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What is the Paris climate agreement and why does 1.5C matter?

The 2015 pact is at the heart of the international commitment to tackle rising global temperatures.

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Adaptation isn't keeping up with global warming, UN warns

With global warming set to exceed 1.5°C, adaptation finance falls far short of needs, implementation is constrained by institutional barriers, and losses and damages are mounting, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

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At UN climate talks, 5 nations back plan to double rooftop solar panels by 2030

Five countries have backed a plan to double the number of homes with rooftop solar panels worldwide by 2030, as U.N. climate talks in Turkey focus on expanding access to electricity and transitioning away from fossil fuels.

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Drought driven by climate change is redefining how disease spreads, study finds

As climate change intensifies, drought is widening globally, causing alterations in water-dependent pathogen patterns, leaving scientists scrambling to understand how infectious disease transmission is evolving. They’ll need to act quickly to predict and prepare for future outbreaks: In 2025, annual drought affected approximately 30% of the globe’s land surface, a near doubling of area since […]

insideclimatenews.org

COP31 Meets the Overshoot Era - Inside Climate News

The UN’s climate summit COP31 begins this week. The bill for overshoot is coming due.

helpage.org

Climate action cannot ignore an ageing world

New HelpAge research calls for climate adaptation, finance and decision-making to recognise the knowledge and leadership of older people.

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Bill Gates Wants to Stop Global Warming. He’s Earned Billions From Climate-Polluting Landfills.

Bill Gates owns a dominant stake in Republic Services, America’s second-largest landfill operator, but he’s failed to make the company live up to his own climate principles, ProPublica has found.

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Societies could lose ability to respond to climate change

Human societies could lose the ability to respond to worsening climate change, scientists have warned.

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COP31: Campaigners reject nuclear energy as climate solution

Campaigners at the 31st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31) have rejected nuclear energy as a solution to the global energy and climate crisis

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Nations promise to install more rooftop solar at UN climate talks

Five countries have backed a plan to double the number of homes with rooftop solar panels worldwide by 2030. The Global Rooftop Solar Declaration launched Tuesday during U.N. climate talks

eco-business.com

Singapore's top listed firms face climate data gaps a year into mandatory reporting

The first year of reports under Singapore’s new sustainability rules are cautious and uneven. With consultation on the proposed changes now closed, practitioners hope the final rules will push companies to act on climate risk.

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Why the World Is Still Running on Fossil Fuels After 30 Years of Climate Talks - Inside Climate News

Missed opportunities, industry influence and political maneuvering are behind the lack of progress in slowing global warming.

propublica.org

Bill Gates Wants to Stop Global Warming. He’s Earned Billions From Climate-Polluting Landfills.

Bill Gates owns a dominant stake in Republic Services, America’s second-largest landfill operator, but he’s failed to make the company live up to his own climate principles, ProPublica has found.

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How This Year's Super El Niño Will Worsen Global Hunger

A monster El Niño is nearing its peak, deepening drought in many parts of the world. Coming as countries slash foreign aid and war chokes supplies of energy and fertilizer, the climate phenomenon could leave millions more people in vulnerable countries without enough to eat.

greenpeace.org.uk

300 climate advocates unite to demand polluter accountability

Communities from the frontlines of the climate crisis come together to create large-scale participatory performance at Mannar’s Keeri Beach to Make Polluters Pay.

workersliberty.org

Tell Labour: stop backpedaling on the climate!

Andy Burnham heads to COP31 in Antalya (9-20 Nov) insisting that he and his Government are committed to the drastic reductions in carbon emissions needed to avoid catastrophic climate change.

phys.org

Climate change is undermining our health, and the burden falls heaviest on women

As sea levels creep higher in the Pacific, salt leaches into the soil and reduces the land available to grow food. Ocean warming is damaging coral reefs, reducing fish stocks, and salinity has tainted freshwater supplies.