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California approves sweeping climate change strategy that’s short on details

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s air quality regulators approved a much-disputed blueprint Thursday for meeting the state’s ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goals, focused on transitioning away from fossil fuels and toward widespread electrification of the economy.

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Alaska Native community relocates as climate crisis ravages homes

The town of Newtok is one of the first communities in the US to collectively move because of the climate crisis.

Al Jazeera

California to vote on roadmap for carbon neutrality by 2045

The California Air Resources Board is set to vote on an ambitious plan to achieve carbon neutrality in the state by 2045

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Transport infrastructure's link to climate change

Since September, heavy rainfalls and floods have devastated many parts of Thailand, affecting nearly 40% of the country. Roads were closed, transport was disrupted. Standing in knee-deep waters, the navy helped carry the elderly and vulnerable, while others resorted to boats for transportation.

Bangkok Post

Climate change is impacting mental health. Queensland farmers are doing something about it

Melanie Shannon and Melinee Leather say they now feel empowered to "survive these traumatic times".

ABC News

Cabinet overrides Shaw and Commission on carbon price

The Government has acted against the advice of the Climate Change Commission in retaining tight price controls on the Emissions Trading Scheme, reports Marc Daalder

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Time traveller insists the apocalypse is real - and he has the evidence to prove it

The photo allegedly shows Los Angeles totally covered by water in a climate change-induced apocalyptic vision of the world in the year 5,000, according to a self-professed 'time-traveller'.

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Truck driver Luke Brooks jailed after killing cyclist Leif Justham in drug-fueled crash on Nullarbor

A fatigued, drug-affected truck driver is jailed in Western Australia for fatally running down an environmental campaigner who was cycling around the country to raise awareness about climate change.

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Big Oil Steps Up To The Climate Change Plate

Achieving “carbon neutrality” is the crucial step along the road to “net zero” which includes the removal from Earth’s atmosphere of all “greenhouse gases”, including methane, nitrous oxide and other hydrofluorocarbons. Indispensable to creating sustainable environments, the health of the planet and the survival of the human race depend on…

Bangkok Post

Deforestation in Brazil's Cerrado savanna hits seven-year high

Deforestation in Brazil's Cerrado savanna rose to a seven-year high, government data showed on Wednesday, destroying a vital habitat for threatened species and releasing huge amounts of greenhouse gases that drive climate change.

Reuters

1.5°C: where the target came from – and why we're losing sight of its importance

The US economist William Nordhaus claimed as early as the 1970s, when scientific understanding of climate change was still taking shape, that warming of more than 2°C would “push global conditions past any point that any human civilisation had experienced”. By 1990, scientists had also weighed in: 2°C above the…

The Conversation

Democratic erosion across Asia and the Pacific undermines climate solutions

Progress as countries like NZ and India incorporate indigenous systems of knowledge and law into their existing legal systems, recognising forests and rivers under a 'rights of nature' doctrine.

Newsroom.co.nz

Biden Administration Deploys Prizes to Address Climate Change

The Department of Energy has announced a good way to spend some of the funds authorized by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

Reason

Whitebark pine that feeds grizzlies is threatened, US says

Whitebark pine trees can live more than 1,000 years, but in just two decades more than a quarter of the trees that are a key food source for some grizzly bears have been killed by disease, climate change, wildfires and voracious beetles

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HSBC pulls funds for new oil and gas fields in “green” victory

GREEN campaigners targeting big banks won a victory today, when HSBC said it will no longer lend cash or provide other finance to new oil and gas fields.

The Conversation

Record low water levels on the Mississippi River in 2022 show how climate change is altering large rivers

Rivers are critical corridors that connect cities and ecosystems alike. When drought develops, water levels fall, making river navigation harder and more expensive.

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Commits $55 Billion to Africa

The US-Africa Summit kicked off on Tuesday, with the announcement of the administration of US President Joe Biden to allocate $55 billion to finance initiatives related to food security, health care, infrastructure, digital technology, security and governance, in addition to other projects in the areas of renewable energy and combating…

Asharq Al-Awsat

World Bank: Iraq Must Pursue Greener Growth Model

Iraq, a top oil exporter battered by climate change impact, must diversify its economy and pursue a “greener growth model,” the World Bank said Tuesday. In a new report presented to authorities in Baghdad, the Washington-based institution said $233 billion must be invested by 2040 to allow Iraq to embark…

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Climate change will fuel humanitarian crises in 2023 -study

Climate change will accelerate humanitarian crises around the world in 2023, adding to the issues created by armed conflict and economic downturns, according to a study by the NGO International Rescue Committee (IRC).

Bangkok Post

Investing in nature pays dividends

The mega-challenges engulfing the world today -- from Covid-19 to climate change -- have highlighted the interdependencies between people, planet, and the economy. As we chart a course to reignite global growth and drive green, resilient, and inclusive development, we must not ignore these interlinkages. Nature -- meaning biodiversity and…

Texas Observer

How To Prevent the Next Water Crisis

Amid droughts, climate change and development, Todd Votteler has ideas for how Texas can prevent future conflict over resources.

Capital & Main

How Do My — and Your — Greenhouse Gas Emissions Threaten Biodiversity?

It is time for journalists to pay attention to the other climate crisis: species extinction.

The Conversation

Without Indigenous leadership, attempts to stop the tide of destruction against nature will fail

At the crucial COP15 nature summit in Canada, almost 200 countries are reckoning with the world’s extraordinary loss of the variety of life. Climate change, mining, urban development and more are threatening Earth’s biodiversity to an extent never before witnessed in human history.

Daily Mirror

Health conditions that are most likely to kill you during extremely hot or cold days

Heart failure, heart attacks, stroke and irregular heartbeats known as arrhythmias have been found to be the most common. The study was published in the journal Circulation

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Scientists Reveal Step Advancing Fusion Energy Quest

US scientists on Tuesday revealed a scientific advance on fusion energy which, if it can make the leap from labs to commercial generation of electricity in coming decades, could help the fight to curb climate change. Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab in California on Dec. 5 for the…

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