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Students skip school to rally over climate 'shame'

Students across the nation have taken a day out of class to protest government inaction on climate change and the continued support of fossil fuels.

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Climate change is hastening the demise of Pacific Northwest forests

Iconic red cedars — known as the “Tree of Life” — and other tree species in the Pacific Northwest have been dying because of climate-induced drought, researchers say

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: Mongolia's herders fight climate change with their own adaptability and new technology

For millennia, herders in Mongolia and their animals have lived and died together in the country's vast grasslands, slowly shaping one of the last uninterrupted ecosystems of its kind.

The Independent UK

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EU calls on China to stop building coal plants and contribute to a climate fund for poor nations

The European Union’s top climate official says that China should stop building new coal-fired power plants and contribute to a global fund to help poor countries affected by climate change

The Independent UK

Climate change and farming: economists warn more needs to be done to adapt in sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan African countries strongly rely on the agricultural and forestry sectors. Agriculture contributes up to 60% of some countries’ gross domestic product. But the sector is highly vulnerable to climate change because it relies heavily on climatic factors. This vulnerability is particularly marked in the region because of its slow…

The Conversation

Oil, gas giants could pay climate damage and still profit: report

Major oil and gas companies such as Aramco, ExxonMobil and Shell could have paid for their share of the damage caused by climate change and still earned trillions of dollars in profit, researchers said on Thursday.

Radio France Internationale

Bill Gates made waves with his statements on climate change. Here’s why he’s right–and what most people missed

Bill Gates is right–we need to focus on the tools we have available. However, we need to simultaneously fund ecosystem conservation and restoration.

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Allowing Cumbria coalmine was ‘disaster’ for climate diplomacy, says Lord Turner

Former chair of climate change committee says UK’s decision has encouraged other countries to keep exploiting fossil fuels

The Guardian - UK

As school students strike for climate once more, here's how the movement and its tactics have changed

On Friday, students will once again down textbooks and laptops and go on strike for climate action. Many will give their schools a Climate Doctor’s Certificate signed by three leading climate academics.

The Conversation

The corporate world is falling short in the fight against climate change

Only 20% of the top 1,000 companies have targets to reduce their emissions, a sign not enough leaders are taking climate change seriously.

Fortune

How could Australia actually get to net zero? Here's how

Every bit of warming matters if we want to avoid the worst impacts for climate change, as the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shows.

The Conversation

We're burning too much fossil fuel to fix by planting trees – making 'net zero' emissions impossible with offsets

The idea that we can mitigate current carbon emissions by “offsetting” them with carbon reduction initiatives elsewhere has become central to government and business responses to climate change. But it’s an idea we need to seriously question.

The Conversation

Our changing climate is jeopardizing worker health and productivity. Companies need to adapt their operations

Beyond the human toll on employees, there is also a real cost to employers through increased expenses and lost productivity.

Fortune

269 actions planned under Bengaluru Climate Action Plan

Bengaluru to mitigate climate change impact with 269 actions; 143 to be executed by BBMP. Co-lead of Global Air Quality Network, city to reduce CO2 emission by 2030 & achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. WRI consulted 25 stakeholders & identified priority sectors for mitigation strategies. Broad actions identified for stakeholders…

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Energy Department tries to boost US battery industry with another $3.5 billion in funding

The Department of Energy is making a push to strengthen the U.S. battery supply chain — the minerals and parts that go into batteries

WEKU

China and the U.S. pledge to step up climate efforts ahead of Biden-Xi summit

The nations promised to accelerate efforts to address climate change ahead of a major U.N. meeting on the issue, making plans to cut emissions of methane and other greenhouse gases besides CO2.

The Independent UK

Germany's highest court annuls a decision to repurpose COVID relief funding for climate measures

Germany’s highest court has annulled a government decision to repurpose 60 billion euros ($65 billion) originally meant to cushion the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic for measures to help combat climate change and modernize the country

Fortune

'We aren't where we need to be' on climate change, warns BCG global chair Rich Lesser

COP28, the UN's flagship climate change summit, is just three weeks away.

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The Independent UK

China and the US pledge to step up climate efforts ahead of Biden-Xi summit and UN meeting

China and the U.S. have pledged to accelerate their efforts to address climate change ahead of a major U.N. meeting on the issue

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The School Strike 4 Climate Is Back This Friday, Because Nothing Has Changed Since 2019

Students are being encouraged to pull a sickie on Friday to march for climate change action, and are being given a doctor's note to do it.

The Guardian - AU

Liberal Senate hopeful accused of putting politics above facts by opposing Illawarra windfarm

Former NSW cabinet minister Andrew Constance says he will back members of the Coalition Against Offshore Wind if elected

The Conversation

Effective climate action requires us to abandon viewing our efforts as a 'sacrifice'

If you’re like most people, you’ve been taught that climate action is a sacrifice. Cutting emissions from fossil fuels, you’ve probably been told, is the economy-squeezing price we must pay for a livable planet. But our research explains why we should look at this issue through a different frame.

Texas Observer

Republicans Target ‘Woke’ Climate Change Topics in Science Textbooks

Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian wants the Board of Education to reject accurate descriptions of climate change in school books.

WEKU

This trio hopes 'Won't Give Up' will become an anthem for the climate movement

NPR Tiny Desk contest winner Quinn Christopherson, drag queen Pattie Gonia and world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma would like "Won't Give Up" to be sung at climate change rallies and in concert halls.

The Independent UK

Jesmyn Ward's 'Let Us Descend' is among the finalists for an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence

Jesmyn Ward’s slave narrative “Let Us Descend” and Jake Bittle’s exploration of climate change’s impact “The Great Displacement” are among the finalists for the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in fiction and nonfiction

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