm animals - "Particles found in supermarket products and on Dutch farms, but human health impacts unknown."
• Microplastics found deep in lungs of living people for first time - "Particles discovered in tissue of 11 out of 13 patients undergoing surgery, with polypropylene and PET most common."
• Microplastics revealed in the placentas of unborn babies - "Health impact is unknown but scientists say particles may cause long-term damage to foetuses."
• Millennials' houseplant habit has a hidden environmental toll - "How green is your Pinterest-perfect plant collection? Just how green is your greenery? It seems logical that more plants should be beneficial for the environment - after all, they produce the oxygen we breathe. But recent research has shown that houseplants don't do as much in terms of improving air quality as initially believed. And they do have a toll on the planet, belied by their eco-friendly appearance."
• Millionaire sells his private jet: ‘I just can’t continue to do this’ - "The global private jet fleet has more than doubled in the last two decades and the market is on fire, with new industry records set for transaction and dollar volume in 2021 and 2022, according to a new report by the US Institute for Policy Studies. Private jets emit at least 10 times more pollutants than commercial planes per passenger, disproportionately contributing to the aviation sector’s climate impact, according to the report, which was published in May 2023."
• Missed chance for the planet - "The pandemic gave the world a golden opportunity to fix the climate crisis. We're about to waste it."
• ‘Moai designs are getting lost’: extreme weather chips away at Easter Island statues - "Experts call for conservation action as the features on Rapa Nui’s famous monoliths are eroded by fire and rain."
• Monaco Energy Boat Challenge showcases clean energy solutions - "Twenty-seven teams from 23 nations have completed their registrations in the Solar and Energy classes, categories composed mainly of engineering students, in the Monaco Energy Boat Challenge to run from July 3 to July 8 at Monaco Yacht Club."
• Monaco faces climate meltdown, experts warn - "The Monaco Press Club invited two noted specialists to its most recent meeting, at the Hotel Hermitage, to hear their expert evaluations of the impact of climate change in Monaco."
• Monaco to introduce water use restrictions - "A number of restrictions on the use of water will come into force in Monaco on Saturday, May 13, 2023. At a press conference on Thursday afternoon, Minster of State Pierre Dartout said that we are now living with the consequences of global warming. Much of the south of France and parts of Italy and Spain have already suffered from exceptional waves of drought this year, Mr Dartout said."
• Monaco was very warm last year - official - "Official figures have confirmed this with several new records set. The meteorological station at Jardin exotique registered 35.1 degrees on July 20, in the middle of a heatwave that started in June and continued into September. Overall for the year, temperatures were 1.4 degrees higher than average."
• Monaco yacht buyers shrug off climate concerns - "At annual yacht show, only a handful of customers said they were troubled by vessels’ disproportionate carbon footprint."
• Monaco Yacht Show unveils Carbon Neutrality Transition Plan - "The Monaco Yacht Show recently unveiled its Carbon Neutrality Transition Plan in an exclusive webinar with exhibitors and suppliers, emphasising the show’s commitment to sustainability and shining a light on the ongoing efforts to minimise its environmental impact. The MYS is dedicated to becoming completely carbon neutral, which is no small feat when taking into account the colossal carbon footprint of the yachting industry. Nevertheless, the show aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 60% by 2025 compared to 2022, while aiming to achieve carbon neutrality alongside the Principality as a whole by 2050."
• Monaco’s air quality currently ‘poor’ - "The main cause of the poor air quality is ground-level ozone, a combination of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) heated by sunshine. VOCs are found in petrol. The main source of the pollutant is vehicle exhausts."
• MONACO’S WORLD PLASTICS SUMMIT MAKES ITS MARK FIRST TIME OUT - "It was only the first time the event had been held, but there was no doubt at all that Monaco’s World Plastics Summit 2022 was a blockbuster success in bringing together top minds from across the globe to address one of the world’s most pressing problems."
• mont blanc shrinks over two metres in height in two years - "Mont Blanc at lowest level in 22 years as hot summers shrink snowpack. The Mont Blanc, Western Europe's highest peak, has lost more than two metres (6.5 ft) in two years and shrunk to its lowest level since precise measurements started 22 years ago as warmer summers reduced snowpack size, researchers said on Thursday."
• More climate records fall in world's warmest February - "Last month was the world's warmest February in modern times, the EU's climate service says, extending the run of monthly records to nine in a row."
• More than 3 billion people affected by water shortages, data shows - "UN warns about consequences of not conserving water and tackling climate crisis."
• More than 400 weather stations beat heat records in 2021 - "More than 400 weather stations around the world beat their all-time highest temperature records in 2021, according to a climatologist who has been compiling weather records for over 30 years."
• More than half of Europe’s cities still plagued by dirty air, report finds - "Data shows only 127 of 323 cities had acceptable PM 2.5 levels despite drop in emissions during lockdowns."
• Most new wind & solar projects will be cheaper than coal, report finds - "Almost two-thirds of renewable energy schemes built globally last year expected to undercut coal costs."
• Mount Fuji snowless for longest time on record after sweltering Japan summer - "As of 29 October, the iconic mountain was still without snow, marking the longest period since records began 130 years ago."
• ‘Mountain of trash’: how Gibraltar was almost buried under post-Brexit rubbish pile - "As the territory grappled with post-EU paperwork, 6,000 tonnes of waste were left with nowhere else to go."
• Move to net zero 'inevitably means more mining' - "The public will need to accept greater mining activity if the world is to meet the challenge of going green."
• Mysteries of massive holes forming in Siberian permafrost unlocked by scientists - "'Climate change, of course, has an impact on the probability of gas blowout craters appearing in the Arctic permafrost.'"

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• NASA: Climate Change & Global Warming - "Vital Signs of the Planet."
• Nasa images show extreme withering of Lake Mead over 22 years - "The pictures from 2000, 2021 and 2022 offer a new view into its dramatically low water levels, now at just 27% capacity."
• Nasa scientists find unlikely tool as rising temperatures bleach corals: a phone app - "Without the app, mapping reefs usually involves high amounts of data and low-quality photos, which leads to slow analysis."
• Natural fibers & no heathered grey: what to wear when it’s really, really hot out - "The biggest concerns are a) maximizing comfort and b) masking sweat so one doesn’t look like a sentient pile of wet laundry."
• ‘Nature doesn’t fix itself fast’: Greenland weighs up economy v climate crisis - "As the island eyes tourism and mining it is also mindful of controlling the cost."
• Near-limitless clean energy may be one step closer - "Scientists pursuing fusion energy say they have found a way to overcome one of their biggest challenges to date - by using artificial intelligence."
• Nearly a million across US without power as wild winter storm hits - "Firefighter killed in Michigan by power line, while 13 million people under winter weather advisories across the country."
• Nearly every country on Earth just agreed to protect 30 percent of the planet - "They agreed to protect 30 percent of Earth’s land and water. Can they do that without repeating past abuses against people?"
• Nearly quarter of world’s population had record hot year in 2021, data shows - "World ‘warmer now than at any time in the past 2,000 years’. Nearly a quarter of the world’s population experienced a record hot year in 2021, as the climate crisis continues to unleash escalating temperatures around the globe, according to new data from leading US climate scientists."
• Nearly $2tn of damage inflicted on other countries by US emissions - "Research puts US ahead of China, Russia, India and Brazil in terms of global damage as climate expert says numbers ‘very stark’."
• Nespresso is launching paper coffee capsules & they're going to change how you drink coffee - "It's the moment we've all been waiting for. Here's everything you need to know."
• Net-zero hotels: 6 top stays for travelers who prioritize sustainability - "As big hotel groups move at a sluggish pace in reducing carbon emissions, a few smaller players are taking the green lead and tackling the climate challenge head-on, boldly committing to a net-zero future well ahead of government targets."
• Netherlands to provide free sun cream to tackle record skin cancer levels - "Dispensers will be in place at schools, parks, sports venues and festivals across country this summer."
• New data reveals extraordinary global heating in the Arctic - "Temperatures in the Barents Sea region are ‘off the scale’ and may affect extreme weather in the US and Europe."
• New files shed light on ExxonMobil’s efforts to undermine climate science - "ExxonMobil executives privately sought to undermine climate science even after the oil and gas giant publicly acknowledged the link between fossil fuel emissions and climate change, according to previously unreported documents revealed by the Wall Street Journal."
• New Florence airport terminal will have a vineyard on its roof - "The structure will serve 'as a new landmark for the city's sustainable future,' according to the firm, and as an homage to the region's wine-producing heritage, it will have a vineyard on the roof."
• New report paints dire picture of America’s future as climate crisis accelerates - "Sometimes it’s helpful to state the obvious truth. And then restate it, again and again. That’s one of the benefits of the National Climate Assessment, a new draft of which was released this week ahead of President Joe Biden’s trip to the UN’s climate summit in Egypt. The federal report paints a dire picture of what life is now like in America amid the climate crisis, and the incredible changes in store in the future. And it outlines some painful truths about global warming we must confront, but so far have not."
• New study links major fashion brands to Amazon deforestation - "LVMH, Zara, Nike and others at risk of contribution to destruction of rainforest based on connections to leather industry."
• New US energy standards would force incandescent lightbulbs into retirement - "Trump’s energy department blocked a rule intended to phase out less efficient bulbs. Now Biden plans to move forward, slowly. The US department of energy has put forward a new standard for the energy efficiency of lightbulbs that would essentially banish the era of older, incandescent technology in favor of LED lighting."
• New York air quality among worst in world as haze from western wildfires shrouds city - "Smoke from wildfires in the west caused hazy skies as air quality index surged to 157 in Manhattan, well above threshold of 100."
• New York lawmakers pass a moratorium on Bitcoin mining - "It was down to the wire. The Bitcoin mining boom in New York state hit a roadblock as the State Senate passed a bill that will halt new permits for certain fossil fuel power plants to be used in Bitcoin mining. The measure, which also initiates a study on the environmental impact mining facilities are having in the state, passed in the State Assembly earlier this year."
• New York City is sinking due to weight of its skyscrapers, new research finds - "City is sinking approximately 1-2mm each year on average, worsening effects of sea level rise and flooding threat."
• New York is choking on smog. But for these cities, it’s just another day - "Half the world away fighting smog is nothing new. And the intense air pollution caused by noxious smoke, gases and industrial chemicals that smothers many major cities across Asia for much of the year could become the norm for many more worldwide as the climate crisis worsens."
• New Zealand declares a climate change emergency - "Jacinda Ardern calls climate change 'one of the greatest challenges of our time' and pledges carbon-neutral government by 2025."
• New Zealand lagging in developed world on climate funding, Oxfam says - "Report finds the nation ranks 21st out of 23 countries when it comes to helping developing countries adapt to global heating."
• New Zealand marine heatwave looms following warmest winter on record - "Temperatures nearly two degrees above average have been recorded, months before the hottest part of the season."
• New Zealand rated best place to survive global societal collapse - "Study citing ‘perilous state’ of industrial civilisation ranks temperate islands top for resilience."
• New Zealand records seventh-hottest year, with extreme weather more likely - "It has been nearly four years since New Zealand experienced a month with below-average temperatures, researchers say."
• New Zealand's plan to tax cow & sheep burps - It would make it the first nation to charge farmers for the methane emissions from the animals they keep.
• NGOs demand action not promises as EU accused of 'failing to protect seas' - "Environmental groups propose urgent plan to stop overfishing and safeguard marine life, as existing laws go unenforced."
• Nigeria cattle crisis: how drought & urbanisation led to deadly land grabs - "The death toll of animals and humans is mounting as herders seeking dwindling reserves of pasture clash with farmers."
• Nights are getting way too hot to handle - "It’s a ‘neglected’ climate risk, researchers say. Summer nights are getting increasingly dangerous thanks to climate change. By 2100, the risk of death from excessively hot nights is expected to grow six-fold compared to 2016 - even under the most optimistic predictions of future global warming, according to a new study published in the journal The Lancet Planetary Health."
• ‘No chance’ of global heating below 1.5C but nuclear tech ‘promising’ in climate crisis, Bill Gates says - "Billionaire and founder of Microsoft tells Sydney audience it is ‘great to have Australia on board on climate’. The world will be lucky to avoid 2.5C of heating, but emerging technology may help avert even worse, Bill Gates has told a Sydney audience."
• No mountain high enough: study finds plastic in ‘clean’ air - "Microplastics from Africa and North America found airborne in French Pyrenees, 2,877 metres above sea level."
• No new oil, gas or coal development if world is to reach net zero by 2050, says world energy body - "Governments must close gap between net zero rhetoric and reality, says International Energy Agency head."
• NO TIME FOR WASTE: PUMA PILOTS TESTING FOR BIODEGRADABLE RE:SUEDE VERSION OF ITS MOST ICONIC SNEAKER - "Sports company PUMA has developed an experimental version of its most iconic sneaker, the SUEDE, to test for a product to make it biodegradable. By doing so, PUMA aims to meet the growing demand for sustainable products for a better future. The RE:SUEDE, which uses the latest technology available today, will be made from more sustainable materials such as Zeology tanned suede, biodegradable TPE and hemp fibres."
• Nobel-winning stock market theory used to help save coral reefs - "Portfolio selection rules on evaluating risk used to pick 50 reefs as ‘arks’ best able to survive climate crisis and revive coral elsewhere."
• Norway blows up hydro dam to restore river health & fish stocks - "Campaign by local angling club to free fishes’ migratory routes is part of move across Europe to create free-flowing rivers."
• Norway: electric cars outnumber petrol for first time in ‘historic milestone’ - "Nordic country, paradoxically a major oil producer, has set target for all new cars sold to be zero emission."
• Norwegian outdoor tourism campaign shelved over environmental fears - "State-owned company halts initiative after warnings over opening up ‘right to roam’ laws to large numbers of visitors."
• Norwegian seafloor holds clue to Antarctic melting - "Antarctica's melting ice sheet could retreat much faster than previously thought, new research suggests."
• 'Not enough' climate ambition shown by leaders - "The UK minister tasked with leading UN climate talks says world leaders are failing to show the necessary level of ambition."
• Now eco mob target private jets - "Small group of XR activists block all major entrances to Farnborough Airport in protest against emissions."
• Nuclear energy scares people. The climate crisis is giving it another chance - "Nuclear energy currently accounts for about 10% of the world's electricity production. In some countries, the share is even larger. The United States and the United Kingdom generate roughly 20% of their electricity from nuclear energy. In France, it's 70%, according to the World Nuclear Association."
• Nuclear fusion is the holy grail of clean energy. We're closer to it than ever - "Bottling the sun. The world has been trying to master this unlimitless clean energy source since the 1930s. We are now closer than ever."
• Number of city dwellers lacking safe water to double by 2050 - "UN report predicts water demand will increase by 80% as crisis threatens to get out of control."
• Nurdles: the worst toxic waste you’ve probably never heard of - "Billions of these tiny plastic pellets are floating in the ocean, causing as much damage as oil spills, yet they are still not classified as hazardous."

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• Ocean heat record broken, with grim implications for the planet - "The oceans have hit their hottest ever recorded temperature as they soak up warmth from climate change, with dire implications for our planet's health."
• Ocean temperatures hit record high as rate of heating accelerates - "Oceans are clearest measure of climate crisis as they absorb 90% of heat trapped by greenhouse gases."
• Ocean treaty: Historic agreement reached after decade of talks - "Nations have reached a historic agreement to protect the world's oceans following 10 years of negotiations. The High Seas Treaty aims to place 30% of the seas into protected areas by 2030, to safeguard and recuperate marine nature."
• Oceans have been absorbing the world’s extra heat. But there’s a huge payback - "Record sea surface temperatures suggest the Earth is headed for ‘uncharted territory’ in terms of sea level rise, coastal flooding and extreme weather."
• Oceans were the hottest ever recorded in 2022, analysis shows - "Seas dominate global weather patterns and the climate crisis is causing profound and damaging changes."
• ‘Off-the-charts records’: has humanity finally broken the climate? - "Extreme weather is ‘smacking us in the face’ with worse to come, but a ‘tiny window’ of hope remains, say leading climate scientists."
• Oil firm bosses' pay 'incentivises them to undermine climate action' - "Lucrative pay and share options linked to continued extraction of fossil fuels by ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell and BP."
• Oil firms’ climate claims are greenwashing, study concludes - "Most comprehensive scientific analysis to date finds words are not matched by actions."
• oil-soaked bird photo that shocked the world - "On 20 April 2010, the oil rig Deepwater Horizon exploded. A photograph of an oil-soaked pelican came to epitomise the environmental disaster and helped galvanise the clean-up."
• Old cars forced off road as Europe’s clean air zones nearly double - Low-emission zones, now in 320 cities, are increasing as EU battles pollution health emergency.
• On Climate Change’s Front Lines, Hard Lives Grow Even Harder - "Hundreds of millions of humanity’s most vulnerable live in South Asia, where rising temperatures make it more difficult to address poverty, food insecurity and health challenges."
• On Daylight Saving, There Are More Options Than You Might Think - "There are only so many hours of light in the day. When should we enjoy them?"
• One in four cities cannot afford climate crisis protection measures - study - "Survey of 800 cities around world finds almost 43% do not even have plan to adapt to impacts of global heating."
• One of Earth's giant carbon sinks may have been overestimated - study - "The potential of soils to slow climate change by soaking up carbon may be less than previously thought."
• One of the biggest myths about EVs is busted in new study - "Even EVs that plug into dirty grids emit fewer greenhouse gases than gas-powered cars."
• One of the Hottest Trends in the World of Investing Is a Sham - "Just because a company meets E.S.G. criteria doesn't mean it's a good corporate citizen."
• One of the scariest places on Earth - "Elizabeth Rush on her epic journey to Earth's 'doomsday glacier'. In her latest book, The Quickening, the Pulitzer Prize finalist embarked on an epic odyssey to one of the most important - and least-explored - places in the world."
• One-percenters take to the air - "Flying accounts for about two percent of the worlds greenhouse gas emissions, but some passengers’ impact is far greater than others. In a week when the great and good are flying into the World Economic Forum at Davos we have decided to take stock."
• One-Third of Americans Faced Extreme Weather in Recent Years, Survey Finds - "Hurricanes and winter weather, such as snow, ice storms and blizzards, were the most common events cited, according to a Gallup poll."
• One, two, tree: how AI helped find millions of trees in the Sahara - "Efforts to map the Earth's trees are growing - and could change our understanding of the planet's health."
• Only 5% of plastic waste generated by US last year was recycled, report says - "Americans discarded 51m tons of plastic in 2021 - of which almost 95% ended up in landfills, oceans or scattered in the atmosphere."
• Organic meat production just as bad for climate, study finds - "Analysis also found the lowest impact meat was still far more damaging than the worst plant foods."
• Our food system isn't ready for the climate crisis - "The world's farms produce only a handful of varieties of bananas, avocados, coffee and other foods - leaving them more vulnerable to the climate breakdown."
• Our pets are part of the climate problem. These tips can help you minimize their carbon pawprints - "Our four-legged friends don’t drive gas-guzzling SUVs or use energy-sucking appliances, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have a climate impact. In fact, researchers have showed that pets play a significant role in the climate crisis."
• Our Taste for Flesh Has Exhausted the Earth - "Are we ready for the future of meat? Worldwide, 80 billion animals are slaughtered every year for meat. Raising all those animals has already claimed most of the world’s farmland. It has led to zoonotic diseases and vast deforestation. It has polluted air and water and spewed planet-heating gasses into the atmosphere."
• Our underwater future: What sea level rise will look like around the globe, visualized - "The planet is warming rapidly, resulting in historic drought, deadly floods and unusual melting events in the Arctic. It is also causing steady sea level rise, which scientists say will continue for decades. A new study from Climate Central, a nonprofit research group, shows that roughly 50 major coastal cities will need to implement 'unprecedented' adaptation measures to prevent rising seas from swallowing their most populated areas."
• Our world in data - "Research & data to make progress against the world’s largest problems."
• Out with the meat, in with the plants as world’s top chefs offer vegan menus - "From London to San Francisco, haute cuisine is joining the food revolution. Michelin-starred chefs explain they’re going meat-free."
• Outlery - Collapsible Cutlery - since 2018. "The world's smallest cutlery set!" Plastic-free | reusable | forking awesome. It all started with a thought to replace single-use plastic cutlery...for Mother needs us to step up and take a stand! Outlery is portable and designed to be your pocket-sized partner for life.
• Overconsumption & the environment: should we all stop shopping? - "Over-consumption is at the root of the planet’s environmental crisis. One solution, proposed by author JB MacKinnon, is that we should simply buy less. But would that really work?"
• ozone hole over the South Pole is now bigger than Antarctica - "The ozone depletes and forms a hole over the Antarctic in the Southern Hemisphere's spring, which is from August to October. It typically reaches its largest size between mid-September and mid-October, according to Copernicus. After growing 'considerably' in the past week, the hole is now larger than 75% of previous years' ozone holes at the same stage of the season since 1979 and is now bigger that the continent it looms over."
• Ozone layer 'rescued' from CFC damage - "A steady decline in the levels of ozone-harming CFC chemicals in the atmosphere has resumed, scientists say."

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• Pacific nations herald Biden presidency amid hope for action on climate emergency - "Optimism abounds as leaders from Fiji to Papua New Guinea welcome the new US president-elect."
• Pacific Ocean garbage patch is immense plastic habitat - "Scientists have discovered marine animals living on plastic debris in an area of the open ocean dubbed 'the Great Pacific Garbage Patch'."
• Pacific plunder: Who profits from the mass extraction of its natural resources? - "The extraction of valuable resources from across the Pacific has made companies billions but comes at a sometimes catastrophic cost."
• Pakistan city fearful after hitting 51C - "Residents of Jacobabad say loss of trees and water facilities makes record-breaking temperatures unbearable."
• Panama Canal: Can the Panama Canal save itself? - "The most famous waterway in the Americas is running dry. Unlike the Suez Canal, the Panama Canal is fed by a freshwater lake, Lake Gatún, and its water level is falling critically low. A lack of rain and the El Niño weather phenomenon have contributed to the second driest year in the canal's 110-year history."
• Panama Canal: Marine traffic jam - More than 200 ships waiting to cross the Panama Canal - "After facing the drought of the century, the Panama Canal has limited daily transfers in order to ensure safe operation."
• Paper-thin solar cell can turn any surface into a power source - "Researchers develop a scalable fabrication technique to produce ultrathin, lightweight solar cells that can be seamlessly added to any surface."
• Paris Agreement - agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), dealing with greenhouse-gas-emissions mitigation, adaptation, and finance, signed in 2016. The agreement's language was negotiated by representatives of 196 state parties at the 21st Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC in Le Bourget, near Paris, France, and adopted by consensus on 12 December 2015. As of February 2020, all 196 members of the UNFCCC have signed the agreement and 189 have become party to it. Of the seven countries which are not party to the law, the only significant emitters are Iran and Turkey.
• Paris climate agreement: 54 cities on track to meet targets - "Mayor of Paris praises 'important milestone' on fifth anniversary of the landmark agreement."
• Paris mayor swims in Seine as river is cleaned up just in time for Olympics - "Anne Hidalgo fulfils pledge after cleanup operation makes water quality safe enough to host events at Games."
• Paris slams on the brakes & sets 30 kph speed limit to reduce pollution - "Authorities in the French capital of Paris are forcing drivers to slow down, setting a speed limit on almost all the city's roads, in a bid to reduce pollution and improve road safety."
• Parisian car ban now planned for 2024 - "Paris officials plan to ban private vehicles from the historic heart of the city by early 2024 in a move designed to decrease congestion and improve air quality in the French capital, the city has announced. Targeting 2024 represents a two year delay on the original 2022 timeline, which was announced last May by the city’s mayor, and French presidential hopeful, Anne Hidalgo. The ban is part of a wider push to improve conditions in the city ahead of it hosting the 2024 Olympic Games."
• Parts of global north are now cooking - "Unprecedented heat, hundreds dead and a town destroyed. Climate change is frying the Northern Hemisphere."
• Parts of US see earliest spring conditions on record: ‘Climate change playing out in real time’ - "Parts of Texas, Arkansas, Ohio and Maryland, along with New York, are all recording their earliest spring conditions on record."
• Passion project: the passive house that raised the roof on sustainable living - "A family home constructed on derelict land in Melbourne sets new standards for a hard-working eco house."
• Passivhaus: how to insulate your home against soaring heating bills - Properties are built or retrofitted to exacting ‘energy and comfort standard’ for maximum efficiency.
• People in US & UK face huge financial hit if fossil fuels lose value, study shows - "Strong climate action could wipe $756bn from individuals’ pension funds and other investments in rich countries."
• Pesticide use around world almost doubles since 1990, report finds - "Agricultural chemicals drive falls of 30% in populations of field birds and butterflies, says Pesticide Atlas."
• Phoenix’s extreme heatwave tests the limits of survival - "Residents of Arizona’s capital are used to scorching heat, but the summer’s unyielding sizzle is making it harder to live there."
• Plastic crisis needs binding treaty, report says - "Pollution from plastics is a global emergency in need of a robust UN treaty, according to a report. The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) says there's a cascade of evidence of harm from plastics."
• Plastic debris on remote islands raises temperatures by 2.5C & threatens turtle populations - "Study of Henderson Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands finds plastic acts as an insulator, making sand hotter and leading to more female turtle offspring."
• plastic-eating bacteria that could change the world - "When a microbe was found munching on a plastic bottle in a rubbish dump, it promised a recycling revolution. Now scientists are attempting to turbocharge those powers in a bid to solve our waste crisis. But will it work?"
• Plastic in the depths: how pollution took over our oceans - "So much plastic pours into the sea every year that species are now endemic to it. A new Guardian series looks at where it comes from, the harm it does and what can be done about it."
• Plastic pollution could be slashed by 80% by 2040, UN says - "Changes needed are major but also practical and affordable, report says, and would bring trillions of dollars in benefits."
• Plastic summit could be most important green deal since Paris accords, says UN - "World leaders to gather in Nairobi next week to discuss first global treaty to combat plastic waste."
• Plastitar: mix of tar & microplastics is new form of pollution, say scientists - "Researchers in Canary Islands coin term for new type of marine pollution they say could be leaking toxic chemicals into oceans."
• Plotting the future: the 'seed guardians' bringing variety to UK gardens - "Gardeners in the UK are doing their bit to expand the range of plant seeds for a richer and more diverse future."
• Polar ice caps melting 6 times faster than in 1990s - "Losses of ice from Greenland and Antarctica are tracking the worst-case climate scenario, scientists warn."
• Pollen season grows 20 days in 30 years as climate crisis hits hay fever sufferers - "Pollen released by plants is also more intense than in 1990 in bad news for those with allergies, research in US and Canada finds."
• Pope's adviser says Covid has highlighted 'existential' climate risk - "Focus must be on justice for those fleeing impact of extreme weather events, says new scientific adviser to Vatican."
• Population panic lets rich people off the hook for the climate crisis they are fuelling - "Rising consumption by the affluent has a far greater environmental impact than the birth rate in poorer nations."
• ‘Potentially devastating’: Climate crisis may fuel future pandemics - "‘Zoonotic spillovers’ expected to rise with at least 15,000 instances of viruses leaping between species over next 50 years."
• Prevent tree extinctions or face global ecological catastrophe, scientists warn - "New paper issues ‘warning to humanity’ as it calls for urgent action to protect world’s 60,000 tree species."
• Prince Albert 0f Monaco joins the ranks of authors - "'Man and the Ocean' by HSH Prince Albert has been published by Editions Flammarion to mark World Oceans Day on June 8."
• Prince Charles calls for 'Marshall-like plan' to combat climate crisis - "Prince of Wales says threat posed by global heating will 'dwarf the impact of the coronavirus pandemic'."
• Prince Charles praises his converted Aston Martin DB6 - 'runs on wine & cheese' - "Charles’s ‘quaint’ solution to decarbonise his Aston Martin using high blend of bioethanol is not scalable, experts say."
• Prince Charles: small-scale family farms must be at heart of sustainable future - "‘Rapid transition to regenerative farming’ needed, says prince, as data reveals 100,000 UK farms lost since 1990."
• Prince Charles urges businesses to sign Terra Carta pledge to put planet first - "Magna Carta-style project aims to raise £7bn to 'bring prosperity into harmony with nature'."
• Prince Charles's 10-point plan for a sustainable economy - "Reshape economy to fight climate crisis, says Prince Charles."
• Prince William slams space tourism and says billionaires should focus on saving Earth - "Prince William has criticized billionaires who are focused on space tourism, saying they should instead be investing more time and money in saving Earth."
• Private jet emissions quadrupled during Davos 2022 - "Climate campaigners accuse leaders of hypocrisy as flights emit as much CO2 in a week as 350,000 cars."
• Private Jet Industry Stuck In A Holding Pattern - "For the record, all aviation is responsible for about 2% of global CO2 emissions totals. Business aviation’s carbon contribution to the worldwide total is around 0.04%. The opposers focus on emissions per passenger."
• Private jet service for rich dog owners condemned by climate campaigners - "UK-based charter firm launches ‘ludicrous’ £8,166 Dubai-London route for clients who want to fly with pets."
• Private jets can cut health risks - but add reputational ones - "Demand during the pandemic has remained strong, but companies will be keen to keep private flying under the radar."
• Public grasps threat to ocean even as leaders fail to meet targets, poll finds - "Survey to mark World Oceans Day finds 94% in England and Wales believe the fate of oceans and humans is inextricably linked."
• Putting the brakes on fast fashion - "Fashion revolves around the latest trends but is the industry behind the curve on the only trend that ultimately matters - the need to radically alter our patterns of consumption to ensure the survival of the planet."

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• Qantas announces plans for non-stop flights from Sydney to New York & London - "Airline plans flights from south-east Australia by end of 2025 to run up to 20 hours and be among world’s longest. Qantas has unveiled details of the ultra-long-haul aircraft it plans to run on non-stop flights from Sydney and Melbourne to London and New York by the end of 2025, as questions are raised about the emissions benefits and spending priorities of the airline. The airline says the planes will be 'capable of flying direct from Australia to any other city' in the world, while being 25% more fuel-efficient than previous aircraft."
• Qatar World Cup criticised for ‘problematic’ carbon footprint promises - "Carbon Market Watch says emissions likely underreported. Organisers have claimed that the 32-team showpiece will be the first “carbon neutral” World Cup, meaning any emissions would be limited and offset."
• Queen goes green! Royal Family urged to cut £2.5m energy costs - as canny Queen saves 40% - "The Royal Family has been urged to cut down on their energy bills after new estimates revealed an eye-watering £2.5million is spent each year powering their ten best-known palaces and castles."
• Queen ‘irritated’ by world leaders talking not doing on climate crisis - "Overheard comment suggests anger at possible no-shows at Cop26 by leaders of countries with worst CO2 emissions."
• Queen secretly lobbied Scottish ministers for climate law exemption - "Monarch used secretive procedure to become only person in country not bound by a green energy rule."
• Queen’s ‘seabed rights’ swell to value of £5bn after auction of plots - "British crown estate portfolio rises in value by 8.3% to £15.6bn."
• Quiet flows the Po: the life & slow death of Italy’s longest river - "The legendary waterway is drying up. Travelling its length, Tobias Jones uncovers its fascinating history."

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• Racing to save one of the great wonders of nature - "Hundreds of volunteers are helping to map the Great Barrier Reef."
• Radical reassessment needed to hit net zero emissions by 2050, says NAO - "Watchdog finds UK is projected to fail to meet targets aimed at achieving climate goal."
• Radioactive waste, baby bottles & Spam - "The deep ocean has become a dumping ground. The ocean's depths are not some remote alien realm, but are in fact intimately entangled with every other part of the planet. We should treat them that way."
• Rain fell at the normally snowy summit of Greenland for the first time on record - "Temperatures at the Greenland summit over the weekend rose above freezing for the third time in less than a decade. The warm air fueled an extreme rain event that dumped 7 billion tons of water on the ice sheet, enough to fill the Reflecting Pool at the National Mall in Washington, DC, nearly 250,000 times."
• Rain in Spain dampens Easter penitents' fervour - in pictures - "Torrential rain forced the cancellation of Good Friday processions through Seville and other holy week parades, from Cádiz in the south-west to Zaragoza in the north."
• Rain to replace snow in the Arctic as climate heats, study finds - "Climate models show switch will happen decades faster than previously thought, with ‘profound’ implications."
• Rainforest carbon credit schemes misleading & ineffective, finds report - "System not fit for carbon offsetting, puts Indigenous communities at risk and should be replaced with new approach, say researchers. Rainforest conservation projects are not suitable for carbon offsetting and a different approach should be used to effectively protect critical ecosystems such as the Amazon and Congo basin, a report has concluded. New research by UC Berkeley Carbon Trading Project looking into rainforest carbon credits certified by Verra, which operates the world’s leading carbon standard, found that the system is not fit for purpose."
• Ranked: Per Capita Carbon Emissions by Country - "Which Country Has the Highest Per Capita Carbon Emissions?"
• Rapid global heating is hurting farm productivity, study finds - "Research shows rising temperatures since 1960s have acted as handbrake to agricultural yield of crops and livestock."
• Rare snowfall turns Jerusalem into winter wonderland - "Jerusalem and nearby cities experienced the heaviest snowfall since 2013, causing schools and several roads between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv to close."
• Rating agency S&P warns 13 oil and gas companies they risk downgrades as renewables pick up steam - "Firms including Woodside, Chevron, Shell and Exxon Mobil, told they could be downgraded within weeks."
• Razor-thin solar panels could be ‘ink-jetted’ onto your backpack or phone for cheap clean energy - "A coating 100 times thinner than a human hair could be 'ink-jetted' onto your backpack, cell phone or car roof to harness the sun’s energy, new research shows, in a development that could reduce the world’s need for solar farms that take up huge swaths of land."
• Reaching UK net zero target cheaper than we thought, says climate adviser - "Reaching net zero carbon emissions in the UK is likely to be much easier and cheaper than previously thought, and can be designed in such a way as to quickly improve the lives of millions of people, a senior adviser to the government has said."
• ‘Reality check’: Global CO2 emissions shooting back to record levels - "Fossil fuels are surging in post-pandemic recovery as scientists warn 1.5C emission limits will be reached in 11 years."
• Rebound in carbon emissions expected in 2021 after fall caused by Covid - "Scientists brand 7% decline a 'drop in the ocean' and call on governments to push ahead with structural changes."
• Receding glaciers causing rivers to suddenly disappear - "Global phenomenon known as river piracy demands urgent adaptation from ecosystems and people who rely on their flow."
• recent European droughts 'worst in 2,000 years' - "Study of tree rings dating back to Roman empire concludes weather since 2014 has been extraordinary."
• Record $5bn donation to protect nature could herald new green era of giving - "Philanthropists pledge to protect 30% of land and sea by 2030, as the planet’s health climbs the charity agenda."
• ‘Record after record’: Brazil’s Amazon deforestation hits April high, nearly double previous peak - "Climate analysts are astounded by such a high reading during the rainy season, and is the third monthly record this year."
• Record-breaking heat wave in Europe will be the norm by 2035, analysis shows - "The record-breaking heat wave that swept across Europe this year will become the 'average' summer by 2035, even if all countries reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by as much as they have pledged to, according to an analysis published Thursday."
• Record coral cover on parts of Great Barrier Reef, but global heating could jeopardise recovery - "Fast-growing species of branching and plate-like corals push cover up but are also the preferred prey for crown-of-thorns starfish."
• Record heatwave persists in US as 130 million under alerts in 22 states - "Temperatures above 100F (37.7C) stretched south to states on the Gulf coast, the National Weather Service (NWS) warned in a morning advisory, with 'brutal humidity levels' pushing the heat index as high as 120F (48.8C) in some areas."
• Record levels of heat-related deaths in 2023 due to climate crisis, report finds - "Almost half of global land area saw extreme drought for at least one month, according to Lancet Countdown."
• record ocean heat in 2020 supercharged extreme weather - "Scientists say temperatures likely to be increasing faster than at any time in past 2,000 years."
• Record rain in New York City generates ‘life-threatening’ flooding, overwhelming streets & subways - "Record-setting rain overwhelmed New York City’s sewer system Friday, sending a surge of floodwater coursing through streets and into basements, schools, subways and vehicles throughout the nation’s most populous city. The water rose fast and furious, catching some commuters off guard as they slogged through Friday morning’s rush hour. First responders jumped into action where needed, plucking people from stranded cars and basements filling like bathtubs. More rain fell in a single day at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport – nearly 8 inches - than any other since 1948."
• Recycled plastic can be more toxic & is no fix for pollution, Greenpeace warns - "Campaign group says plastics are incompatible with circular economy as countries prepare for treaty talks."
• Re/Done - since 2014. "Sustainable Luxury Jeans." RE/DONE is a movement to restore individuality to luxury fashion & promote sustainability. Get 20% of your first order and take advantage of free global shipping on orders of $70+. Made w/ Sustainable Denim. Sign up to receive 15% off. Vintage-Inspired Fashion. Women's.
• Reduce methane or face climate catastrophe, scientists warn - "IPCC says gas, produced by farming, shale gas and oil extraction, playing ever-greater role in overheating planet."
• Reforestation hopes threaten global food security, Oxfam warns - "Over-reliance on tree-planting to offset carbon emissions could push food prices up 80% by 2050."
• regenerative garments are the ultimate status symbol - "Sustainably grown fibres, traceable from farm to garment, could be the antidote to climate-destroying fast fashion. But can this trend ever reach the high street? Picture the scene."
• Rein in advertising to help tackle climate crisis, report urges - "Industry promotes materialism and lifts sales of climate-harming products, study says."
• Reinventing the airship for the 2020s - "Airships could offer a much cleaner and quieter alternative for some aspects of the aviation market. In a former airship factory, a new generation are taking shape."
• 'Relentless' climate crisis intensified in 2020, says UN report - "Pandemic had no effect on emissions but made impacts of global heating even worse for millions of people, report says."
• Renaissance - since 2020. "Renaissance is a project run by a non-profit association that campaigns for the reuse of luxury ready-to-wear clothing in a sustainable development perspective, and for the reintegration of people far from the professional world via handicraft work."
• Renewable Energy as a Percentage of Power Generation, by Country, Mapped - "While all countries vary on this metric, wealth is not the primary determining factor. Given their current wealth, many countries over-perform and under-perform on renewable energy. As of 2024, the global average for electricity generated from renewable sources is 29%."
• Renewable energy defies Covid-19 to hit record growth in 2020 - "International Energy Agency expects green electricity to end coal's 50-year reign by 2025."
• Renewable energy growth must speed up to meet Paris goals, agency says - "International Renewable Energy Agency says $131tn investment in renewables could be required over three decades."
• Renting clothes is ‘less green than throwing them away’ - "Transportation and dry cleaning make it the worst green option for consumers of fashion, study finds."
• Replace animal farms with micro-organism tanks, say campaigners - "Advocates of plant-based protein say 75% of world’s farmland should be rewilded to reduce emissions."
• Response of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet to past & future climate change - "The East Antarctic Ice Sheet contains the vast majority of Earth’s glacier ice (about 52 metres sea-level equivalent), but is often viewed as less vulnerable to global warming than the West Antarctic or Greenland ice sheets. However, some regions of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet have lost mass over recent decades, prompting the need to re-evaluate its sensitivity to climate change."
• Rich countries urged to come up with detailed plans to cut emissions - "Laurence Tubiana, a key player in 2015 Paris summit, says UK and others must explain how they will achieve climate goals."
• Rich failing to help fund poor countries' climate fight, warns UN secretary general - "António Guterres says key promise of $100bn funding will be missed, damaging trust in Paris deal."
• Rich nations’ climate targets will mean global heating of 2.4C - study - "Rise is a 0.2C improvement on previous forecast but still substantially above goal of Paris climate agreement."
• Richard Branson's disappointing space jaunt - "The billionaire space race looks set to kick space tourism into gear in earnest in the near future. But the implications of these developments aren't quite as rosy as Branson's overly optimistic message implies - and dreaming big billionaire-style might come at a hefty toll for the rest of us. First, there's the environmental cost of space travel. Virgin Galactic claims that the carbon footprint for passengers of its suborbital space flight is comparable to that of a business class ticket on a transatlantic flight (which is about 0.2 kilograms per kilometer or 0.44 pounds per .62 miles - amounting to a massive 2,220 kilo output per passenger over a typical 11,100-kilometer flight or 2.45 tons over a 6,897-mile flight)."
• Richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report says - "‘Polluter elite’ are plundering the planet to point of destruction, says Oxfam after comprehensive study of climate inequality."
• Richest nations agree to end support for coal production overseas - "G7 countries reaffirm commitment to limit global heating to 1.5C after nearly two days of wrangling."
• Rising From the Antarctic, a Climate Alarm - "Wilder winds are altering currents. The sea is releasing carbon dioxide. Ice is melting from below." The New York Times.
• Rising sea levels threaten Marshall Islands’ status as a nation, World Bank report warns - "Large parts of Pacific country’s capital would be permanently flooded and islands would disappear, according to new projections."
• Robert Redford: The big question I want answered - CNN Opinion.
• Robert Redford: What I see when I think about the future - "There is so much I can envision for this planet. I can see a world where human and planetary health and justice are fundamental values. I can see a world where everyone has a safe place to live. Where environmental and economic injustices are addressed and repaired."
• Rolls-Royce has vegan leather available, nobody ordered it yet - "In case you haven’t noticed, a number of car manufacturers are moving away from offering leather upholstery for their interiors. This is done in an effort to cut down on emissions and make the cars more sustainable. Yet, a lot of people are wondering if the vegan leather will be able to successfully replace 'regular' leather. Some brands, like Rolls-Royce, apparently has vegan leather hidden in its huge options list but nobody asked for it yet."
• Russia burns off gas as Europe's energy bills rocket - "As Europe's energy costs skyrocket, Russia is burning off large amounts of natural gas, according to analysis shared with BBC News."

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• Satellite data shows entire Conger ice shelf has collapsed in Antarctica - "Nasa scientist says complete collapse of ice shelf as big as Rome during unusually high temperatures is ‘sign of what might be coming’."
• Saudi Arabian deserts covered with snow - "Several recent snow and hailstorms in the region have transformed landscapes in and around Saudi Arabia, stirring excitement among locals and causing a sensation on social media."
• Saving ozone layer has given humans a chance in climate crisis - study - "CFC chemicals once used in refrigerators would have driven 2.5C of extra warming by 2100 if they had not been outlawed, researchers claim."
• Science failed to predict flood & heat intensity - "Top climate scientists have admitted they failed to predict the intensity of the German floods and the North American heat dome."
• Scientists address myths over large-scale tree planting - "Scientists have proposed 10 golden rules for tree-planting, which they say must be a top priority for all nations this decade."
• Scientists can now remove microplastics from our water with 94 per cent efficiency - "University of Waterloo researchers have created a new technology that can remove harmful microplastics from contaminated water with 94 per cent efficiency. The amount of plastic pollution in our ecosystem has become an increasingly alarming concern globally."
• Scientists convert used plastic bottles into vanilla flavouring - "Production of chemical could help make recycling more attractive and tackle global plastic pollution."
• Scientists divided over whether record heat is acceleration of climate crisis - "Some believe global anomalies are in line with predictions but others are more concerned by speed of change."
• Scientists Have Been Talking About Climate Change for More Than a Century - "Here's Why It Took So Long for the World to Listen."
• Scientists have for the first time found microplastics in freshly fallen Antarctic snow - "Researchers from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand collected samples from 19 sites in Antarctica and each contained tiny plastic fragments."
• Scientists have more historically bad news about Greenland - "Greenland's ice sheet melted faster than ever before in 2019, study says. That's worrying news for coastal cities."
• Scientists hope ‘world’s loneliest tree’ will help answer climate questions - "New Zealand researchers believe the isolated spruce could reveal much about the Southern Ocean, one of the world’s major carbon sinks."
• Scientists link record-breaking hurricane season to climate crisis - "Evidence is not so much in the number of tropical storms the Atlantic has seen, but in their strength, intensity and rainfall."
• Scientists plan mission to biggest iceberg as it drifts towards island - "Scientists are preparing for an urgent mission to the world's biggest iceberg, which is on a collision course with the island of South Georgia in the southern Atlantic Ocean. The A-68A iceberg, which is larger than Luxembourg, broke off from the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica in 2017 and has been drifting towards the island ever since."
• Scientists say temperatures are getting 'hotter faster' than their tools can calculate - "The UK's recent heat wave was the Great British Bake Off that no one wanted - and it was made at least 10 times more likely by human-caused climate change, a new analysis shows."
• Scientists say they have found the cleanest air on Earth - "Scientists believe they have identified the world's cleanest air, free from particles caused by human activity, located over the Southern Ocean, which surrounds Antarctica."
• Scientists say this invisible gas could seal our fate on climate change - "Scientists urge reducing emissions of methane, which has 80 times more warming power in near-term than carbon dioxide."
• Scientists take on riddle of the shrinking & growing Maldives - "British researchers undertake £2.8 million project to understand how rising sea levels are causing islands to become ‘mobile’. A study in 2010 that found islands in the Indian Ocean are shrinking in places but growing in others. The study looked at 30 of the islands in the Maldives and found most were stable or increasing in area, with only 14 per cent experiencing a net reduction."
• Scientists turn CO2 into jet fuel - "It could lead to net zero emissions for air travel."
• Scorched Britain: the July heatwave in pictures - "With July 2022 being one of the driest on record, we look at how the country has been affected."
• Sea level rise could be worse than feared, warn researchers - "Danish team predict possible 1.35m rise by 2100 and highlight issues with previous modelling."
• Sea level rise in England will put 200,000 homes at risk by 2050, data shows - "Due to the climate crisis, within 30 years these coastal properties will be potentially unsalvageable, researchers say."
• Seagrass 'Neptune balls' sieve millions of plastic particles from water, study finds - "Researchers counted particles in seaballs that washed up on beaches in Spain."
• Seawater-Powered Superyachts: Baglietto, Sanlorenzo & Lürssen’s Big Plans for Hydrogen Yachts - "The race to build a zero-emission superyacht is on. Three of the biggest and most successful superyacht building companies have announced plans to incorporate hydrogen fuel cell technology into their yachts, including a seawater-powered system. This promises zero emissions, less waste and less damage to the marine environment. Superyachts are amongst the worst greenhouse gas emitters that you can own. A typical vessel with a permanent crew can emit as much as 7,020 tons of CO2 a year; up to 1,500 times more than a typical family car at 1.5 to 4.6 tons of CO2."
• Seed banks: the last line of defense against a threatening global food crisis - "As climate breakdown and worldwide conflict continue to place the food system at risk, seed banks from the Arctic to Lebanon try to safeguard biodiversity."
• Severe drought threatens Hoover dam reservoir - and water for US west - "The wellspring of Lake Mead created by the dam’s blocking of the Colorado River has plummeted to an historic low as states in the west face hefty cuts in their water supplies."
• Shell: Netherlands court orders oil giant to cut emissions - "By 2030, Shell must cut its CO2 emissions by 45% compared to 2019 levels, the civil court ruled."
• Shipping firm Maersk spends £1bn on ‘carbon neutral’ container ships - "Eight new vessels able to run on methanol fuel could help save more than 1m tonnes of carbon emissions a year."
• Shipping generates more CO2 than aviation. This solar-powered boat could change that - "Maritime transport drives over 80% of global trade, but it disrupts marine ecosystems, contributes to ocean acidification and accounts for more CO2 emissions than aviation each year."
• Shock in France after giant trawler sheds 100,000 dead fish off coast - "Environmentalists spot floating carpet of blue whiting covering thousands of square metres after spill from the FV Margiris."
• Should I use my TV in Eco mode? The pros & cons of energy-saving settings - "What does the Eco mode do and why should you be wary of it?"
• Should we detach ourselves from nature? - "In the face of environmental collapse, humanity may need to turn to artificial replacements for nature - how might we avoid the most dystopian of these futures?"
• Should we get rid of air miles for climate change? - "A return flight from Lisbon to New York generates nearly the same level of CO2 as the average person in the EU does by heating their home all year round."
• Should we name heatwaves like storms? - "Why the health risks of overheating go unnoticed. By the end of the century, three-quarters of the world could be at risk of deadly heat. And yet, we still struggle to design cities to be heatwave ready."
• Siberia swelters in record-breaking temperatures amid its ‘worst heat wave in history’ - "Dozens of heat records have fallen in Siberia, as temperatures climbed above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.7 Celsius). Despite only being early June, records are tumbling across parts of Siberia as extreme heat pushes into unusually high latitudes."
• Siberian heatwave made 600 times more likely by climate change, experts find - "The prolonged heatwave in Siberia from January to June, which pushed overall temperatures 5 degrees Celsius (9 degrees Fahrenheit) higher than normal, would have been 'almost impossible' if not for human-caused climate change, a new study has found. Temperatures in Siberia have been above average since the beginning of the year, with the Russian town of Verkhoyansk recording a temperature of 38 degrees C (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit) in June - a record temperature for the Arctic."
• Singapore startup is using insects to turn trash into treasure - "Chua and her partner, Phua Jun Wei, founded startup Insectta in 2017. They are battling Singapore's food waste crisis with the help of an unlikely ally: the black soldier fly larva.?"
• Singapore's dengue 'emergency' is a climate change omen for the world - "Singapore says it is facing a dengue 'emergency' as it grapples with an outbreak of the seasonal disease that has come unusually early this year. The Southeast Asian city-state has already exceeded 11,000 cases - far beyond the 5,258 it reported throughout 2021 - and that was before June 1, when its peak dengue season traditionally begins."
• Single servings at low prices: how Unilever’s sachets became a scourge - "Plastic in the Depths: Multinational denies dropping plan to recycle plastic sachets - and leaving developing countries with a toxic headache as they end up in landfill or the ocean."
• Ski resorts' era of plentiful snow may be over due to climate crisis, study finds - "US ski industry is losing billions as average season has become five to seven days shorter in past half century."
• 'Sleeping giant' Arctic methane deposits starting to release, scientists find - "Expedition discovers new source of greenhouse gas off East Siberian coast has been triggered."
• Snow at one of world’s highest observatories melting earlier than ever before - "Peak at Sonnblick in Austrian Alps has melted more than a month before previous record time."
• solar panels: Razor-thin solar panels could be ‘ink-jetted’ onto your backpack or phone for cheap clean energy - "A coating 100 times thinner than a human hair could be 'ink-jetted' onto your backpack, cell phone or car roof to harness the sun’s energy, new research shows, in a development that could reduce the world’s need for solar farms that take up huge swaths of land."
• Solar-powered boats are silently sailing through Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest - "Solar-powered boats are being used in remote areas of the Ecuadorean Amazon to transport indigenous Achuar people. The boats are provided by the non-profit Kara Solar."
• Solving The Problem Of Plastic Bag Pollution - "We are polluting our planet with five trillion plastic shopping bags a year. Plastic waste seems to be everywhere, hanging in trees, buried in sand on the beach, blowing around our legs as we walk along the street. But there is a solution to this unpleasant problem. New start-up Earthnest, based in London and Pune, India, manufactures carrier bags from natural materials such as starch. And these bags are 100 per cent biodegradable and pollution-free."
• Some Greenland polar bears adapt to hunt without sea ice - "Polar bears have long been seen as a symbol of global warming's damaging impact on the natural world."
• ‘Something weird is going on’: search for answers as Antarctic sea ice stays at historic lows - "There would usually be about 16.4m sq km of sea ice in the Antarctic by now, but this week there was just 14.1m sq km. An area bigger than Mexico has failed to freeze, worrying scientists."
• ‘Soon it will be unrecognisable’: total climate meltdown cannot be stopped, says expert - "Blistering heatwaves are just the start. We must accept how bad things are before we can head off global catastrophe, according to a leading UK scientist."
• South Korea vows to go carbon neutral by 2050 to fight climate emergency - "South Korea relies on coal for about 40% of its electricity generation, with renewables making up less than 6%."
• South of France basks in record heat - "After a relative cold spell from the end of October, temperatures have remained close to the seasonal average during the first weeks of November."
• Spain & Portugal suffering driest climate for 1,200 years, research shows - "Effects of human-caused global heating are blocking vital winter rains, with severe implications for farming and tourism."
• Spain appear to merge with the sea after historic rain in before-&-after images - "The deadly flooding that rocked Spain this week following intense, historic rainfall is so expansive and severe the area looked like an inland sea from space. A year’s worth of rain fell in just hours in east-central Spain Tuesday, creating a surge of floodwater that broke the banks of rivers, turned streets into raging rapids and washed away cars and bridges."
• Spain warns heatwave threatens olive oil production - "Weather also threatens output in Italy and grain across Europe as Ukraine war pushes prices higher."
• Spain's ingenious water maze - "Invented by the region's Moorish rulers 1,200 years ago, Valencia's irrigation system is now a model for sustainable farming."
• Spain’s prized jamÓn ibÉrico under threat from climate crisis - "Rising temperatures and low rainfall threaten key ingredient of pigs’ diet - acorns from the dehesa oak forests."
• Speeches of Greta Thunberg - Wikipedia.
• Split signals end for remnant of Antarctic iceberg A68a - "The once-mighty iceberg A68a looks to be in its death throes. For more than three years, A68a was the biggest iceberg in the world. At its greatest extent, it was about a quarter of the size of Wales - or New Jersey or Israel."
• ‘Staggering’ green growth gives hope for 1.5C, says global energy head - "IEA’s Fatih Birol says uptake of solar power and EVs is in line with net zero goal but rich countries must hasten their broader plans."
• Stanford Gets $1.1 Billion for New Climate School From John Doerr - "The billionaire venture capitalist said the study of climate change and sustainability would be the 'new computer science.'"
• Starbucks new boss under fire for 1,000-mile commute by corporate jet - "The newly announced boss of Starbucks, Brian Niccol, has come under fire after it was revealed he will commute almost 1,000 miles (1,600km) from his family home in Newport Beach, California, to the firm's headquarters in Seattle on a corporate jet."
• Stephen Hawking says pollution & 'stupidity' still biggest threats to mankind - The Independent.
• Stories to save the world: the new wave of climate fiction - "Now more than ever, novelists are facing up to the unthinkable: the climate crisis. Claire Armitstead talks to Margaret Atwood, Amitav Ghosh and more about the new cli-fi."
• ‘Strongest snowstorm in years’ leaves Californians delighted & frozen - "The Hollywood sign was dusted in white as arctic air blew across the state, triggering blizzard warnings for the first time since 1989."
• Sun sets on Mexico’s paradise beaches as climate crisis hits home - "Rising sea levels and fierce storms threaten Quintana Roo’s coastline, and with it the ribbon of beach resorts and timeshares."
• superyacht hot spot for the uber-wealthy is heating up & becoming more dangerous - "The storm that sank the 'Bayesian,' a luxury yacht anchored off the Sicily coast, was sudden, violent and deadly - and scientists say it may be a warning of what’s to come as global warming fuels more extreme weather in the Mediterranean."
• Surprise Deal Would Be Most Ambitious Climate Action Undertaken by U.S. - "The $369 billion climate and tax package forged in a surprise deal by Senate Democrats would be the most ambitious action ever taken by the United States to try to stop the planet from catastrophically overheating."
• Sustainability Matters: Brunello Cucinelli Commits to Himalayan Regenerative Fashion Living Lab as Part of Prince Charles’ Sustainable Markets Initiative + More News - Footwear News.
• Sustainable smartphones calling? The eco-friendly new design rules to extend the life of your handset - "EU legislation will herald greener devices, with greater longevity for software and access to user-replaceable parts."
• Sustainable tourism key to Cumbria's new carbon neutral plan - "Ambition to become the UK's first carbon-neutral county, by 2037, looks to reduce the impact of visitors, especially in the Lakes."
• Sustainable Scotch Whisky is the Future - "Bruichladdich is creating a new kind of whisky production; one that's sustainable and embodies a devotion to the planet and its people. Just a glance at the bottle housing Bruichladdich’s The Classic Laddie should clue you in to the fact that this is a brand completely disinterested in holding on to tradition for tradition’s sake. Without ever compromising on the quality of their whiskies, the team at Bruichladdich are wholeheartedly devoted to sustainability, terroir (meaning authenticity, place and provenance), transparency, and the barley and people of Islay, the island their distillery calls home. They’re determined to pave the path to a new kind of whisky production; one that’s progressive, sustainable and embodies a devotion to the planet and its people."
• Synthetic chemical in consumer products linked to early death, study finds - "Synthetic chemicals called phthalates, found in hundreds of consumer products such as food storage containers, shampoo, makeup, perfume and children's toys, may contribute to some 91,000 to 107,000 premature deaths a year among people ages 55 to 64 in the United States, a new study found."
• Svalbard: the Arctic islands where we can see the future of global heating - "The Norwegian archipelago is warming six times faster than the global average, with potentially disastrous results, especially for species such as the polar bear."
• Svalbard’s mysterious ‘doomsday’ seed vault offers first glimpse inside with virtual tour - "Buried in Arctic permafrost, the collection safeguards the world’s crop species - and is a magnet for conspiracy theories. Now the public can take a look around."
• Svalbard's polar bears are sending messages to scientists - "Emails from the edge."
• Swapping 20% of beef for microbial protein ‘could halve deforestation’ - "Move would also lower emissions by reducing razing of trees and methane emissions from livestock, scientists say."
• Swapping red meat for herring, sardines & anchovies could save 750,000 lives, study suggests - "Switch could also cut prevalence of disability linked to diet-related disease and help tackle the climate crisis, researchers found."
• Swede dreams: can MalmÖ's green points system help rewild London? - "The transformation of a Swedish shipyard into a leafy haven inspired the UK capital's 'urban greening factor' plan."
• Sweden to increase airport fees for high-polluting planes - "Climate impact, such as use of biofuels, to be taken into account when calculating charges, says government."
• Swedish mountain shrinks by two metres in a year as glacier melts - "Researchers say climate change is driving the melting, which has seen Kebnekaise lose more than 20 metres in height since the mid-1990s."
• Swiss voters reject key climate change measures - "Switzerland's policy on fighting climate change has been thrown into doubt after voters rejected key measures in a popular vote."
• Switching to renewable energy could save trillions - study - "Switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy could save the world as much as $12tn by 2050, an Oxford University study says. Researchers say that going green now makes economic sense because of the falling cost of renewables. 'Even if you're a climate denier, you should be on board with what we're advocating,' Prof Doyne Farmer from the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School told BBC News."
• Switzerland has lost 10% of its glaciers in just two years in 'catastrophic' ice melt, study shows - "The country has lost as much ice in the last two years as it did in the three decades before 1990, researchers said, describing the ice melt as catastrophic."
• Switzerland to build world's tallest timber residential tower - "World's tallest timber residential tower to be built. The project, named Rocket&Tigerli, will consist of four buildings including one that boasts a 100-meter-tall (328-foot) tower. The development will be built in the Swiss city of Winterthur, which is located near Zurich."
• Switzerland's vanishing glaciers threaten Europe's water supply - "Switzerland's glaciers have lost more than half their volume in less than a hundred years, and the long hot summer this year has accelerated the thaw, a new study shows."
• synthetic coffee revolution: are ground date seeds really as delicious as the real thing? - "Your daily caffeine habit is not good for the planet. Thankfully, researchers are finding alternatives to ground coffee beans."

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• Takeaway food and drink litter dominates ocean plastic, study shows - "Just 10 plastic products make up 75% of all items and scientists say the pollution must be stopped at source."
• ‘Taking the pulse of the planet’: how monitoring nature from space could keep Earth healthy - "With current data on global biodiversity either lacking or flawed, a global satellite scheme aims to fill the gaps to target protection of our seas, soils and wildlife."
• Taliban are sitting on $1 trillion worth of minerals the world desperately needs - "Supplies of minerals such as iron, copper and gold are scattered across provinces. There are also rare earth minerals and, perhaps most importantly, what could be one of the world's biggest deposits of lithium - an essential but scarce component in rechargeable batteries and other technologies vital to tackling the climate crisis."
• Taylor Swift claims she offsets her travel carbon footprint - "Taylor Swift has been criticised for her private plane usage, but claims to have bought double the amount of carbon credits needed to offset her flights for the Eras Tour."
• Taylor Swift Rep Refutes Private Jet Usage Claims - "A representative for the singer says her Dassault Falcon 7X is often on loan. Thus, blaming Swift for its emissions is 'blatantly incorrect.'"
• Tea-growing areas to be badly hit if global heating intensifies - "In Kenya, the area of optimal tea-growing conditions will be reduced by more than a quarter by 2050."
• Technology in 2050: will it save humanity - or destroy us? - "Amid the calamitous effects of climate change, artificial intelligence could make the difference between a livable future or a dystopian one."
• Teenage climate activist nominated for Nobel Peace Prize - "Two lawmakers in Sweden have nominated Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize."
• Terra Carta - since 2020. "For Nature, People & Planet." Sustainable Markets Initiative.
• Tesla launches world's first all-electric 'Giga Train' - "Tesla's highly anticipated 'Giga Train,' its first all-electric battery-powered train, has debuted in Germany."
• Tesla will no longer accept Bitcoin over climate concerns, says Musk - "Tesla has suspended vehicle purchases using Bitcoin due to climate change concerns, its CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet. Bitcoin fell by more than 10% after the tweet, while Tesla shares also dipped."
• Tesla's $1.5 billion bitcoin purchase clashes with its environmental aspirations - "Tesla's banking on a cryptocurrency that's inherently inefficient."
• Texas Republican asks: can we fix the moon’s orbit to fight climate change? - "‘I’d have to follow up with you on that one,’ says forestry official Jennifer Eberlien to bizarre question from Louie Gohmert."
• The Arctic is in a death spiral. How much longer will it exist? - "The region is unravelling faster than anyone could once have predicted. But there may still be time to act."
• The best way to compost your food scraps - "Each person in the US throws away about 200 pounds of food per year on average. Once it hits a landfill, food waste does bad stuff, like releasing methane and contributing to climate change, instead of good stuff, like improving the soil and acting as a carbon sink. Composting solves those problems, and many cities are starting to realize it helps them with waste management, too."
• The century of climate migration: why we need to plan for the great upheaval - "People driven from their homes by climate disaster need protection. And ageing nations need them."
• The clean energy milestone the world is set to pass in 2023 - "Renewable electricity has pushed through a series of positive tipping points in recent years, with 2023 set to pass a major milestone."
• The climate crisis has made the idea of a better future impossible to imagine - "Despite all the analogies for this possibly terminal emergency, it is unlike anything that has come before."
• The climate crisis is supercharging rainfall in hurricanes, scientists report - "The rainfall from hurricanes during the deadly, record-breaking 2020 season was as much as 11% higher because of the human-caused climate crisis, scientists reported Tuesday."
• The 'climate doomers' preparing for society to fall apart - "An article by a British professor that predicts the imminent collapse of society, as a result of climate change, has been downloaded over half a million times. Many mainstream climate scientists totally reject his claims, but his followers are already preparing for the worst."
• The Climate is Breaking Down. Architect Bjarke Ingels Has a Masterplan for That - TIME Magazine.
• the company putting a label on fashion’s climate impact - "‘Your outfit is killing the planet’. Allbirds’ sustainability lead Hana Kajimura on why the company uses carbon labeling and her hope that the fashion industry can become carbon negative."
• The computer chip industry has a dirty climate secret - "As demand for chips surges, the semicondutor industry is trying to grapple with its huge carbon foot print."
• The cost of cooling: how air conditioning is heating up the world - "As temperatures rise, a new book delves into the environmental toll of America’s favorite way to cool off."
• The curse of 'white oil': electric vehicles' dirty secret - "The race is on to find a steady source of lithium, a key component in rechargeable electric car batteries. But while the EU focuses on emissions, the lithium gold rush threatens environmental damage on an industrial scale."
• The daring plan to save the Arctic ice with glass - "The fear that action to combat climate change has been too slow has led some scientists to test unconventional methods to stem the loss of Arctic sea ice."
• The days of 'let's see what happens' are over - "We are increasingly locked into a world of our own making. We have exchanged planetary stability and the capacity for the world to support life for a growing population, transportation, merchandise and agriculture. Fossil fuels are at the core of this unchecked development. The industrial revolution, agricultural revolution and digital age - along with the tripling of human population that has happened in my lifetime - were all enabled by fossil fuels."
• The Dirty Secret of Alternative Plastics - "A proposed ban on single-use plastics is a boon for the bioplastic industry, but are they really good for the environment?" TIME.
• The downside of a plastic-free life - "Do single-use plastic bans work? The problems caused by plastic waste are rapidly increasing around the globe, but it still serves a useful purpose in food packaging. Can plastic still be a green option?"
• The edible insects coming to a supermarket near you - "It has long been suggested that we should start eating insects to help the environment, but for many of us it is not a palatable thought. One Israeli firm is hoping to win over the squeamish by adding different flavourings."
• The end of plastic? New plant-based bottles will degrade in a year - "Carlsberg and Coca-Cola back pioneering project to make 'all-plant' drinks bottles."
• The end of winter: A search for vanishing snow & ice around the Northern Hemisphere - "Unlike Antarctica, where melt rates depend on the stability of floating ice shelves, the issue in Greenland includes surface melt. Warmer air temperatures melt the ice from above, then meltwater percolates through the ice to the sliding bed, lubricating its base and quickening its descent into the ocean."
• The energy crisis couldn't have come at a worse time for climate - "Chinese officials are ordering coal plants to dramatically ramp up production. The European Union is facing a revolt over its ambitious Green Deal on climate. US President Joe Biden is petitioning OPEC nations to boost oil production."
• The epic attempts to power planes with hydrogen - "During the Cold War, both the US and USSR researched liquid hydrogen as a way to fuel aircraft. Could this cleaner fuel finally be around the corner?"
• The far-reaching benefits of tiger sharks for climate - "Worldwide, shark populations are on the decline. Boosting their numbers could have a cascade effect to help sink carbon and make the oceans more resilient to climate change."
• Facebook Will Not Fix Itself - TIME Magazine.
• The fight for the GalÁpagos: ecologists seek bigger reserve as fishing fleets circle - "Ecuador's president to decide on proposal to expand islands' marine reserve, seen as vital to protect world heritage site from fishing industry."
• The fight to save India's most elusive cat - "The fishing cat is one of India's most enigmatic predators, hunting the waterways of its remaining wetlands and swamps. The efforts to save it may also help save a vital buffer against climate change."
• The Finance Industry Groggily Awakens to Climate Change - "The climate challenge is unlikely to be met without the financial sector - and the authorities that regulate and govern it - on the right side of the fight."
• The Finnish town that rations carbon - "Can rationing carbon help fight climate change? Experiments in setting individuals a carbon allowance have been trialled from Finland to Australia, and some have proved popular. But can carbon rationing ever be fair?"
• The foods that are carbon negative - "The foods that reverse climate change."
• The forgotten oil ads that told us climate change was nothing - "Since the 1980s, fossil fuel firms have run ads touting climate denial messages - many of which they’d now like us to forget. Here’s our visual guide."
• The future of diamonds is in recaptured CO2 pollution - "They're a greener, less expensive alternative to conventionally mined stones."
• ‘The ghost that haunts Monteverde’: how the climate crisis killed the golden toad - "The loss of the amphibian from Costa Rica’s cloud forest was one of the first linked to global heating, say scientists."
• The good old ways: can we still farm like our grandparents? - "Against the odds, small-scale farmers are learning new ways to survive in an age of industrial-scale competition."
• The greatest security threat of the post-truth age - "The terms 'national security' or 'cyber-security' may be familiar - but what about 'epistemic security'? If societies lose it, they will struggle to tackle some of the most worrying crises of the 21st Century, from pandemics to climate change."
• The Green Carpet Fashion Awards - Eco-Age devised and launched The Green Carpet Fashion Awards (GCFA) in Milan in 2017 in collaboration with Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (CNMI). The Green Carpet Fashion Awards, Italia, celebrates the best in sustainable fashion. The awards reflect the commitment of fashion houses to sustainability, as they work to embrace rapid change while preserving the heritage and authenticity of small-scale producers.
• the hidden cost of our obsession with fish oil pills - "The market in this prized commodity is worth billions - but are the supposed benefits worth the cost to global ecosystems?"
• The hidden underwater forests that could help tackle the climate crisis - "Kelp absorbs carbon dioxide and has high nutritional value, but it is under threat from rising temperatures, pollution and invasive species."
• The house that can withstand a cyclone: how traditional dwellings are making a comeback in Vanuatu - "Since Cyclone Pam devastated Vanuatu, locals are returning to the saeklon haos, made from vines, palm fronds and grasses."
• The hydrogen revolution in the skies - "A record-breaking commercial-scale hydrogen plane has taken off in the UK, with more set to join it soon. How far can such planes go in cutting the aviation industry's emissions?"
• The image that started a global conversation on climate action - "How photography and storytelling can turn apathy into climate action."
• The 'infinite' plastic recycling plant - "The way we normally recycle plastics is a downward spiral of waste and degraded materials, but there is another option - turning plastic back into the oil it was made from."
• The irony of Davos VIPs & private jets - "Davos VIPs are worried about the climate crisis. They're still using private jets."
• The island nation that saved its ocean - "As tourism has impacted parts of Seychelles' environment, the island nation now aims to protect its 72 low-lying coralline 'Outer Islands' from development before it's too late. Made up of 115 islands dotting the Indian Ocean off East Africa, Seychelles is known as a global hotspot for biodiversity."
• The islands that protect Germany from the North Sea - "A string of tiny islands plays an outsized role in defending Germany's coast from the wild North Sea. As sea levels rise, these islands face their greatest challenge yet."
• The journey of jeans: what's your fashion footprint? - "The fashion industry is responsible for 8% of all global greenhouse gas emissions, more carbon than the aviation and shipping industries combined."
• The key to a sustainable wardrobe - "Why you need a 'wellbeing wardrobe'. People are buying more clothing than ever before in some countries, but it's not sustainable. Could a 'wellbeing wardrobe' help?"
• The latest must-have among US billionaires? A plan to end the climate crisis - "The latest must-have for America's ultra-rich isn't another mega yacht or space program - it's a plan to save the world from the climate crisis. Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates have an estimated wealth of $466bn - and are emblematic of a Davos-centric worldview that sees free markets and tech as the answer."
• The law that could make climate change illegal - "One of the most robust laws on climate change yet has been created in Denmark. Can legislation really make failing to act on climate change illegal?"
• The least polluting way to shower - "Are homemade shampoos better for the climate? Ingredients like palm oil are criticised, often correctly, for their impact on our climate. But what else in our shampoos and soaps could be increasing our shower emissions?"
• The life-changing power of fog - "The ethereal art of fog-catching. In chronically dry regions around the world, communities are finding ways to live from the water suspended in the air - creating valuable drinking water from mist."
• The menu tweaks that lower diners' emissions - "Beyond ingredients, seasonality and even calorie content, some restaurants are now offering information on their food's carbon emissions - and it may help diners make more sustainable choices."
• The moment Greta saw President Trump - "Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg didn't appear too pleased when US President Donald Trump made an unexpected appearance at the UN's climate summit."
• The multi-billion dollar giants that are melting away - "Billions of people around the world depend on the waters locked away in glaciers for their livelihoods, power and food. But climate change is melting them away. What might we lose if they disappear?"
• ‘The new normal’: how Europe is being hit by a climate-driven drought crisis - "Water shortages across the continent, from France through Italy, Spain and beyond, are creating a critical situation."
• The new weapon against climate change - "Why climate lawsuits are surging. Activists are increasingly suing governments and companies to take action against climate change - and winning. Could this be a turning point?"
• The New World: Envisioning life after climate change - "When scientists talk about the path we’re on today, they are often referring to warming between two and three degrees Celsius, or between 3.6 and 5.4 degrees Fahrenheit - a little more than half as much as was projected to be the “business as usual” future a decade ago. The United Nations confirmed that range in a report released this week."
• ‘The next decade will be all about heat’: can Athens head off climate crisis? - "Mayor overseeing a green regeneration in city where temperatures can already surpass 40C."
• ‘The next pandemic’: drought is a hidden global crisis, UN says - "Countries urged to take urgent action on managing water and land and tackling the climate emergency."
• The Ocean Farmers Trying to Save the World With Seaweed - TIME Magazine.
• The Olive Oil Capital of the World, Parched - "Spain’s Jaén Province, home to one fifth of the world’s supply of 'green gold,' copes with climate change and threats to its way of life."
• The Pandemic Remade Every Corner of Society. Now It's the Climate's Turn - TIME Magazine.
• The planet saw its hottest day ever this week. The record will be broken again & again - "This week saw the hottest global temperature ever recorded, according to data from two climate tracking agencies. On Monday, the average global temperature reached 17.01 degrees Celsius (62.62 Fahrenheit), the highest in the US National Centers for Environmental Prediction’s data, which goes back to 1979. On Tuesday, it climbed even further, reaching 17.18 degrees Celsius and global temperature remained at this record high on Wednesday. The previous record of 16.92 degrees Celsius was set in August 2016."
• The planet saw its hottest day on record - "Sunday was the hottest day in recorded history. July 21 clocked in at 17.09 degrees Celsius, or 62.76 Fahrenheit. Despite being based on data from the mid-20th century, the temperature records represent the warmest period the planet has seen in at least 100,000 years."
• The Poignant Music of Melting Ice: Have a Listen - "Scientists and musicians are recording the sounds of unfreezing water to document and predict the effects of climate change. Can their work help slow it, too?"
• The pollution caused by rocket launches - "Rocket launches are an integral part of our 21st-Century world. But how do we stop their polluting exhausts accelerating climate change?"
• The poorly understood power of seaweed - "Algae is a powerhouse for the climate, sending carbon to the seafloor and deacidifying oceans. In Australia, scientists are just beginning to tap its potential."
• The Problem With Wine Bottles - "They may be a perfect container for aging wine, but glass bottles contribute enormously to climate change."
• The promise of batteries that come from trees - "As demand for electric vehicles soars, scientists are searching for materials to make sustainable batteries. Lignin, the stuff that makes trees woody, is shaping up to be a strong contender."
• The race for rare earth minerals: can Australia fuel the electric vehicle revolution? - "China dominates supply of the elusive metals, which are vital to modern technology, but finding new sources is becoming a global priority."
• The race to zero: can America reach net-zero emissions by 2050? - "Joe Biden wants zero emissions by 2050, but time is ticking. So how will the country have to change over the next 30 years?"
• The radical coral rescue plan that paid off - "When Hurricane Iris hit southern Belize in 2001, the country's magnificent corals were wrecked. But within 10 years, a radical restoration project brought the reef back to life."
• The remarkable origin of solar power - "The forgotten 20th Century 'Sun engine'. The world's first solar power station was built before World War One, created by a man with a vision for cleaner air."
• The rich are to blame, international study finds - "The rich are primarily to blame for the global climate crisis, a study by the University of Leeds of 86 countries claims."
• The rise of apocalyptic novels - "In our times of uncertainty, the latest fiction about climate disaster is unsettling - but also strangely comforting."
• The Scandinavian way to zero-carbon construction - "Cities like Oslo, Helsinki and Copenhagen are working to clean up one of the world's most high-emission industries."
• The secret to longer life: a diet that also benefits the planet - "The plant-heavy, meat-light ‘planetary health diet’ was associated with a reduced risk of every leading cause of death and a lower carbon footprint. It would mean more than a doubling in consumption of healthy food including fruits, vegetables, pulses and nuts, and a halving in red meat. 'Shifting how we eat can help slow the process of climate change,' Willett said. 'And what's healthiest for the planet is also healthiest for humans.'"
• The simple ways cities can adapt to heatwaves - "Satellite images reveal how green spaces, white roads and water features are helping keep cities cool during deadly heatwaves."
• The state of the climate in 2021 - "Where we are on climate in five charts."
• The surprising flaw in driverless cars - "Why driverless cars have an emissions problem. Emissions from motor vehicles are some of the biggest contributors to climate change around the world - but is the cold efficiency of self-driving cars a solution?"
• The sustainable cities made from mud - "The ancient material that cools homes. Mud buildings are remarkably good at keeping us cool in summer and warm in winter, and withstanding extreme weather. In the search for more sustainable buildings, architects are returning to this overlooked, age-old construction material."
• The sustainable superfood of the future - "Why I prefer eating grasshoppers to beef. For most people in Europe and the US, the idea of eating crickets and grasshoppers can seem revolting, but they are a popular snack in parts of Africa and Asia. Not only are they packed with nutrients but they are less harmful to the climate too."
• The tiny forests designed by feng shui - "As China embarks on an ambitious push to be carbon neutral by 2060, a collection of ancient forests may hold the key to its green future."
• The town with the cleanest air in the world - "In Svalbard, there's a village where the atmosphere is ultra-clean, Wi-Fi is banned, and all buildings go unlocked in case you need to hide from polar bears - but as Anna Filipova discovered, big changes are in the air."
• The trains of the future are coming at 400 mph - "Faster, cleaner, greener: What lies ahead for the world's railways."
• The tree cutting emissions from Brazilian beef - "With the help of the fast-growing eucalyptus tree, Brazil has created its first carbon-neutral beef."
• The truth about cats’ & dogs’ environmental impact - "UCLA researcher finds that feeding pets creates the equivalent of 64 million tons of carbon dioxide a year."
• The truth about fast fashion: can you tell how ethical your clothing is by its price? - "To find out the true production cost of a garment is a tortuous process. Here is what you need to know to buy clothes with a clear conscience."
• The truth about processed foods' environmental impact - "Processed food conjures up images of giant, resource-guzzling factories - hardly good for the planet. But could processing actually help reduce food's carbon footprint?"
• The truth behind corporate climate pledges - "Facing a reckoning over their contribution to the climate emergency, companies are coming out with a record number of pledges."
• The ugly truth behind ChatGPT: AI is guzzling resources at planet-eating rates - "Big tech is playing its part in reaching net zero targets, but its vast new datacentres are run at huge cost to the environment."
• The ultimate eco building - made of salt, sunflowers & recycled urine - "Its door handles are made of salt. Its walls are made of sunflowers. Its furniture is made of Japanese knotweed. And it was stained with dyes made with filtered urine. Is this recycling marvel in southern France the future of architecture?"
• The unexpected benefits of surfing - "Surfers and the marine life of the coasts have a lot in common - including that they depend on the ecosystems that make their lives, or sport, possible."
• The Urgent Need to Change the Language We Use to Talk About the Climate Crisis - TIME Magazine.
• The wool that could capture carbon - "Can regenerative wool make fashion more sustainable? Regenerative wool: it's the new green buzzword in the fashion industry - but can wool ever be fully sustainable?"
• The world capital of the dirtiest coal - "The end of the world's capital of brown coal. Germany is slowly shuttering its prolific lignite mines, which produce the least efficient type of coal. The ghostly towns in the mines' shadows may hold a lesson for how to move on."
• The world is paying a high price for cheap clothes - "When shoppers entered H&M's flagship store in central London last summer, the first thing they would have seen was a dark blue, flowery minidress hanging front and center. On sale for just £4 (or $4.80 US), the dress featured more than a low price tag. It also boasted a green label with the word 'CONSCIOUS.'"
• The world's growing concrete coasts - "The world's coastlines are turning to concrete, at a huge cost to wildlife and the climate. But new technologies may offer a way to shore up coasts while benefiting biodiversity."
• Their countries are sinking due to climate change - "The Leaders of These Sinking Countries Are Fighting to Stop Climate Change. Here's What the Rest of the World Can Learn."
• Then & now: Arctic sea-ice feeling the heat - "In our monthly feature, Then and Now, we reveal some of the ways that planet Earth has been changing against the backdrop of a warming world. The shrinking sea-ice in the Arctic is not only a sign of climate change, it is causing the planet to warm more quickly. This is because more sunlight is being absorbed by the darker ocean, rather than being reflected back into space."
• Then & now: restoring coral reefs in Indonesia - "Indonesia coral reef partially restored in extensive project. Around 40,000 sq m (more than 100,000 sq km) of coral reef has been restored as part of a collaboration between local groups, conservation organisation The Nature Conservancy and private company Sheba."
• Then & now: When silence descended over Victoria Falls - "In our monthly feature, Then and Now, we reveal some of the ways that planet Earth has been changing against the backdrop of a warming world. Here, we look at the effects of global heating on Victoria Falls, one of the natural wonders of the world - and how Sub-Saharan Africa is learning to cope with the climate crisis."
• These Billionaires Applaud Biden's Plan To Curb Carbon Emissions - "When President Biden revealed ambitious goals to fight climate change on Thursday, including cutting down greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. by at least 50% by 2030, one of his former political challengers, Tom Steyer, thought 'Today is a great day.' Steyer is one of a handful of billionaires - including Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Mike Bloomberg - who publicly expressed support for Biden's plan."
• These new Barbies are made from ocean-bound plastic - "Mattel is launching a new line of Barbies made from plastic that would otherwise become ocean waste."
• These tiny creatures are losing their battle to survive. Here’s what we can do to save them - "The Rufous Hummingbird is magical. The male’s iridescent throat glows brighter than a shiny copper penny and like most hummingbirds, whizzes through the air curiously hovering right in front of humans who ponder them. They are one of the smallest hummingbirds at just over 3 inches long - but one of the feistiest."
• They Took Their Horses to the Swiss Alps for Snow Polo. They Got Slush Instead - "In St. Moritz, a ski resort town that revolves around winter tourism, high temperatures made full matches impossible and raised concerns about the future."
• They're Healthy. They're Sustainable. So Why Don't Humans Eat More Bugs? - TIME Magazine.
• This could be our secret weapon against climate change - "Nature's ticking time bomb? Why these ecosystems could be make or break in our fight against the climate crisis."
• Third of Antarctic ice shelves 'will collapse amid 4C global heating' - "'Unimaginable amounts' of water will flow into oceans if that temperature rise occurs and ice buffers vanish, warn UK scientists."
• This company claims its boats can save Venice - "Swedish company Candela thinks that its electric boats can help fight 'moto ondoso' - the damaging phenomenon of waves bashing against the buildings and sidewalks from the wakes of boats being driven around the city."
• This country’s love affair with air conditioning shows a Catch 22 of climate change - "'You can’t survive without air con in Singapore,' Chee said. 'It’s impossible with the heat.'"
• This Eminent Scientist Says Climate Activists Need to Get Real - The "The 'really' in the title of Vaclav Smil’s newest book, 'How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We’re Going,' is doing some heavy lifting. He aims to correct that - to recenter materials rather than electronic flows of data as the bedrock of modern life - largely through examining what he calls the four pillars of modern civilization: cement, steel, plastics and ammonia."
• ‘This is about survival’: will Cop27 bring action on Glasgow climate pact? - "Amid an energy crisis caused by war in Ukraine, climate experts say November talks must act on plans to limit global heating."
• ‘This is the age of waste’: the show about our throwaway addiction & how to cure it - "It is now 100 times more lucrative to mine gold from e-dumps than from the ground. Yet 70 years ago, we barely threw anything away at all. Can design change our disposable culture?"
• 'This land feeds our souls': the battle to save the Rockies from big coal - "Growing opposition to the lifting of mining protections in Alberta has forced the Canadian province to backtrack."
• This solar-powered plane could stay in the air for months - "Skydweller Aero aims to produce the world's first commercially viable 'pseudo-satellite' - a solar-powered airplane capable of staying in the sky for months at a time."
• This week’s record-breaking global temperatures are likely highest in ‘at least 100,000 years’ - "It’s been a week of record-breaking temperatures. On Monday, the average global temperature reached 17.01 degrees Celsius (62.62 degrees Fahrenheit), the highest in the NCEP’s data, which goes back to 1979. On Tuesday it climbed to 17.18 degrees Celsius, where it remained on Wednesday."
• Thousands forced to evacuate by wildfire near Saint-Tropez - "Large blazes are also burning in Portugal and Spain, the latest in a devastating European fire season made worse by the climate crisis."
• Three Mile Island nuclear plant gears up for Big Tech reboot - "Nuclear creates large amounts of carbon-free electricity. That is attractive to companies, like Microsoft, that have climate pledges and face increasing public scrutiny for their voracious power use."
• Thwaites Glacier: Scientists looked deep beneath the Doomsday Glacier - "Scientists using ice-breaking ships and underwater robots have found the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is melting at an accelerating rate and could be on an irreversible path to collapse, spelling catastrophe for global sea level rise. What they found spells potential disaster for the planet."
• Ticket prices of planes vs trains - a Europe-wide analysis - "How low-cost carriers destroy the climate while their unfair and agressive pricing strategies go unchecked." Greenpeace.
• Time for some home truths about deforestation - "A powerful French book punctures the myth that countries in the global south are largely responsible for habitat destruction."
• ‘Time has run out’: UN fails to reach agreement to protect marine life - "This fifth round of discussions was meant to establish a UN Ocean Treaty that would protect biodiversity in international waters."
• Time is running out on the Climate Clock - "The world has less than six years left to hit crucial global climate goals, according to the clock. An ominous, 62-foot-long clock looms over New York City’s iconic Union Square, and it’s about to tick past a worrying milestone. It’s called the Climate Clock, and it counts down how much time the world has left to stop climate change from becoming exponentially worse."
• Tiny Atlantic island takes giant leap towards protecting world's oceans - "UK overseas territory Tristan da Cunha's new marine protected area will be fourth largest sanctuary of its kind."
• Tiny Swiss Company That Thinks It Can Help Stop Climate Change - "Two European entrepreneurs want to remove carbon from the air at prices cheap enough to matter."
• To Re-Enter Paris Agreement, U.S. Must Draft A New Climate Pledge - "Donald Trump's brief withdrawal from the Paris Agreement invalidated the United States' 2005 climate pledge - which many saw as inadequate - creating an opportunity for Joe Biden to make a more ambitious commitment."
• Top 10 Greenest Countries - "According to the latest rankings, Denmark has emerged as the greenest country globally, thanks to its robust environmental policies and commitment to renewable energy. Following closely are the United Kingdom and Finland, both known for their sustainable practices and high environmental standards."
• Top scientists warn of 'ghastly future' for planet as leaders underestimate ecological threats - "The world is on track for a 'ghastly future,' an international group of scientists has warned, with accelerating climate change and biodiversity loss threatening the survival of all of the planet's species unless world leaders face up to the challenge and act urgently."
• total climate meltdown cannot be stopped, says expert - "Blistering heatwaves are just the start. We must accept how bad things are before we can head off global catastrophe, according to a leading UK scientist."
• Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ are contaminating plastic food containers - "Harmful PFAS chemicals are being used to hold food, drink and cosmetics, with unknown consequences for human health."
• Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in toilet paper around the world - "Research finds waste flushed down toilets and sent to sewage plants probably responsible for significant source of water pollution."
• Toxic impact of pesticides on bees has doubled, study shows - "Analysis contradicts claims that the environmental impact of pesticides is falling, say scientists."
• Train fares are up to 30 times more expensive than planes in Europe, says Greenpeace - "As Europe swelters in a heat wave, and the climate crisis accelerates, many travelers are looking towards trains rather than polluting planes. But those wanting to make their travel more carbon-conscious face hefty bills. According to a new report, taking a long-distance train in Europe can cost nearly 30 times as much as flying. The report, compiled by environmental campaign group Greenpeace, compared the cost of flight and train tickets on 112 European routes on nine different dates."
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• Treeful Treehouse Sustainable Resort - since August 2021. "Have a Treeful day." Enjoy the sustainable luxury. Currently you will stay at a set of Spiral Treehouse and an AeroHouse. This treehouse isn’t for kids. It’s a luxury resort. One of Japan’s most elegant hotels is actually a treehouse. It was the first seed of what is now Treeful, an upscale resort in Okinawa prefecture. 2578 Genka, Nago, Okinawa 905-1141, Japan.
• Trees & land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature’s carbon sink failing? - "The sudden collapse of carbon sinks was not factored into climate models - and could rapidly accelerate global heating."
• Trillions of dollars spent on Covid recovery in ways that harm environment - "Only 10% of $17tn global bailout directed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions and restoring nature, report finds."
• Tropical forests can regenerate in just 20 years without human interference - "Study finds natural regrowth yields better results than human plantings and offers hope for climate recovery."
• Truffles Are Becoming Even More Expensive. Blame Climate Change - "Harvests of the fungi are plummeting as Europe gets drier, pushing the prices of some varieties to eye-watering heights."
• Trump auctions Arctic refuge to oil drillers in last strike against US wilderness - "Sales of drilling rights are the climax to one of the nation's highest-profile environmental battles."
• Trump Pushes New Environmental Rollbacks on His Way Out the Door - "Down to its final weeks, the Trump administration is working to push through dozens of environmental rollbacks that could weaken century-old protections for migratory birds, expand Arctic drilling and hamstring future regulation of public health threats."
• Trump to wild fire responders: 'It'll start getting cooler' - "The president has mentioned improved forestry management as one way to combat wildfires - but many think climate change is also a factor in the increased frequency and intensity of recent blazes, including those in California, Washington and Oregon."
• Trump’s win: ‘A wrecking ball’: experts warn Trump’s win sets back global climate action - "Election of a ‘climate denier’ to US presidency poses ‘major threat to the planet’, environmentalists say."
• Truthful climate reporting shifts viewpoints, but only briefly, study finds - "Ohio State University researchers gauged responses to climate science versus scepticism and suggest facts bear repeating."
• Trying to Live a Day Without Plastic - "It’s all around us, despite its adverse effects on the planet. In a 24-hour experiment, one journalist tried to go plastic free."
• turbulence: What is it like to fly a plane during turbulence? - "For passengers on board the SQ321 flight from London to Singapore, it was a terrifying experience when the plane was hit by severe turbulence. Turbulence occurs when a plane hits air currents causing it to roll, pitch or drop suddenly. It is said to be becoming more common due to climate change."
• Turf houses: Iceland's original 'green' buildings - "Known as 'torfbæir', these ingeniously designed homes helped settle one of Europe's least-hospitable environments."
• Turns out there’s another problem with AI - its environmental toll - "AI uses huge amounts of electricity and water to work, and the problem is only going to get worse - what can be done?"
• Twitter uses Earth Day to announce ban on climate denialism ads - "The platform has been a source of a growing wave of climate misinformation and said denialism ‘shouldn’t be monetized’."

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• UK climate assembly participants hail a life-changing event - "From buying an electric car to starting a secondhand clothes business, attendees talk of the unexpected delights of the first UK citizens' assembly."
• UK could turn as cold as Scandinavia. Why aren’t we preparing? - "Nothing is certain in the casino of climate physics, but if a vital ocean current collapses temperatures will plummet over the decades that follow - and Britain is ‘ground zero’."
• UK smashes its hottest-day record, 100 million Americans under alerts in global heat emergency - "Heat waves across multiple continents have dashed records, threatened public health and buckled infrastructure, in what scientists say are signs of the climate crisis' impact on day-to-day weather. Americans are used to switching on their air conditioners any time temperatures near 80 degrees Fahrenheit (27 degrees Celsius). But in the UK, record-shredding heat this week has brought life to a pandemic-esque standstill. Temperatures in the UK breached 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) for the first time on Tuesday, making it the country's hottest day on record."
• UK supermarket & fast food chicken linked to deforestation in Brazil - "Tesco, Lidl, Asda, McDonald's and Nando's all source chicken fed on soya from Cerrado tropical biome region."
• UK supermarkets not doing enough to cut plastic use, says report - "Ten biggest retailers produced 900,000 tonnes of packaging and 2bn plastic bags in 2017."
• UK to make climate risk reports mandatory for large companies - "Rishi Sunak says disclosures will be mandatory within five years as part of net-zero plans."
• UK, US, China: how the world’s carbon ‘centre of gravity’ moved over 200 years - "The geographic centre of the world’s carbon emissions used to sit atop the UK. Now it sits squarely over China."
• UK vows to outdo other economies with 68% emissions cuts by 2030 - "Boris Johnson promises to go further and faster by setting target of 68% reduction in annual carbon emissions."
• ultimate climate challenge - "The people living ultra low-carbon lifestyles. To tackle climate change, many of us need to cut our carbon footprints. But what do truly low-carbon lifestyles look like - and can they really be achieved by personal choice alone?"
• Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) - area in London, England, where an emissions standard based charge is applied to non-compliant road vehicles.
• ultra-white paint could cool buildings, cutting the need for air conditioning - "Scientists have developed a light-reflecting 'ultra-white' paint, which they say could negate the need for air conditioning and even reduce carbon emissions, if used on a mass scale."
• Ultra-white paint could reduce the need for air conditioning - "Save the planet by painting your house a boring color."
• UN blasts world leaders for failing to seal $100bn-a-year deal on climate - "Financial aid ‘critical’ to help developing countries limit fossil fuels - and make Cop26 a success, says UN."
• UN body pushed to demand stronger climate action from Australia to save Great Barrier Reef - "Conservationists lobby World Heritage Committee to demand Australia reduce emissions or risk reef being placed on ‘in danger’ list."
• UN body reaches long-term aviation climate goal of net zero by 2050 - "Decision described as a compromise by several European countries who wanted a more ambitious target."
• UN chief says the dash for new fossil fuels is 'delusional' - "Rich countries have made a dangerous dash for fossil fuels in response to the Ukraine war, the U.N. secretary-general said on Tuesday, warning that new investments being made in coal, oil and gas were 'delusional' given their impact on climate change."
• UN chief urges leaders to start Cop26 climate negotiations online - "António Guterres says Covid pandemic must not halt preparatory work for key summit in Glasgow."
• UN climate change goal now 'within reach' - "A new analysis, seen by the BBC, suggests the goals of the UN Paris climate agreement are getting 'within reach.'"
• UN finds ‘no credible pathway to 1.5C in place’ - "Failure to cut carbon emissions means ‘rapid transformation of societies’ is only option to limit impacts, report says."
• UN Global Climate Action Awards | UNFCCC - "The UN Global Climate Action Awards are spearheaded by UN Climate Change to shine a light on the enormous groundswell of activities underway across the globe that are moving the world toward a highly resilient, low-carbon future. The UN Global Climate Action Awards recognize innovative and transformative solutions that address both climate change and wider economic, social and environmental challenges."
• UN Global Climate Action Awards | UNFCCC - "UN Global Climate Action Award Ceremony 2021."
• UN global climate poll: 'The people's voice is clear - they want action' - "Biggest ever survey finds two-thirds of people think climate change is a global emergency."
• UN head accuses fossil fuel firms of business models ‘inconsistent with human survival’ - "Criticism at Davos for big companies who, ‘like the tobacco industry’, ride roughshod over their own science."
• UN head declares ‘ocean emergency’ as global leaders gather in Lisbon - "António Guterres says the world must turn the tide of rising sea levels, ocean heating, acidification and plastics pollution."
• UN releases 'survival guide' to avert climate disaster - "Clean energy and technology can be exploited to avoid the growing climate disaster, the report says."
• UN says climate change ‘out of control’ after likely hottest week on record - "After record breaking days on Monday and Tuesday, unofficial analysis shows the world may have seen its hottest seven days in a row."
• UN to reveal landmark climate report findings - "The world's largest ever report into climate change will be published later, setting out the stark reality of the state of the planet. The study is by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - a UN group that looked at more than 14,000 scientific papers."
• UN warns that world risks becoming 'uninhabitable hell' for millions unless leaders take climate action - "There has been a 'staggering' rise in natural disasters over the past 20 years and the climate crisis is to blame, the United Nations said Monday."
• Underwater Noise Pollution Is Disrupting Ocean Life - But We Can Fix It - "A new paper published in the journal Science titled 'Soundscape of the Anthropocene Ocean' lays out the repercussions, demonstrating that noise pollution can be just as harmful to the ocean environment as other kinds of pollution."
• UNESCO sites at risk from climate change - CNN travel.
• Unprecedented number of heat records broken around world 2024 - "In 2024, 15 national temperature records have been set as weather extremes grow more frequent, climate historian says."
• Unprecedented snowfall on US west coast is ‘once-in-a-generation’ event - "California governor declares state of emergency in 13 counties while Portland, Oregon, sees second snowiest day in history."
• unseasonable heat in Europe as winter comes early to US - "Southern Spain hit 35.2C on Thursday, more than 10 degrees above normal, as heavy snow fell on Utah."
• US election 2020: A really simple guide - "The president of the United States of America has a huge influence on how the world responds to international crises, such as wars, global pandemics and climate change."
• US & EU pledge 30% cut in methane emissions to limit global heating - "Major commitment with deadline of 2030 is big advance towards reaching 1.5C goal set out in Paris agreement."
• US & UK citizens are world's biggest sources of plastic waste - study - "US population may also be third-largest producer of marine plastic pollution."
• US & UK fall billions short of ‘fair share’ of climate funding - "Support for developing countries will be critical issue at Cop27 but new data shows rich countries are lagging."
• US-China deal on emissions welcomed by global figures & climate experts - "UN and EU say the agreement could help pave the way to wider breakthrough, though concerns remain over ‘patchy details’."
• US fails to give money promised for developing countries to ease climate impacts - "Spending bill passed by Senate includes less than $1bn in climate assistance for poorer nations even though Biden promised $11.4bn."
• US heatwave: 'Dangerous’ temperatures could set new records - "Parts of the US are expected to see record temperatures on Sunday, with warnings of "dangerous" heat levels into next week across the south-west."
• US plans to protect thousands of miles of coral reefs in Pacific & Caribbean - "Proposals cite climate change as most severe threat to US reefs, which may be in danger of disappearing in some places."
• US plastics to outstrip coal’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, study finds - "American plastics industry, described by experts as ‘the new coal’, releasing at least 232m tons of gas annually."
• US returns to global climate arena with call to act on 'emergency' - "At virtual Global Adaptation summit, John Kerry says 'we're proud to be back' after four-year absence."
• US sets new record for billion-dollar climate disasters in single year - "Country has experienced 23 extreme weather events costing $1bn or more already this year, passing previous mark of 22 in 2020."
• US to hold world climate summit early next year and seek to rejoin Paris accord - "Action points for first 100 days of Joe Biden presidency seen as boost to international action currently falling behind."

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• Vacations as we know it are over - "As wildfires, driven by record-breaking heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds, raged across the islands of Rhodes, Corfu and Evia, thousands of visitors, along with residents, had to flee the flames - many with just the clothes they were wearing. It would be a big mistake to regard these as freak events and to continue holidaying as usual in the years ahead. On the contrary, the extreme weather conditions across southern Europe this summer are a wake-up call - a reminder that not even our vacations are insulated from the growing consequences of global heating."
• Vanuatu oil rig registry sparks concern amid climate advocacy - "Pacific country questioned over profits drawn from industry linked to oil as it gains global prominence for climate work."
• Vanuatu’s push for legal protection from climate change wins crucial support - "1,500 civil society groups from 130 countries back Vanuatu’s move to seek protection from the international court of justice."
• Vegan diet massively cuts environmental damage, study shows - "Detailed analysis finds plant diets lead to 75% less climate-heating emissions, water pollution and land use than meat-rich ones."
• Vegan leather made from mushrooms could mould the future of sustainable fashion - "Seven millennia since its invention, leather remains one of the most durable and versatile natural materials. However, some consumers question the ethical ramifications and environmental sustainability of wearing products sourced from animals."
• Vietnam records highest ever temperature of 44.1C - "Report comes after neighbouring countries also register unprecedented highs during April heatwave."
• Viking runestone may allude to extreme winter, study says - "Ninth-century Rök stone may deal with fear of cold climate crisis in Scandinavia."
• Village in French Alps demolishes its ski lift because there's no snow left - "Watching from the sidelines, roughly a hundred people gathered in the small French Alpine village of Saint-Firmin to bid farewell to their ski lift as a small team worked to dismantle it late last month. The reason? It hasn't been in use for years - because there was no more snow. 'Global warming happened, and that's what changed our view of this site,' Didier Beauzon, 63, a life-long resident of Saint Firmin and an elected official serving the village, told CNN."
• Virgin to fly 'net-zero' transatlantic Boeing 787 - "The aircraft will hit the skies in 2023 fueled entirely by what's known as sustainable aviation fuel."
• Visit Venice Responsibly, According to Locals - "The iconic city has become a poster child for overtourism, but locals say it’s still possible to visit respectfully. Here’s the advice that longtime residents shared with me about how to reap the rewards of being a better visitor."
• Visualized: A third of Americans are already facing above-average warming - "Temperatures in 499 counties across west, north-east and upper midwest US have already breached 1.5C (2.7F)."
• Vladimir Putin criticises Greta Thunberg's UN speech on climate change - "Speaking at an energy conference in Moscow, Mr Putin said: 'Nobody explained to Greta that the modern world is complicated and complex.'"
• Vulnerable countries demand global tax to pay for climate-led loss & damage - "Poor nations exhort UN to consider ‘climate-related and justice-based’ tax on big fossil fuel users and air travel."
• VÄxjÖ: A 'crazy town looking to go fossil free': Sweden's wooden city that was green before Greta - "Nearly a decade before Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was even born, Växjö set itself on a path to a new vision of green urban living."

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• Walmart, Ikea & Amazon have a dirty shipping problem - "New report identifies the biggest corporate culprits of maritime emissions."
• Want to help the climate crisis? Don't toss your old iPhone, fix it - "Manufacturers have made it difficult to repair devices, and replacing them is often an easier and less expensive solution for consumers, further contributing to the already-dire climate crisis."
• Warmer winters can wreak as much havoc as hotter summers, say scientists - "Warmer winters are happening across the globe, and can be drivers of catastrophic weather events and profound changes."
• Waste from one bitcoin transaction ‘like binning two iPhones’ - "Study highlights vast churn in computer hardware that the cryptocurrency incentivises."
• Water extraction & weight of buildings see half of China's cities sink - "Nearly half of China's major cities are sinking because of water extraction and the increasing weight of their rapid expansion, researchers say. Some cities are subsiding rapidly, with one in six exceeding 10mm per year. China's rapid urbanisation in recent decades means far more water is now being drawn up to meet people's needs, scientists say."
• Water is disappearing in the West & not just during the summer - "The West's historic drought has many impacts, including water shortages, more severe wildfire seasons and unprecedented heat waves, to name a few. Intense droughts are a result of many factors, one of which scientists have recently began to analyze with more scrutiny: snow drought."
• Water restrictions to be tightened in France - "Christophe Béchu, France’s Minister of Ecological Transition, said on Friday that more than 100 municipalities have no natural water supplies and are being provisioned by water tankers."
• Watered down: why negotiators at Cop15 are barely mentioning the ocean - "With only two mentions of the word ‘ocean’ in the latest 5,000-word working agreement, delegates fear marine biodiversity is being sacrificed."
• ‘We are just getting started’: the plastic-eating bacteria that could change the world - "When a microbe was found munching on a plastic bottle in a rubbish dump, it promised a recycling revolution. Now scientists are attempting to turbocharge those powers in a bid to solve our waste crisis. But will it work?"
• We Are Opening the Lids on Two Giant Pandora’s Boxes - "One of these Pandora’s boxes is labeled 'artificial intelligence,' and it is exemplified by the likes of ChatGPT, Bard and AlphaFold, which testify to humanity’s ability for the first time to manufacture something in a godlike way that approaches general intelligence, far exceeding the brainpower with which we evolved naturally. The other Pandora’s box is labeled 'climate change,' and with it we humans are for the first time driving ourselves in a godlike way from one climate epoch into another. Up to now, that power was largely confined to natural forces involving Earth’s orbit around the sun."
• We are running out of time to reach deal to save natural world, says UN talks chair - "Warning comes amid fears of further delays to Kunming summit, which aims to agree on curbing destruction of ecosystems."
• 'We don't have time to lose': plans for coral ark to help save the world's reefs - "The Biobank is an ambitious scheme to house 800 corals in a purpose-built facility in Port Douglas."
• We face climate extinction, at-risk nations say - "Climate change: At-risk nations fear extinction after IPCC report. Nations vulnerable to climate change have warned they are on the 'edge of extinction' if action is not taken."
• ‘We live in a desert. We have to act like it’: Las Vegas faces reality of drought - "Water investigators track down wasteful homeowners and public turf torn up to conserve scarce water supplies."
• Welcome to the ‘plastisphere’: the synthetic ecosystem evolving at sea - "Ocean plastic has created a unique home for specialised organisms, from animals that travel on it to bacteria that ‘eat’ it. Plastic bottles dominate waste in the ocean, with an estimated 1m of them reaching the sea every minute. The biggest culprit is polyethylene terephthalate (Pet) bottles."
• 'We're not perfect but we're freaking trying': ChloÉ's Gabriela Hearst on making fashion sustainable - "When Uruguayan fashion designer Gabriela Hearst was announced as the creative director of luxury fashion house Chloé in December last year, those familiar with her work knew it spelled change for the 70-year-old French brand - especially given the maison's CEO, Riccardo Bellini, had already indicated he was looking to take the label in a new purpose-driven direction."
• Well Beyond the U.S., Heat & Climate Extremes Are Hitting Billions - "People all over the world are facing severe heat, floods and fire, aggravated by the use of fossil fuels. The year isn't halfway done."
• West accused of ‘climate hypocrisy’ as emissions dwarf those of poor countries - "Average Briton produces more carbon in two days than Congolese person does in entire year, study finds."
• What a patchwork kimono can teach us about sustainability - "What the Japanese Edo period, from 1603 to 1868, can teach us about today. This culture of deep sustainability was reinforced by strict regulations to deal with timber shortages. Japan's economy was as dependent on wood."
• What Anna Wintour thinks about fur - "Anna Wintour on fur and the climate crisis."
• What can you do to fight the climate crisis? - "Individual acts alone won't stop the climate crisis, but there are things we can do. We asked several experts what they do in their daily lives to make a difference."
• What could a good green recovery plan actually look like? - "What do governments across the world need to do to shift economies away from fossil fuels?"
• What did we learn from Davos 2020? - "Climate crisis, Greta Thunberg and Trump were at core of 50th World Economic Forum."
• What does 'net zero' mean? - "Net zero means not adding to the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere."
• What does Trump actually believe on climate change? - "US President Donald Trump's position on climate change has been in the spotlight again, after he criticised "prophets of doom" at the World Economic Forum in Davos."
• What happened at Cop26 - day two at a glance - "Summary of the main developments on the second day of the UN climate summit in Glasgow."
• What happened to the world's ozone hole? - "Back in the 1990s, the hole in the planet's ozone layer was a pressing global crisis - if we had ignored it, today there would be several."
• What happens when a huge ship sinks? A step-by-step guide to averting disaster - "From the EverGiven blocking the Suez, to the Costa Concordia cruise ship hitting a reef, what exactly do you do when a vessel comes to grief - and how do you prevent catastrophic pollution?"
• What has Covid done for climate crisis? - "When Covid-19 sparked lockdowns around the world, emissions of one of the greenhouse gases responsible for climate change, atmospheric carbon dioxide, plummeted. But is this record drop a short-term effect of the 2020 pandemic or a 'new normal'?"
• What if all roads went underground? - "Roads pollute cities, eat up public space and fragment habitats. Could moving them underground help?"
• ‘What if we just gave up cars?’: Cop26 leaders urged to dream big - "A new agreement would phase out fossil fuel vehicles but activists want a focus on public transport, walking and cycling."
• What is climate change? A really simple guide - "Scientists say global warming could have a catastrophic effect on the planet."
• What is COP26? How the pivotal UN conference could avert global climate 'catastrophe' - "The COP26 international climate talks in Glasgow this November couldn't come at a more crucial time. A state-of-the-science report published by the UN in August showed that the world is warming faster than scientists previously thought, and that slashing greenhouse gas emissions by at least half this decade is crucial to staving off the more catastrophic impacts of the climate crisis."
• What is 'low-carbon gardening'? - "How to turn your garden into a carbon sink. From patches of wilderness to decomposing plants, turning your garden into a carbon sink isn’t just about adding lots of trees."
• What it’s like to wear the Dyson Zone around an NYC covered in wildfire smoke - "Things didn’t go the way I thought they would, but then again, what sort of gadget would be equipped for something like this?"
• What lockdown loneliness taught me about climate change - "A fast-changing world can be a lonely place. But can isolation during the pandemic give us clues about how to overcome the slow-burning crisis of climate change?"
• What makes a good net zero carbon emissions pledge? - "Countries, companies and organisations around the world are promising to limit their carbon emissions to net zero by 2050, but how good are their commitments?"
• What Noma did next: how the 'New Nordic' is reshaping the food world - "In our time of climate crisis and inequality, as top chefs dream less of Michelin stars and more of changing the world, the New Nordic movement is reaching beyond haute cuisine into classrooms, supermarkets and parliaments."
• what one month of extreme weather looks like - video - "In the last month, devastating weather extremes have hit regions across the world. From flash floods in Belgium to deadly temperatures in the US, from wildfires in Siberia to landslides in India, it has been an unprecedented period of chaotic weather. Climate scientists have long predicted that human-caused climate disruption would lead to more flooding, heatwaves, droughts, storms and other forms of extreme weather, but even they have been shocked by the scale of these scenes."
• What sea level rise will look like around the globe, visualized - "The planet is warming rapidly, resulting in historic drought, deadly floods and unusual melting events in the Arctic. It is also causing steady sea level rise, which scientists say will continue for decades. A new study from Climate Central, a nonprofit research group, shows that roughly 50 major coastal cities will need to implement 'unprecedented' adaptation measures to prevent rising seas from swallowing their most populated areas."
• What the World Will Look Like in 2050 If We Don't Cut Carbon Emissions in Half - "In our book, The Future We Choose, we outline two futures: one where we act to halve emissions in this decade, and one where we fail to do so, write Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac."
• What The World's Richest People Are Doing To Fight Climate Change - "A recent UN report found that the richest 1% of the world population account for 15% of emissions. 'The wealthy bear the greatest responsibility in this area,' the report found, referring to changes in consumer behavior prioritizing low-carbon consumption. 'This elite will need to reduce their footprint by a factor of 30 to stay in line with the Paris Agreement targets,' it added."
• What Victorian-era seaweed pressings reveal about our changing seas - "A 'women's pastime' practised by Queen Victoria, 'seaweeding' spread from the UK to California - now the samples are providing a glimpse into history."
• What will our eco-friendly homes of the future look like? - "The planet-saving innovations available, and which are most likely to be used in UK houses."
• What would a flying-free world look like? - "Aeroplanes are incredibly polluting, but could we ever live completely without them?"
• What would a green World Cup look like? - "What would it take to really make the World Cup, and other sports mega-events, a genuine part of a low-carbon world?"
• What would net-zero shipping look like? - "The International Maritime Organization has set a net-zero goal 'by or around 2050'. What is needed to reach this? At the annual meeting of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), countries agreed to cut emissions by 20% by 2030 and 70% by 2040, compared to 2008 levels, and 100% by or around 2050. Small island nations and richer countries had called for a 50% reduction by 2030 and 96% by 2040."
• What you need to know about nuclear fusion breakthrough - "The discovery could take us closer to unleashing an infinite source of clean energy that could help end dependence on fossil fuels."
• What's at Stake in U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry's Trip to China - TIME Magazine.
• When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez met Greta Thunberg: 'Hope is contagious' - "One is America's youngest-ever congresswoman, the other a Swedish schoolgirl. Two of the most powerful voices on the climate speak for the first time."
• When Did You Last Clean Bug Splatter Off Your Windshield? - "It’s probably been awhile - and that’s a problem, Oliver Milman writes in his new book, 'The Insect Crisis.'"
• When One Almond Gulps 3.2 Gallons of Water - "California produces a bounty of almonds, which gulp about 3.2 gallons of water for each almond, according to a 2019 study."
• When the ice melts: the catastrophe of vanishing glaciers - "As global temperatures rise, shrivelling glaciers and thawing permafrost threaten yet more climate disruption. How should we confront what is happening to our world?"
• When will the world reach 1.5C of global heating? - "With 1.5C of heating now all but inevitable, scientists say the focus must turn to mitigation measures."
• Where we are on climate in five charts - "The state of the climate in 2021."
• Which airline is best for carbon emissions? - "EasyJet has come top of the league for airlines trying to cut carbon emissions to tackle climate change."
• Who will pay for the damage caused by climate change? - "Talking about who is responsible for climate change is a fraught debate - even more so when it comes to who ought to pay for the damage it causes."
• Why 2021’s heat waves are so brutal - "A heat dome makes drought and fire worse in the West."
• Why air turbulence could be about to get a whole lot worse - "Most of us have experienced turbulence while traveling: when your plane flies through clashing bodies of air moving at widely different speeds. Severe turbulence can put even the most seasoned flier on edge and make five minutes seem like an eternity. Usually it results in nothing more than a bumpy ride, but in the worst cases it can cause damages and injuries."
• Why are ocean warming records being broken year after year? - "If you want to understand global heating, you have to measure and examine ocean warming trends."
• Why Bill Gates Is Keen on Private Jets - "The convenience and perceived health benefits of flying private are attracting converts. The companies that service the planes may be even bigger winners."
• Why China's climate policy matters to us all - "China's carbon emissions are vast and growing, dwarfing those of other countries. Experts agree that without big reductions in China's emissions, the world cannot win the fight against climate change."
• Why climate lawsuits are surging - "The legal battle against climate change. Activists are increasingly suing governments and companies to take action against climate change - and winning. Could this be a turning point?"
• Why ‘eco-conscious’ fashion brands can continue to increase emissions - "Nike and H&M are among firms whose environmental scores suggest progress. But how are these calculated?"
• Why is Joe Biden considering this man to help fight the climate crisis? - "The Biden transition team is facing pressure not to hire people with fossil fuel ties, like Obama's energy secretary Ernest Moniz."
• Who is to blame for climate change? - "We know that climate change is caused by human activity, but pinning down exactly who is responsible is trickier than it might seem."
• Why a hotter world will be bad for our health - "From the strain extreme heat puts on your heart to the damage it may do to your mental health, not to mention the increased air pollution, the forecast isn’t good."
• Why 'bio' & 'green' don't mean what you think - "The reason to avoid 'green' buzzwords. The language brands use to promote their environmental sustainability can be misleading and unverifiable. How do you spot a buzzword from a real claim?' The language brands use to promote their environmental sustainability can be misleading and unverifiable. How do you spot a buzzword from a real claim?"
• Why climate change is inherently racist - "Climate change divides along racial lines. Could tackling it help address longstanding injustices?"
• Why Extreme Heat Is So Bad for the Human Body - "Heatstroke happens when the body reaches a core temperature of at least 104° F, which can lead to organ failure, brain damage, and even death."
• Why it may be time to stop using the polar bear as a symbol of the climate crisis - "The warming planet is causing steep declines among some of the world’s 26,000 wild polar bears, but it is not universal and the picture is complicated, say experts."
• Why it's so hard to electrify shipping & aviation - "Reducing emissions for cargo ships and planes isn’t as simple as sticking a huge battery in them."
• Why Laax could be Switzerland’s greenest ski town - "Wolves and lynx are returning to the mountains around this sustainable ski resort, where solar-powered lifts serve the grand prix runs and snow parks."
• Why many climate films miss the point - "A new trend for climate films. We need a subtler, more varied portrayal of climate change in film than just climate disaster blockbusters, says Becca Warner."
• Why New York & other cities still aren’t prepared for floods - "New York declared a state of emergency as heavy rain led to flash floods in the city and other parts of the Northeast Friday. The Verge spoke with an expert about why cities shouldn’t be caught off guard but often are with floods."
• Why New Zealand is no safe haven from the climate crisis - "Water carved New Zealand’s stunning landscape. Now too much is risking lives."
• Why polar bears became an icon of climate change - Earth.com.
• Why Republican control of US Senate would kneecap climate action - "Spending on green infrastructure likely under Biden, but any hopes for climate requirements for businesses much farther off."
• Why skipping inflight meals could be good for the planet - "Window or aisle? Near the lavatory or closer to the cockpit? Meal or no meal? 'I skip meals no matter how I fly,' says Ott, who wrote about his experience on his blog, God Save the Points. 'The idea of eating at midnight throws off your whole next day, and I think there’s credible science that it hurts your ability to recover from jet lag.'"
• Why sleeper trains are being revived across Europe - "The carbon footprint is just a fraction of a flight. Flying from Stockholm to Hamburg results in around 250kg of carbon dioxide emissions per passenger, according to calculation website EcoPassenger. By contrast, the C02 released by travelling via electric-powered train is just 26kg."
• Why Socially Responsible Investing Is Likely To Gain Momentum Under Biden - "Despite the Trump administration's environmental policies investors and companies have rallied around sustainability. Get ready for a Biden boom in 2021."
• Why the humble wine cork is being reinvented - "Prized for the lightweight, elastic bark, cork oaks can also store large amounts of carbon during their long lifetimes. Now there are moves to find new uses for this material."
• Why the moon affects the climate - "The subtle influence of the Moon on Earth's weather. 'Pale Moon rains. Red Moon blows. White Moon neither rains nor snows.' For generations, people have watched the Moon for signs of changes in the weather. The Moon does, in fact, affect the Earth's weather patterns in several subtle ways."
• Why the sky is still full of empty 'ghost' flights - "In fact, more than 100,000 'ghost flights' will sail over European skies this winter, according to recent analysis from Greenpeace. The climate damage, claims the environmental group, is 'equivalent to the yearly emissions of more than 1.4 million cars.'"
• Why The Wikimedia Foundation has stopped accepting cryptocurrency donations - "The WMF received around $130,000 (0.08 percent) in crypto donations last year. After a lengthy discussion with almost 400 members of the WMF community, the majority voted to do away with crypto contributions 234 to 94. Some of the main arguments concerned the environmental implications of Bitcoin."
• Why the world’s most fertile fishing ground is facing a ‘unique and dire’ threat - "China’s Pacific fishing fleet has grown by 500% since 2012 and is taking huge quantities of tuna."
• Why we underestimate the power of trees - "The reason wild forests beat plantations. Trees are excellent at taking carbon out of the atmosphere and trapping it in their trunks, roots and leaves. But what if planting them wasn't the solution?"
• Why we'll soon be drinking Arctic wine - "The Arctic Circle: A new frontier for sustainable wine. Once seen as experimental and at the fringe of what's possible, a commercial wine industry in regions just below the Arctic circle is taking advantage of the warmer summers."
• Why wines taste increasingly similar - "How climate change is tweaking the taste of wine. Warming, wildfires and unpredictable weather threaten to disrupt the delicate processes that underlie treasured wines, putting the fine distinctions between grapes at risk."
• Why you are blamed for climate change - "How companies blame you for climate change. Businesses shape how we talk about climate change, and sometimes this can stop us from paying attention to their actions."
• Why you need to worry about the ‘wet-bulb temperature’ - "Scientists think we need to pay attention to a measure of heat and humidity – and it’s edging closer to the limits of human survivability."
• Wildfires likely to increase by a third by 2050, warns UN - "Even previously unaffected countries likely to see uncontrollable blazes, says study, which calls for shift to spending on prevention."
• Will Charles III be as green a king as he was a prince? - "New king will have to eschew grand statements on climate crisis but his role does not stop him talking to the PM in private."
• Will China’s plan for a ‘green silk road’ live up to environmental promises? - "China has pledged to make its Belt and Road initiative greener, but critics say environmental guidelines ‘nonexistent’."
• will Cop27 bring action on Glasgow climate pact? - "Amid an energy crisis caused by war in Ukraine, climate experts say November talks must act on plans to limit global heating."
• Will flying ever be sustainable? - "As passenger numbers continue to grow, making air travel sustainable presents huge challenges." BBC Ideas.
• Will Ikea's recycling scheme really make it greener? - "The furniture chain is trying to tackle the throwaway culture problem, but it has drawn criticism."
• Will millions more trees really stop climate change? - "From Greta Thunberg to Donald Trump and airlines to oil companies, everyone is suddenly going crazy for trees."
• Will naming heatwaves save lives? - "Faced with increasingly dangerous and sometimes fatal temperatures, nearby Los Angeles is among the cities that is considering naming heatwaves - like storms - in a bid to raise public awareness of the dangers and help local officials roll out measures to mitigate the impact of extreme heat, such as opening air-conditioned shelters or activating a 'heat action plan'."
• Will this European capital ban cars? - "After reinventing itself over the centuries to deal with pandemics, Paris could soon become one of the first major cities to limit the use of cars."
• Will wildfires change climate beliefs - "Canada wildfires: Will they change US climate attitudes? With poor air quality and orange skies across the US east coast, some have speculated it could influence beliefs on climate change. Richard Fisher explores what the psychological research has to say."
• Wood burning at home now biggest cause of UK particle pollution - "Fires used by just 8/ of population but cause triple the particle pollution of traffic, data shows."
• World Cleanup Day 2024 - "This year's event takes place on Friday 20 September following our addition to the UN Calendar of International Days! We aim to activate 5% of the world's population that will catalyse lasting societal change in behaviour around mismanaged waste. We invite people from all sectors, from every nation, from all levels of society to join us. Let's do it - together!"
• World Cleanup Day on 17 September - since 2018. "Unites millions of volunteers, governments and organisations in 191 countries to tackle the global waste problem and build up the new and sustainable world. Lets join the hands again for a waste-free world! Annual global social action program aimed at combating the global solid waste problem, including the problem of marine debris."
• World has six months to avert climate crisis, says energy expert - "International Energy Agency chief warns of need to prevent post-lockdown surge in emissions."
• World heritage status for Scottish peat bogs could help UK hit net zero goals - "Hopes rise that the Flow Country, the world's largest carbon store, could become first peatland to win the status."
• world is at its hottest for at least 12,000 years - study - "Scientists say temperatures globally at highest level since start of human civilisation."
• world is getting closer to mastering this source of near-limitless clean energy. China wants to get there first - "The US led on nuclear fusion for decades. Now China is in position to win the race."
• world is getting so hot & humid, parts of it will be uninhabitable - "Heat is testing the limits of human survivability. Here’s how it kills."
• World is 'going in the wrong direction' on climate change, new report finds - "UN chief says ‘fossil fuel free-for-all’ must end as report warns world heading in ‘wrong direction’."
• World Is Headed for 3 Degrees of Warming This Century, U.N. Report Warns - "But a Green Pandemic Recovery Could Offer Hope."
• World is in danger of missing Paris climate target, summit is warned - "Minister tells more than 80 world leaders that not enough is being done."
• World leaders ‘ignoring’ role of destruction of nature in causing pandemics - "Ending the destruction of nature to stop outbreaks at source is more effective and cheaper than responding to them, scientists say."
• World leaders promise to end deforestation by 2030 - "More than 100 world leaders will promise to end and reverse deforestation by 2030, in the COP26 climate summit's first major deal."
• World Maritime Day | United Nations - since 1978. "This year's theme, Navigating the future: safety first! reflects the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) work to enhance maritime safety and security, in tandem with the protection of the marine environment, whilst ensuring its regulatory development process safely anticipates the fast pace of technological change and innovation."
• World meteorologists point to ‘vicious cycle’ of heatwaves & air pollution - "The climate crisis and soaring temperatures are worsening air quality, WMO says, with ‘knock-on effects’."
• World ‘must step up preparations for extreme heat’ - "Rising temperatures may be hitting faster and harder than forecast, say climate scientists in wake of heatwave in US and Canada."
• world needs $700bn a year to restore nature. But where is the money coming from? - "Representatives from nearly 200 countries at the UN’s Cop16 summit in Colombia have yet to break the deadlock over who pays and how much."
• World needs to kick its coal habit to start green recovery, says IEA head - "Energy watchdog's Fatih Birol says shift away from coal in key regions needs to be made a global priority."
• World Oceans Day - (acronym: WOD) is an international day that takes place annually on 8 June. The concept was originally proposed in 1992 by Canada's International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD) and the Ocean Institute of Canada (OIC) at the Earth Summit - UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• World Ocean Day: the top Seascape stories of the past year - "Some of the more fascinating, troubling and heartening tales we have covered over the last 12 months."
• World on brink of five ‘disastrous’ climate tipping points, study finds - "Giant ice sheets, ocean currents and permafrost regions may already have passed point of irreversible change."
• world on track for disastrous heating of more than 2.4C, says key report - "Research from world’s top climate analysis coalition contrasts sharply with last week’s optimism."
• WORLD PLASTICS SUMMIT MAKES ITS MARK FIRST TIME OUT - "It was only the first time the event had been held, but there was no doubt at all that Monaco’s World Plastics Summit 2022 was a blockbuster success in bringing together top minds from across the globe to address one of the world’s most pressing problems."
• World risks descending into a climate ‘doom loop’, warn thinktanks - "Report says simply coping with escalating impacts of climate crisis could override tackling root cause."
• World split on urgency of tackling rising temperatures, poll suggests - "There's growing concern among citizens all over the world about climate change, according to a new global poll."
• World still ‘on brink of climate catastrophe’ after Cop27 deal - "Experts say biggest economies must pledge more cuts to carbon emissions but hail agreement to set up loss and damage fund."
• World’s 6 Most Beautiful Buildings That Redefine Sustainable Architecture - "From Singapore to the UAE, these net zero structures are setting a new green standard."
• World's beaches disappearing due to climate crisis - study - "UK on course to lose a quarter of its sandy coast because of human-driven erosion."
• world’s biggest banks are still pouring money into fossil fuels - "Banks have pledged to go green, but last year they poured billions of dollars into expanding the capacity of fossil fuel production despite the accelerating climate crisis. Banks provided $673 billion to finance the fossil fuel industry last year, even as oil and gas companies made $4 trillion in profits, according to the annual Banking on Climate Chaos report, authored by a group of nonprofits including The Rainforest Action Network and the Sierra Club. While Canadian banks are providing a rising share of the money, US lenders still dominate the market and accounted for 28% of all fossil fuel financing in 2022, said the report."
• world’s biggest carbon capture facility is being built in Texas. Will it work? - "The plant will inject 500,000 tons of carbon dioxide into the ground each year - but is it just greenwashing from big oil?"
• world’s biggest companies have made almost no progress on limiting global warming since 2018 - "The leading sustainability data provider found that the efforts of just 22% of the world’s 500 biggest public companies by market value are aligned with the Paris Agreement, aimed at limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. That’s a measly gain from 18% of firms in 2018. Climate scientists consider a 1.5 degree rise in the average global temperature a key tipping point, beyond which the chances of extreme flooding, drought, wildfires and food shortages could increase dramatically."
• World’s biggest machine capturing carbon from air turned on in Iceland - "Operators say the Orca plant can suck 4,000 tonnes of CO2 out of the air every year and inject it deep into the ground to be mineralised."
• World’s ‘calamitous’ water crisis being ignored in climate talks - WaterAid - "Cop26 summit focusing on slowing down global heating at expense of current impact on water-stressed regions, says head of WaterAid."
• World’s coal power capacity rises despite climate warnings - "Increase of 2% last year driven by plant expansion in China and slowdown in US and Europe closures."
• World’s Doomsday Plant Vault Gets Thousands of New Seeds - "A storage facility in Norway built to safeguard crop diversity recently received more than 30,000 samples as concerns grow about climate change and food insecurity."
• world's first hydrogen-powered passenger trains are here - "The future of environmentally friendly travel might just be here - and it's Germany that's leading the charge, with the first ever rail line to be entirely run on hydrogen-powered trains, starting from Wednesday."
• World's first year-long breach of key 1.5C warming limit - "For the first time, global warming has exceeded 1.5C across an entire year, according to the EU's climate service."
• world's five safest cities post-pandemic - "Cities across the world have had to rethink security in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic - here are the ones doing it well."
• world’s forests do more than just store carbon, new research finds - "New data suggests forests help keep the Earth at least half of a degree cooler, protecting us from the effects of climate crisis."
• world's forgotten greenhouse gas - "Emissions of the greenhouse gas commonly known as laughing gas are soaring. Can we cut emissions from its greatest anthropogenic source?"
• world’s highest navigable lake is drying out - "Shocking water level decline hits lake relied on by 3 million people."
• World's Largest Gigayacht Was Built to Help Save the Oceans - "From Climate Change to Plastic Pollution. As the biggest research vessel, she'll work on fixing overfishing, climate change and plastic pollution."
• World's largest iceberg breaks off from Antarctica - "The world's largest iceberg has calved from Antarctica over the past few days, a giant floating piece of ice close to 80 times the size of Manhattan."
• ‘World’s largest ocean restoration project’ designed for Dubai - "In a city known for superlatives, it’s no surprise that someone in Dubai plans to build another of the “world’s largest.” But unlike the tallest skyscraper or the deepest pool, the latest proposed project is not simply an architectural feat, it’s a win for ocean conservation too. Dubai Reefs bills itself as the world’s largest ocean restoration project; if built it would consist of 77 square miles of artificial reef that will create a home for more than one billion corals and 100 million mangrove trees."
• World’s Largest Wind Turbine Has Been Switched On - "China Three Gorges Corporation announced that the 16-megawatt MySE 16-260 turbine had been successfully installed at the company's offshore wind farm near Fujian Province on July 19. The behemoth is 152 meters (500 feet) tall, and each single blade is 123 meters (403 feet) and weighs 54 tons."
• world’s most eco-conscious airlines - "Air travel is toxic for the planet. But some airlines are better than others."
• world's most polluted capital city - "Twenty-one of the world's 30 cities with the worst levels of air pollution are in India, according to data compiled in the 2021 World Air Quality Report. Six Indian cities are in the top 10. New Delhi has the highest exposure to toxic air in the country. People in India had the fifth highest annual recordings of fine particulate matter (PM2.5), a particularly harmful form of air pollution. The year-round average for PM2.5 pollution in New Delhi was the worst of any capital city in the world by a large margin."
• world’s next tallest building could be a 3,000-feet-high battery - "3,000 feet of steel and concrete could solve renewable energy’s biggest problem. Skyscrapers could soon have a new purpose: storing renewable energy."
• world's tiny islands inspiring green action - "Small island communities have often been pioneers for sustainability and climate action. Are they a snapshot of a greener future, or a distraction from bigger problems elsewhere?"
• World’s vast networks of underground fungi to be mapped for first time - "Project aims to help protect some of trillions of miles of the ‘circulatory system of the planet’."
• World's wealthiest 'at heart of climate problem' - "The world's wealthy must radically change their lifestyles to tackle climate change, a report says. It says the world's wealthiest 1% produce double the combined carbon emissions of the poorest 50%, according to the UN."
• World's worst polluted cities - "The world's 100 worst polluted cities are in Asia - and 83 of them are in just one country."
• Worried about your lifestyle & the climate? Read these books - "What to read if you're worried about the climate crisis and your lifestyle."
• Worst drought 'in living memory' threatens the world's olive oil supply - "In July, temperatures broke records to top 40 degrees Celsius (104.5 degrees Fahrenheit) across parts of France, Spain, Italy and Portugal. By early August, sweltering heat and a lack of rainfall had pushed almost two-thirds of land in the European Union into drought conditions, according to the European Drought Observatory."
• Worst polluting countries must make drastic carbon cuts, says Cop26 chief - "Alok Sharma says chance to limit worst impacts of climate breakdown ‘still achievable, but retreating fast’."

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• Yellowstone: report reveals extent of climate threat to oldest US national park - "Researchers say temperatures, already the highest in the past 20,000 years, could increase by up to 10F by 2100."
• Yep, it’s bleak, says expert who tested 1970s end-of-the-world prediction - "A controversial MIT study from 1972 forecast the collapse of civilization - and Gaya Herrington is here to deliver the bad news."

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• Zero-Emissions Electric Superyacht Concept Is Anchored by a 3-Story Vertical Garden - "Hidden Portside’s new superyacht is further proof that sustainability and luxury boating are not mutually exclusive. The Barcelona-based design studio has penned an innovative 164-footer known as Naboo that pairs eco-friendly furnishings and zero-emissions propulsion with a design-savvy aesthetic."
• Zero-impact flying is the dream. This is the reality - "How close are we to guilt-free flying?"
• 'Zombie batteries' causing hundreds of waste fires, experts warn - "Industry urges people not to throw out dead batteries with household rubbish or recycling."