Rising Seas Could Generate 187 Million Climate Refugees by 2100
A new study by leading scientists has concluded that by 2100, sea levels could rise to a far greater level than previously estimated. Sea level rise of such a magnitude …
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Climate crisis: flooding threat ‘may force UK towns to be abandoned’
Environment Agency calls for urgent action to protect country from river and coastal floods Entire communities might need to be moved away from coasts and rivers as the UK takes …
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Facing Up to Climate Reality: Honesty, Disaster and Hope, edited by John Foster
We are used to hearing that the climate crisis is serious, but still tractable if we start acting on it soon. The reality is different. Things are going to get …
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Why ‘Net Zero Emissions by 2050’ needs a Green New Deal
I remember the days when months would go by without anything much happening about climate change at all. Thinkers and doers called for stuff, politicians occasionally did a few things, …
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UK parliament becomes first in the world to pass motion declaring a ‘climate emergency’
The UK parliament has become the first in the world to pass a motion declaring an “environment and climate emergency”, as pressure on the government to adopt a net zero …
Read More Study: As Climate Crisis Has Worsened, So Has Global Economic Inequality
In a new study out by Stanford researchers reviewing half a century of data, researchers found that as rich countries get richer, they also have more temperate climates and face …
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Extinction Rebellion targets financial sector ahead of ‘closing ceremony’
Ahead of this evening’s closure of its London camps, Extinction Rebellion (XR) this morning launched a final wave of protests across the capital’s financial sector. Members of the Christian Climate …
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Alarming Rate of Forest Loss Threatens a Crucial Climate Solution
The world’s forests continue to disappear at an alarming rate, threatening a resource that scientists say is a crucial “natural solution” for controlling climate change on an urgently short timescale. …
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Alternative Editorial: This Is Waking Up
Something is occurring in London. Following months of front-page headlines covering the spectacle of party-political breakdown in Westminster, suddenly the news is of a Rising Up. Extinction Rebellion has established …
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Extreme Hemispheric Heat Waves Like 2018’s Growing More Common with Climate Change, Study Says
Heat waves are covering wider areas, and people are suffering the consequences. With 2°C of warming, most summers will look like 2018, scientists say. Click here to read full story
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