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The Climate Crisis Is Rooted in the Human Condition
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its latest, highly anticipated report on the state of Earth’s climate. The report, which updates the previous effort from…
Topic: Climate change
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The IPCC Report is Clear: Nothing Short of Transforming Society will Avert Catastrophe
The release today of the first part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s sixth assessment report makes for stark reading. It reaffirms that anthropogenic climate…
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Present at the Creation of a Climate Alliance—or Climate Conflict
The United States and Europe are on the brink of decisions that could save the planet—or tear apart the West. As news pours in almost daily…
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The Next Big Financial Crisis Could be Triggered by Climate Change – But Central Banks Can Prevent It
In 2008, as big banks began failing across Wall Street and the housing and stock markets crashed, the nation saw how crucial financial regulation is for…
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Delivery of climate finance will be the key to COP26
The upcoming 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is to be held in Glasgow, Scotland in November,…
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Thanks to Climate Change, Nights are Warming Faster Than Days
In 1895, while studying past Ice Ages, Swedish chemist Svante Arrhenius showed that if carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere were halved, temperatures could decrease by…
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Climate Change Impacts in Asia are Essentially A Water Story
Water is critical for sustaining all aspects of life and it is at the center of our need to better understand and address the impacts of…
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US-Russia Summit: Ignoring Climate Change was A Missed Opportunity For Real Cooperation
When Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin met in Geneva in June, many expected the new US president to restart a serious dialogue with Moscow and end…
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Vulnerable Countries Take The Lead in Tackling Climate Change
The second main new investment will be in offshore wind energy in the Bay of Bengal using the latest technologies of powerful wind turbines that can…
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What COVID-19 Can Teach Us About Mitigating Climate Change
While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the world, climate change—a crisis that can cause even greater destruction—looms. All crises teach us lessons, but the pandemic…
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The Climate Crisis Will Create Two Classes: Those Who Can Flee and Those Who Cannot
Nearly 700 million people worldwide live in low coastal zones vulnerable to sea-level rise and coastal storms. That number could reach a billion by 2050 A…
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Bangladesh Needs to Invest in Climate Diplomacy
As Bangladesh aims to graduate out of Least Developed Country (LDC) status over the next few years and become more intimately involved in various international activities…