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Governments vet crucial UN climate science report

PARIS: Diplomats from nearly 200 nations and top climate scientists began a week-long huddle in Switzerland on Monday to distil nearly a decade of published science into a 20-odd-page warning about the existential danger of global warming and what to do about it.

Bangkok Post

UN chief: 'Cold, hard facts' should guide climate policy

The head of the United Nations has called for scientists to serve up “cold, hard facts” to push governments into making policies that curb climate change before a key global warming threshold is passed

The Independent UK

Woodside claims its emissions are falling – but only by using the ‘last resort’ of offsets

A detailed reading of the company’s climate change report reveals a different picture from that of its headline claims

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EU countries poised to agree push on fossil fuel phase-out -document

European Union countries are preparing to endorse a diplomatic stance on Monday calling for a global phase-out of fossil fuels, as they prepare for this year's U.N. climate change talks, a draft document showed.

Reuters

Jordan Peterson’s ‘zombie’ climate contrarianism follows a well-worn path

The psychologist has turned his hand to exposing new audiences to old arguments from climate change deniers

The Guardian - AU

Exxon scientists accurately forecast climate change back in the 1970s – what if we had listened to them and acted then?

Writers of speculative- and science-fiction often identify a key point in time and explore how a seemingly insignificant event might change the path of humanity.

The Conversation

Sea level rise may threaten Indonesia’s status as an archipelagic country

The recent UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report found global sea levels have been rising at an accelerated rate. As an archipelagic state with more than 17,000 islands stretching over 80,000 kilometres of coastline, Indonesia should be alarmed by these findings.

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‘The human impact is clear’: Ocean heat continues to rise

The planet’s air temperature has been rising for decades but it wobbles up and down, write Chris Mooney and Brady Dennis. The ocean doesn’t do the same dance, it changes more slowly – and more deeply

The Independent UK

Govt pauses new oil and gas exploration

Energy Minister Megan Woods has announced a pause on all remaining oil and gas exploration until after the election.

Newsroom.co.nz

Forget net-zero: to halt global heating, aim for net-negative

In the fight against climate change, the lever every policymaker has been focusing on has been the reduction in (net) emissions. Curbing the rate at which greenhouse gases are pumped into the atmosphere clearly remains a priority. Yet every serious scientific analysis – in particular the latest IPCC report –…

The Conversation

New Zealand's climate change education needs to better engage pupils

Climate education has yet to be prioritised by the Ministry of Education but an effective learning programme has already been developed and trialled in Aotearoa, says Dr Jenny Ritchie

Newsroom.co.nz

Man found dead in a park had 'history of mental health issues'

John Winterton, 26, was reported missing and tragically found dead a week later

Manchester Evening News

Climate meeting under scrutiny

Despite establishing a "loss and damage" fund to help developing countries deal with the impacts of climate disasters, the negotiations at the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference in Egypt this year still failed to deliver meaningful commitments to phase out fossil fuels and combat the climate crisis.

Bangkok Post

Shaw successfully weakens own climate law

The Climate Change Minister is accused of trying to have his cake and eat it too, by celebrating a legal victory which only occurred through neutering his greatest legislative achievement.

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Stripping carbon from the atmosphere might be needed to avoid dangerous warming – but it remains a deeply uncertain prospect

Australia’s latest State of the Climate Report offers grim reading. As if recent floods weren’t bad enough, the report warns of worsening fire seasons, more drought years and, when rain comes, more intense downpours. It begs the question: is it too late to avoid dangerous warming?

The Guardian - UK

What are the key outcomes of Cop27 climate summit?

From loss and damage to 1.5C goal and World Bank reform, the takeaways from Sharm el-Sheikh

The Conversation

Countless reports show water is undrinkable in many Indigenous communities. Why has nothing changed?

Tap water in more than 500 remote Indigenous communities isn’t regularly tested and often isn’t safe to drink, according to a water industry report released last week. In some communities, drinking water contained unacceptable levels of uranium, arsenic, fluoride and nitrate.

Radio France Internationale

Eight billion people and counting: can planet Earth sustain its population?

According to a projection by the United Nations, planet Earth will welcome its eight billionth inhabitant this Tuesday. While some experts worry that this is too many people, most say the bigger problem is the overconsumption of resources by the wealthiest.

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I was a lead author on the climate report that won Al Gore the Nobel Prize. Here’s what we know now that we didn’t know then

Climate scientists and economists have been too conservative in their estimates of the impact of climate change, writes David Schimel.

The Conversation

Climate finance for Africa: the key challenges and what needs to be done about them

Climate change is a significant threat to development across Africa. Important sectors, such as agriculture, health and water will feel a considerable adverse impact from 1.5⁰C-2⁰C of global warming, according to a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Reuters

Explainer - COP27: How climate change impacts countries around the world

While delegates at the COP27 climate conference discuss the shared problem of climate change, each country will face its own challenges and threats.

The Guardian - UK

Why scientists are using the word scary over the climate crisis

The former BBC environment analyst Roger Harrabin has spent his career talking to scientists. Now they’re telling him they’re scared of what they’re seeing

Reuters

Explainer-What the latest IPCC science says about climate change

At the COP27 conference in Egypt, delegates will be relying on decades of scientific research published by the U.N. climate science agency to inform their decisions about future energy plans and warming trajectories.

The Guardian - UK

Brazil, Indonesia and DRC in talks to form ‘Opec of rainforests’

Spurred by Lula’s election, the three countries, home to half of all tropical forests, will pledge stronger conservation efforts

The Guardian - UK

IPCC, methane and carbon offsetting: Cop27 jargon buster

World leaders meeting for UN climate talks in Egypt are under pressure to take action. Here are some commonly used terms and what they mean

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