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South Africa’s climate battle: mining district exposes gaps in emissions control

In South Africa, the new 2024 Climate Change Act requires local governments to plan responses to global warming. These local authorities should find ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions where possible, such as from their bus services, and reduce their use of electricity that is produced by burning coal. They…

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A third of Earth's species could become extinct by 2100 if climate change isn't curbed

An analysis of research on most known species around the world finds climate change puts many species at risk of extinction, and the risk increases with more global warming.

LiveScience

Global markets are likely to withstand a Trump-led US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement

As the climate crisis deepens, the need for global action becomes greater than ever. Central to this effort is the goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2050, to meet the Paris Agreement to limit global warming.

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Global warming fills New England's rich waters with death traps for endangered sea turtles

Global warming is filling the plankton-rich waters of New England with death traps for sea turtles

The Independent UK

‘Unprecedented’ climate extremes are everywhere. Our baselines for what’s normal will need to change

Extreme temperature and rainfall events are increasing around the world, including Australia. What makes them extreme is their rarity and severity compared to the typical climate.

The Conversation

Developing nations blast $300 billion Cop29 climate deal as insufficient

Countries at the Cop29 summit in Baku adopted a $300 billion a year global finance target on Sunday to help poorer nations cope with impacts of climate change, a deal its intended recipients criticised as woefully insufficient.

Radio France Internationale

Rich nations pledge $250bn for climate aid, but Africa demands more

Wealthy nations on Friday offered $250 billion a year to help poorer nations hit hardest by global warming but faced immediate calls led by Africa to give more as UN climate negotiations extended into overtime.

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Climate crisis takes centre stage as G20 summit opens in Brazil

Diplomatic tensions over global warming will take centre stage at the G20 summit that opens in Brazil on Monday, as leaders of the world's 20 major economies hope to break the deadlock over climate finance at UN talks in Azerbaijan.

Radio France Internationale

‘Smart’ devices have serious downsides

Letter: Dr Jan Udris notes the catastrophic contribution to global warming, and says the more complex technology is, the more likely it is to go wrong

The Guardian - UK

We passed 1.5°C of human-caused warming this year (just not as the Paris agreement measures it)

Human-caused global warming has just nudged past 1.5°C, according to a new method we have developed. That’s approaching 0.2°C higher than previously thought.

The Conversation

Trump's Climate Impact 'Recoverable': Researchers

US president-elect Donald Trump's expected climate rollbacks will likely have a "small" impact on global warming, as long as other countries resist the temptation to slacken their own carbon-cutting efforts, new research found Thursday.

International Business Times

Global carbon emissions reach new record high in 2024, with no end in sight, scientists say

There is a 50% chance that global warming will consistently exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius in the next six years, according to a new report.

LiveScience

OPINION - Cop29: How Keir Starmer is getting a rare win — on climate change

Keir Starmer arrived at the Baku COP climate summit yesterday bearing something unusual — an actual plan with a new government behind to limit global warming. He had one of the more substantial pledges at a notably thin summit, where the main proposals come from China, while the US absorbs…

Evening Standard

EPA Introduces Methane Fee To Curb Emissions

New rule imposes methane fees on oil and gas companies to reduce emissions and combat global warming.

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Donald Trump can't stop the battle to save the planet, claims Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband

Cop29 climate change summit taking place against a backdrop of fears incoming US president will damage efforts to tackle global warming

Radio France Internationale

Climate summit faces trillion-dollar showdown as Cop29 opens in Baku

Governments are gathering in Azerbaijan on Monday for talks on the climate that will test wealthy nations' commitment to funding poorer ones bearing the brunt of global warming. But concerns over Baku's human rights record and deep ties to fossil fuels have cast a heavy shadow over the UN’s crucial…

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India’s need to step up solar, wind capacity addition

Another year and another climate conference is upon us, this one in Azerbaijan. It will start off on a positive note for India which recently hit the 200 GW mark in its non-fossil fuels installed capacity, or how much power it can produce from energy sources such as solar and wind. But…

The Conversation

Electric vehicles in Africa: what’s needed to grow the sector

In sub-Saharan Africa, high levels of particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution from vehicle tailpipe emissions cause poor health, developmental stunting, and even death. Vehicle emissions also contribute to global warming.

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The frozen carbon of the northern permafrost is on the move – we estimated by how much

Among the most rapidly changing parts of our planet are the coldest landscapes near the top of the globe, just south of the Arctic. This region is warming two to four times faster than the global average.

The Independent UK

Climate change is making extreme downpours in Spain heavier and more likely, scientists say

Human-caused climate change made Spain’s rainfall about 12% heavier and doubled the likelihood of a storm as intense as this week’s deluge of Valencia, according to a rapid but partial analysis Thursday by World Weather Attribution, a group of international scientists who study global warming’s role in extreme weather

The Conversation

Overshooting 1.5°C is risky – that’s why we need to hedge our bets

The global response to climate change has gained momentum since the 2015 Paris agreement, yet it remains inadequate to meet the scale of the challenge. That agreement established the goal of holding global warming to well below 2°C, and to pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5°C. To achieve this,…

LiveScience

Earth is racing toward climate conditions that collapsed key Atlantic currents before the last ice age, study finds

Global warming during the Last Interglacial period caused so much Arctic ice to melt that Atlantic currents collapsed — and scientists say these are the conditions we could be heading toward.

International Business Times

Papua New Guinea To Boycott 'Waste Of Time' UN Climate Summit

Papua New Guinea on Thursday declared a boycott of next month's UN climate summit, branding the global warming negotiations a "waste of time" full of empty promises from big polluters.

The Conversation

Earth’s climate will keep changing long after humanity hits net-zero emissions. Our research shows why

The world is striving to reach net-zero emissions as we try to ward off dangerous global warming. But will getting to net-zero actually avert climate instability, as many assume?

The Conversation

How language barriers influence global climate literacy

Our planet is getting hotter at an alarming rate. Climate change is one of the most serious global issues today. Its consequences affect every single human being on Earth. So it seems perfectly logical that scientific publications about global warming are written in the global language: English.

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