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What the invasion of Ukraine means for the IPCC’s latest climate change report

The UN’s new IPCC report on the mitigation of climate change says that immediate and deep emissions reductions are needed to limit global warming, along with removing carbon dioxide back out of the air in future. Meanwhile, the world’s governments are urging fossil fuel companies to drill for more oil…

The Conversation

The bodies of Bucha have set a difficult test for the west

Analysis: From Ukraine’s point of view, this has to be the time to pile pressure on Germany in particular

The Guardian - UK

Biden calls for Putin to face war crimes trial over civilian killings in Ukraine

Western leaders prepare fresh round of sanctions against Moscow amid outrage over reports of killings in town of Bucha, near Kyiv

The Guardian - US

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Governments and firms adding fuel to climate crisis flames branded 'truly dangerous radicals' by UN leader

NI is the only part of the UK and Ireland without a fracking ban while two major petroleum licence applications remain live

Belfast Live

The Guardian view on the latest IPCC report: a fast track to climate disaster

Editorial: Governments have hitherto been far too hesitant to take on vested interests and are all too ready to protect historic investments in fossil fuels

The Guardian - UK

Truss calls on Russia to be suspended from UN human rights council after ‘heinous butchery’ in Bucha

Foreign secretary echoes earlier call from United States

The Independent UK

World Hurtling to Climate Danger Zone, Brakes Half-Pulled

Temperatures on Earth will shoot past a key danger point unless greenhouse gas emissions fall faster than countries have committed, the world’s top body of climate scientists said Monday, warning of the consequences of inaction but also noting hopeful signs of progress. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the report by…

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Biden calls for war-crimes trial of Putin after mass graves found around Kyiv

LVIV, Ukraine — President Joe Biden called for a war-crimes trial of Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Monday following the discovery of mass graves and streets littered with the bodies of dead civilians after the Russian retreat from suburbs around Kyiv.

Los Angeles Times

Climate change: greener lifestyles linked to greater happiness – in both rich and poor countries

The idea that being green means sacrifice and going without was epitomised by Boris Johnson’s denigration of the “hair shirt-wearing, tree-hugging, mung bean-eating eco freak”. When the UK prime minister said that in 2020, the message was clear: a sustainable lifestyle may be worthy, but it represents a pretty dreary…

The Conversation

Read Why Did WHO Suspend UN Supply of Bharat Biotech's Covaxin COVID-19 Vaccine

According to Reuters, the World Health Organization suspended the supply of Covaxin through UN agencies for the COVID-19 vaccine. WHO said it would allow the manufacturer to improve its facilities and address issues found in a WHO post-emergency use listing (EUL) inspection of Bharat Biotech's manufacturing. The details of what…

Benzinga

'Now or never': Only severe emissions cuts will avoid climate extremes -U.N. report

Drastic cuts to fossil fuel use. Growing forests and eating less meat. These are just some of the actions needed in this decade to contain global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial temperatures, a major report by the U.N. climate science agency said Monday.

Reuters

Will Putin ever be held responsible for the atrocities we’re seeing in Bucha?

History has shown that international justice can be difficult to achieve, but that doesn’t mean Zelenskiy shouldn’t try, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Emissions must peak before 2025 for 'liveable future', UN report says

Humanity has less than three years to halt the rise of planet-warming carbon pollution, UN climate experts warned Monday, with any delay to peak greenhouse gas emissions likely to result in smashing through warming targets.

France 24

It’s over for fossil fuels: IPCC spells out what’s needed to avert climate disaster

Analysis: The third part of the panel’s report makes clear a century of rising emissions must end before 2025

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IPCC report: ‘now or never’ if world is to stave off climate disaster

Greenhouse gas emissions must peak by 2025, say climate scientists in what is in effect their final warning

Axios

UN climate panel calls for historic shift to renewable energy

The IPCC report addresses carbon removal technology, envisioning a role for the unproven tech.

ABC News

'Transformational change' needed in all regions and sectors now to mitigate climate change: IPCC

It will take "transformational change" in every sector in every region of the world to keep global warming under 1.5 degrees Celsius, the world's climate scientists and governments warn.

The Guardian - UK

EU leaders denounce ‘possible genocide’ in Ukraine as Russia issues denials

Bloc urgently working on new round of sanctions against Moscow after claims of mass civilian killings

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Calls grow for more sanctions on Russia after mass graves found around Kyiv

LVIV, Ukraine — Calls for war-crime investigations and harsher sanctions on Moscow grew Monday as Ukrainian and Western officials responded to discoveries of mass graves and streets littered with the bodies of dead civilians after the Russian retreat from suburbs around Kyiv.

Reuters

Exhausted volunteers run low on supplies as Ukraine refugee crisis drags on

Five weeks after the start of the fighting in Ukraine, Kamil Prusinowski and his small band of volunteers are exhausted at their refugee shelter over the border in Poland.

Evening Standard

Tech & Science Daily: TikTok’s ‘The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical’ wins Grammy

The first award from the academy for a piece of work that originated on TikTok

The Independent UK

Ukrainian mayor ‘executed with her husband’ as Russia ‘abducts 11 community leaders’

The mayor’s husband was reportedly found dead with his hands behind his back

The Conversation

Reliable death tolls from the Ukraine war are hard to come by – the result of undercounts and manipulation

Those who initiate wars often begin with an overly optimistic assumption that the fighting will be quick, controllable and that casualties will be low. When many bodies start coming home or are left on the battlefield, it is a sign that the war is none of those things.

Axios

U.S. seeks Russia's suspension from UN Human Rights Council over war crimes allegations

"There will be accountability and justice for this brutality."

Radio France Internationale

Turkey's ambiguous application of United Nations' sanctions on Russia

The arrival in a Turkish port of two superyachts belonging to a Russian oligarch is drawing attention to Ankara's policy of refusing to impose sanctions on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine. There are concerns that Turkey is becoming a safe haven for those seeking to circumvent sanctions.

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