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How to Run a Climate COP, According to the Grandfather of the Paris Deal

Paris, 2015 and the warnings of climate breakdown were growing ever louder. But after decades of dithering, it was far from clear that world leaders gathering for UN climate talks in the French capital would pull together to sign what is now seen as the defining international accord to curb global warming. From the outset […]

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Worldwide Leaders Convene to Protect and Advance Global Biodiversity

UC Davis hosted the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation University Leaders’ Forum Monday (Nov. 13), bringing together nearly 100 international environmental leaders to discuss sustaining and strengthening biodiversity amid climate change. The forum, “Investing in Tomorrow’s Biodiversity,” highlighted UC Davis’ efforts to make a positive impact on the environment. “It’s our responsibility to take action in the face of devastating global […]

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IOM Hackathon Bridges Data Gaps on Climate Change and Migration

Nairobi – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) hosted the first hackathon on “Bridging Climate Change and Human Mobility”, in collaboration with the Data Cloud company, Snowflake, to provide insights on the intersection of environmental factors with migration management and policymaking in the East and Horn of Africa (EHoA).   The two-part hackathon brought together participants in […]

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Climate Summit Spotlights Disconnects in Alberta Energy Policy

A provincial climate summit in Calgary last week dove deep into what it will take to decarbonize the Alberta grid by 2035, while shining a light on the provincial policy gaps that are standing in the way. In a keynote appearance, Premier Danielle Smith held fast to her belief that Alberta’s grid can’t bring its […]

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New Puffin Species Evolved Because of Climate Change, Scientists Say

Scientists believe they have discovered a hybrid species of the Atlantic puffin that provides evidence of the first large-scale change of an animal species driven by climate change.  According to research published in the journal Science, the hybrid puffins were discovered on the remote Norwegian island of Bjornoya. The new hybrid likely came from breeding between […]

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Shipping Industry Could Lose $10 Billion a Year Battling Climate Change by 2050

Severe drought has caused water levels in the Mississippi River to drop so low that ships have been running aground. To keep commerce flowing, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is now using a dredge ship to push out silt in the river near Vicksburg, Mississippi. The chief of navigation for the corps told local […]

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New Community Center Provides Detroit Neighborhood With a Climate Refuge

A new community center in Detroit’s Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood is also a key part of the city’s climate strategy.  The Community Center at A. B. Ford Park is part of the first three networks of resiliency hubs on the eastside of Detroit. In case of climate emergencies like power outages, heat waves or floods, these facilities serve […]

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‘We’re Losing Money to Climate Change’: Corporates Push for Fossil Fuels Phase-Out Ahead of COP28

A mixture of major multinational brands and smaller businesses has signed an open letter to world leaders in the run-up to the COP28 climate talks, calling for a full phase-out of fossil fuels. “Our businesses are feeling the impacts and cost of increasing extreme weather events resulting from climate change,” the group said in the open letter, […]

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Climate Activists Spray-Paint Paris’s Louvre Pyramid

Environmental activists defaced the Louvre pyramid on 27 October, covering the landmark glass monument with orange paint. Protestors from the Dernière Rénovation group threw balloons at the famous glass structure while one of the demonstrators climbed up the edge of the pyramid; according to the Telegraph, a dozen people were arrested following the incident. A Louvre […]

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The Beetaloo Gas Field is a Climate Bomb. How Did CSIRO Modelling Make it Look Otherwise?

Even as Australia braces for a summer of projected extreme heatwaves and bushfires amid the intensifying climate crisis, the fossil gas industry is gearing up for a truly enormous new fracking project in the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Basin. In February, a CSIRO-backed report was published, stating Beetaloo could be developed without adding to Australia’s net emissions. In […]

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