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The Latest Breaking News from Climate Change

Postcards from a 40C future: what extreme heat means for the UK

How will transport, cities and health services cope with the climate crisis?

The Guardian - UK

Faye Flam: The world’s oldest trees can outlive anything except humans

What’s captured people’s attention about the Washburn fire raging in Yosemite isn’t just its size or scope, but the fact that it threatens a giant Sequoia with a name, Grizzly Giant, and an extreme age: It’s almost 3,000 years old.

Tribune News Service

London firefighters in busiest day since WW2 as people told to stop BBQs - even today

London mayor Sadiq Khan said the London Fire Brigade took 2,600 calls, up from 500 on a busy day, and urged everyone in the capital to stop having barbecues - 'not on balconies, not in parks, nor in your private garden'

Daily Mirror

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Traditional donkey rides may be scrapped because of climate change

The seaside attraction was closed this week because of high beach temperatures

Wales Online

Wednesday briefing: How will health, transport and cities cope in the 40C future?

In today’s newsletter: This week’s heatwave has brought unprecedented temperatures to the UK – can the country cope if this becomes the norm by 2050?

The Guardian - UK

The UK just hit 40℃ for the first time. It's a stark reminder of the deadly heat awaiting Australia

A severe heatwave in Western Europe is shattering temperature records – including in the United Kingdom, where temperatures exceeded 40℃ on Tuesday for the first time on record.

The Conversation

How not to solve the climate change problem

When politicians talk about reaching “net zero” emissions, they’re often counting on trees or technology that can pull carbon dioxide out of the air. What they don’t mention is just how much these proposals or geoengineering would cost to allow the world to continue burning fossil fuels.

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Now or never to save planet from apocalypse after Scotland's hottest-ever day

After Scotland recorded the hottest day on records, Record View says now is the time to tackle climate change.

Daily Record

All of us must act to rescue Earth from worst effects of climate change

The range of options has become a lot narrower, and the job has become much harder. But the worst thing that people can do is throw up their hands and say all is lost.

Chicago Sun-Times

Europe engulfed by heat, wildfires

Europe is experiencing unprecedented wildfires that are without question worsened by climate change, experts say

Salon

"The View" blasts Joe Manchin on climate

Joy Behar and the other hosts discuss climate change hypocrisy in the face of deadly heat waves

Salon

Climate goals call for less rivalry

Climate change is an existential threat that sheds new light on the US-China rivalry. The rise of China has shaken the post-Cold War liberal order and the West has been preoccupied with whether to engage or contain China, or both.

Bangkok Post

White House considers emergency declaration to fight climate change

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will announce executive action to confront climate change after a key senator blocked legislation, but he’s holding off for now on an emergency decree that would allow him to marshal sweeping powers — and billions of federal dollars — against global warming.

Tribune News Service

Climate, conflict, collapse: how drought destabilised the last major precolonial Mayan city

The city of Mayapán was the largest Mayan city from approximately 1200 to 1450 AD. It was an important political, economic and religious centre, and the capital of a large state that controlled much of northwestern Yucatan in present day Mexico.

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Reason

Not Everything Is a National Emergency

If the National Emergencies Act goes without reform, presidents will continue to misuse emergency declarations as leverage to shift Congress.

ABC News

Europe's heatwave leaves some Londoners wondering if climate change could make this ancient city unbearable in the future

London is not equipped to deal with the rising temperatures associated with global warming, making the monolithic and grey city a heat island of the future in summer.

The Independent UK

Most major nations lag in acting on climate-fighting goals

Most major countries are finding that it's easier to promise to fight climate change than to actually do it

The Independent UK

Major incidents declared in parts of England as country swelters in record 40.3C heat

Firefighters battled major blazes across England after days of exceptional heat left much of the country tinder dry

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Reuters

Explainer: How climate change drives heatwaves and wildfires

How climate change drives heatwaves and wildfires in Europe

ABC News

Penguin genes show how they adapted to the cold. Now they're vulnerable to climate change

A study identifies key genes that enable penguins to survive extreme cold — but the way they've evolved also makes them vulnerable to a warming climate.

Newcastle Herald

The housing affordability crisis is hitting far too many much too hard

If a private citizen can work out a way to overcome a massive social problem, surely those in government can do the same.

Tribune News Service

White House considers emergency declaration to fight climate change

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will announce executive action to address climate change Wednesday, as he continues to weigh a broader emergency declaration that would allow him to marshal sweeping powers against global warming.

The Conversation

How trade regulations may be opening up a new era of sustainable growth in the Global South

You may or may not have noticed from the headlines of the past years: in our interconnected world the food systems are increasingly under pressure.

Reuters

Portugal reports more than 1,000 heat-related deaths

Portugal has reported more than 1,000 deaths due to the current heat wave, with the health chief warning on Tuesday that the country must gear up to cope with the effects of climate change as temperatures continue to rise.

Irish Mirror

'Bogey-man' agriculture sector will play part in climate change fight, says minister

Ireland is committed to halving carbon emissions by 2030 and to net zero emissions by 2050

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