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Climate Change, Environment
Climate change is taking a major human, economic and environmental toll in Europe, the fastest warming continent of the world. The year 2022 was marked by extreme heat, drought and wildfires. Sea surface temperatures around Europe reached new highs, accompanied by marine heatwaves. Glacier melt was unprecedented. The State of the
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A thematic dialogue at the Bonn UN Climate Change Conference in June this year showed how nations can more effectively tackle the climate crisis by adopting a comprehensive and interconnected approach that addresses the water-energy-food nexus. For example, agri-food systems contribute around one-third of global energy consumption and around two-thirds of
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New report sets out urgent priorities to rapidly make more clean technologies the most affordable options in key sectors Against the backdrop of the energy crisis and the threat of a global food crisis, expert authors urge leaders at COP27 to follow through on actions that would accelerate progress towards net
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The Bank of England asked banks and insurers participating in the Climate Biennial Exploratory Scenario (CBES) to use three scenarios to look at how climate-related risks could affect them. Two scenarios featured policies to limit global temperature rises (Early Action scenario and Late Action scenario), the third featured unchecked global
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The fossil record over the last 178 million years – since mammals first appeared – reveals that the average mammalian species exists for about a million years before it evolves into something else or vanishes into extinction. Of our allotted lifespan of a million years, humanity has been around for about 200,000. In
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A disaster related to a weather, climate or water hazard occurred every day on average over the past 50 years – killing 115 people and causing US$ 202 million in losses daily, according to a comprehensive new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The number of disasters has increased by
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The climate crisis is the defining human and child’s rights challenge of this generation, and is already having a devastating impact on the well-being of children globally, according to a new report from Unicef. Understanding where and how children are uniquely vulnerable to this crisis is crucial in responding to
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Action to improve the nation’s resilience is failing to keep pace with the impacts of a warming planet and increasing climate risks facing the UK. That is the conclusion of a comprehensive independent assessment led by the Climate Change Committee (CCC) which considered a catalogue of risks and opportunities affecting every
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The UK on Monday (3 May 2021) played host to a meeting of foreign ministers from the G7, welcoming senior officials from the world’s most powerful and wealthy nations. The UK welcomed senior officials from the G7 countries on Monday. Foreign ministers from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the US
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During the first hours of his administration, President Biden has placed climate change prominently on the White House ‘to do’ list. He has pledged to rejoin the Paris climate accord and start unpicking environmental actions taken by her predecessor. White House officials have briefed that the intention is to go well
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