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You don’t have to be a net zero hero – how focus on personal climate action can distract from systemic problems

Campaigns and social media often encourage people to make eco-friendly choices like using less plastic or driving less. While these actions are important, focusing so much on what people do can distract from the much larger role that businesses and governments play in causing and solving environmental problems.

The Conversation

California Legislation Holds Oil Companies Liable For Climate Disasters

California's new legislation holds oil companies accountable for climate change damages, facing industry opposition.

Top News

A hot and troubled world of work: how South Africa’s bold new climate act and labour law can align to drive a just transition

Increased average temperatures, climate variability, and extreme weather events are taking a toll on the environment and disproportionately affecting the lives and livelihoods of vulnerable communities. This is intensifying challenges in the world of work.

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£400m for innovative water schemes to tackle pollution, leaks and climate change

Regulator Ofwat announced the doubling of funding for its Innovation Fund which has already funded concrete printing, pipebots and nature schemes.

The Independent UK

California considers letting wildfire victims sue oil companies for damages

California is considering a bill that would allow insurers and victims of climate-driven natural disasters to sue the oil industry for damages

The Independent UK

Ed Miliband suggests Heathrow expansion may not go ahead if it breaches net zero targets

Ed Miliband looked visibly uncomfortable as he was grilled over how the expansion of Heathrow airport with a third runway was compatible with his carbon emission net zero targets

The Independent UK

Heathrow third runway won't go ahead if it busts UK carbon budget, says Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband

The Cabinet minister stressed the whole Government was committed to legally binding climate change targets

Evening Standard

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Trump voters are not the obstacle to climate action many think they are

Another day brings another monster tide for residents of Carteret county, North Carolina, whose coastal towns and villages are being swallowed by the rising Atlantic. Nonetheless, its voters returned Donald Trump to the White House, a man who denies the science of climate change and had withdrawn his country from…

The Conversation

What Davos delegates missed when they discussed green finance for business

Every year, leaders from politics and business come together with economists, investors and even celebrities at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss resort of Davos. One of the five key themes of this year’s event was safeguarding the planet. The forum’s own figures suggest that human-caused climate change has…

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Climate study warns of 2.3m more temperature-related deaths in Europe by 2099

Deaths from extreme heat to ‘far exceed’ fall in cold weather deaths across the continent by the end of the century, researchers say.

Evening Standard

Study: Europe Faces Increase In Heat-Related Deaths Due To Climate Change

Study warns of up to 2.3 million heat-related deaths in Europe by 2100 without emission cuts and adaptation measures.

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How Canada and the U.S. can still tackle climate change in a second Trump era

U.S. President Donald Trump has once again withdrawn the United States from the Paris agreement on climate change.

The Conversation

Trump has rejected the Paris agreement again, but game theory shows how other countries can still lead by example

It came as a surprise to nobody that one of Donald Trump’s first acts on his return to the White House was to sign an executive order withdrawing the US from the Paris agreement on climate change.

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Storm Eowyn is a warning ‘climate change is with us’, says John Swinney

Scotland’s First Minister has said reconnecting power in Scotland following Storm Eowyn has been a “colossal” task and the impact is a…

Evening Standard

Storm Eowyn is a warning ‘climate change is with us’, says First Minister

John Swinney said restoring power across Scotland after the storm has been a ‘colossal’ task.

The Conversation

Wanting to ‘return to normal’ after a disaster is understandable, but often problematic

Media coverage of the recent fires in Los Angeles showed the heartbreaking damage in Pacific Palisades and elsewhere across Los Angeles County. People lost not only their houses but also the thriving communities of which they had been part.

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Donald Trump's re-election is devastating for tackling global warming, expert warns

TRUMP’S re-election is “devastating” and “detrimental” to tackling global warming, but Scotland remains a climate champion, a Scottish…

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Will climate change lead to more frequent and worse storms than Eowyn?

THE Met Office has said that Storm Eowyn was “pretty exceptional” and was “probably the strongest storm” to hit the UK in at least 10 years…

Inverse

Climate Misinformation Is Social Media’s Biggest Issue — And It’s About to Get Way Worse

False claims can go viral rapidly in the wake of a natural disaster — especially when they're about climate change, and posted on social media.

The Conversation

Why meteorologists are comparing Storm Éowyn to a bomb

Storm Éowyn has unleashed strong and damaging winds over the British Isles, and particularly over Ireland and Scotland.

The Guardian - UK

How the world has responded to Trump’s Paris climate agreement withdrawal

From Europe to Africa and South America, countries reaffirm commitment to tackle crisis

Salon

We need Greenland but not the Trump way

The newly inaugurated U.S. president is missing the real strategic and economic value of the island: its ice

International Business Times

Climate Change Cooks Up Japanese 'Cabbage Shock'

Japan's much-loved "tonkatsu" pork cutlets come with a mound of freshly shredded cabbage, but a surge in the price of the humble vegetable has prompted chef Katsumi Shinagawa to skimp on servings.

The Conversation

We live in times of multiple entwined crises – but our policy responses aren’t keeping up

Existing policies to tackle environmental challenges fail to take into account that biodiversity loss, climate change and pollution are intertwined crises and produce compounding and intensifying impacts.

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