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Trillions needed to fight climate change

At COP 27, negotiators have been haggling over how to pay for the mounting costs of climate change

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Greta Thunberg sues her native Sweden for failing to take action on climate

A group of children and young adults including Greta Thunberg have filed a class-action lawsuit against the Swedish state for failing to take adequate measures to stop climate change.

Tribune News Service

Saudi Arabia's new "green" agenda

The petrostate pitched a plan to cut carbon at COP27. And it’s covered in oil.

Salon

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Michael Pascoe: From COVID to carbon, the world has simply given up

We’ve had politicians and most of our newspapers and Big Carbon refusing to believe we have a climate change crisis.

The New Daily

La Nina is now the grinch, killing off Canberra's Christmas trees

The magic of Christmas is no match for climate change.

The Canberra Times

Tackling climate change will require reforming the World Bank and IMF – here are two options

A global transition to a low-carbon economy will require investments of at least US$4 trillion a year (£3.4 trillion) according to the implementation plan agreed at COP27 UN climate change summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Delivering this funding will involve nothing less than “a swift and comprehensive transformation of the…

The Conversation

The Australian suburbs where more than half of properties will be uninsurable by 2030

‘We’re now seeing that the system is not able to cope with climate change,’ insurance analyst says

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The Global Methane Pledge could be our only realistic chance to slow down climate change within a few years–but time is already running out

Methane is responsible for a third of the increase in global temperatures since pre-industrial times. Here's how cow feed and space lasers can help.

Fortune

'This case has made legal history’: young Australians just won a human rights case against an enormous coal mine

In a historic ruling today, a Queensland court has said the massive Clive Palmer-owned Galilee Basin coal project should not go ahead because of its contribution to climate change, its environmental impacts, and because it would erode human rights.

The Conversation

Court rules against Palmer's Qld coal mine

The Land Court of Queensland says Clive Palmer's planned Waratah coal mine should be refused due to its impact on climate change and a nearby nature reserve.

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Study: Climate change is increasing the frequency and temperature of extreme heat waves

LOS ANGELES — As California awakens to the worsening risk of extreme climate events, researchers are shedding new light on last year's anomalous and extreme Pacific Northwest heat wave. One study published this week said such heat waves could become 20 times more likely to occur if current carbon emissions…

Los Angeles Times

Inside the scientific quest to future-proof corn, America's favorite side dish

It’s an agricultural moonshot: Scientists hope to increase plant yields by hacking photosynthesis, the process that powers life on Earth

Inverse

Pacific Island countries fight to ensure future before rising sea levels swallow them up

Although they contribute less than 0.03% of the world’s total carbon emissions, the Pacific Islands are at the front line of the climate crisis. Entire countries could be submerged under water within the next two to three decades. How are these island states fighting for their survival?

France 24

Higher speeds for intercity trains will deliver a big rail rethink

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NZ is on climate glide time

Many firsts were achieved at COP27 to which Aotearoa enthusiastically signed up, but we have a chasm between climate commitment and action.

Fortune

Paul Polman: The world needs a Marshall Plan to fight climate change

Paul Polman, the former CEO of Unilever turned climate campaigner, writes about a disappointing COP27–and the promise of business-led solutions.

The Times of India

Need concentrated global push of millets amid challenges of covid, conflict and climate: S Jaishankar

NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said a concentrated global push for millets is needed as the three Cs of climate change, Covid-19 and conflict are impacting food security in some way or the other.

The Guardian - UK

Over 20,000 died in western Europe’s summer heatwaves, figures show

This summer’s temperatures would have been virtually impossible without climate crisis, scientists say

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Net zero expert to drive down emissions

A net zero unit will embed climate change into federal decisions on infrastructure and transport to help Australia withstand extreme weather and cut pollution.

The Independent UK

‘Green gap’ as two-thirds want to tackle climate change – but don’t want to pay for it

Britons in rural areas less likely to think climate change needs urgent action

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The world's two biggest emitters are coming together on climate — what can we expect from China-US talks?

The US and China have resumed discussions on climate change, but experts say the future is uncertain and the dialogue fragile.

The Conversation

Climate-fuelled disasters: warning people is good, but stopping the disaster is best. Here are 4 possible ways to do it

Climate change is driving a worldwide increase in extreme events. The latest State of the Climate report confirms the risks of disasters are rising in Australia.

The New Daily

Alan Kohler: It’s national suicide by politics, it’s death by degrees

It’s time to consider removing decisions about climate change from the short-term political cycle.

The Conversation

COP27 roundup: what went wrong and what happens next

COP27, the latest UN climate change summit which was held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, has been condemned for failing to summon an adequate response to the escalating climate crisis. Negotiators did manage to preserve a commitment made in Paris in 2015 to limit global warming to 1.5°C. But emissions of…

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Extinction threat for Wet Tropic possums

Ringtail possums in Queensland's Wet Tropics could be wiped out by 2050 unless action is taken to reduce the impacts of climate change, a paper says.

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