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Forced to flee or too poor to leave: how climate change affects refugees

On this year’s World Refugee Day, a record number of people are displaced – some 110 million, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR. People continue to be forced from their homes by conflict, persecution and insecurity, and increasingly by disasters related to climate change.

Radio France Internationale

Japanese Designers Plan A Floating City To Combat Rising Sea Levels

N-Ark's proposed self-sufficient city, Dogen City, will house 40,000 residents and be resilient to climate change

Zenger

Germany, China hold high-level meeting amid tensions over trade, Ukraine

Trade, climate change and the war in Ukraine are on the agenda as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz meets Chinese Premier Li Qiang, who is on his first foreign trip since taking office

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Is climate change outpacing our ability to predict extreme heatwaves?

When an extreme weather event happens somewhere in the world these days, it’s common to read quotes from climate scientists explaining this is exactly the kind of event we expect to see more often as climate change progresses. Such events are often devastating, but not surprising if you’ve been paying…

The Conversation

Biden announces funding to combat climate change, raises campaign money, during swing through California

PALO ALTO, Calif. — On his first trip to California since announcing his reelection campaign, President Joe Biden on Monday announced $600 million in federal funding to fight the effects of climate change after touring a Northern California nature reserve with Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Los Angeles Times

Himalayan glaciers could lose 80% of their volume if global warming not controlled, study finds

A new report from a Nepal-based research organization finds that water security for nearly 2 billion people living downstream from the Hindu Kush Himalayan ranges will likely be threatened by the end of this century if global warming is not controlled

The Independent UK

Column: State Farm is right. California can’t keep building housing in high-risk places

Back in January, on a dark night of pelting rain, Erica Lopez Bedolla had only minutes to evacuate her family from the impoverished Central Valley town of Planada after a levee broke.

Los Angeles Times

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A history of Republican climate denial

Republicans didn't always deny the reality of climate change. Then, George W. Bush took office

Salon

Montana officials downplay first-of-its-kind climate trial

Montana officials are seeking to downplay a first-of-its-kind trial over a state’s obligations to protect residents from climate change

The Independent UK

Conspiracy theories aren't on the rise – we need to stop panicking

Several polls in the past couple of years (including from Ipsos, YouGov and most recently Savanta on behalf of Kings College Policy Institute and the BBC) have been examining the kinds of conspiratorial beliefs people have. The findings have led to a lot of concern and discussion.

The Conversation

How inequality shapes your experience of a heatwave

When the mercury rises, does your anxiety rise with it? If so, you are not alone. According to the UK’s Office for National Statistics, three-quarters of British people are worried about climate change and 43% claim to experience anxiety about the state of the planet: a number that rises around…

The Conversation

African cities and climate change: the real debate is who should pay to fix the problem

For most city mayors and managers in Africa, the debate about whether climate change is real is a moot topic. They know it is. They are on the front lines dealing with the impact of droughts, rising sea levels and floods, such as those in the Gulf of Guinea.

The Conversation

Climate change journalism in South Africa misses the mark by ignoring people’s daily experiences

South Africa’s media houses rely too heavily on events like conferences, climate disasters and the release of scientific papers in their reporting on climate change. That’s a problem: it creates the potential for day-to-day issues related to climate change, like ongoing mitigation and adaptation efforts, to go unreported.

The Conversation

Biden visits California to talk climate and raise cash

President Joe Biden plans to unveil more than $600 million in federal spending to fight the effects of climate change on Monday in Palo Alto. But much of his multi-day visit to California is focused on raising money, notably from Silicon Valley tech leaders, for his 2024 reelection campaign.

Los Angeles Times

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Europe is world's fastest warming continent: climate report

PARIS: Europe should brace for more deadly heatwaves driven by climate change, said a sweeping report on Monday, noting the world's fastest-warming continent was some 2.3 degrees Celsius hotter last year than in pre-industrial times.

WEKU

Defense arguments are set to open in a landmark climate case brought by Montana youth

The only youth climate change lawsuit to make it all the way to trial is underway in Montana.

Radio France Internationale

Paris summit seeks pact to repair broken global financial system

French President Emmanuel Macron will host world leaders in Paris this week for a summit to overhaul a global financial system dating back 80 years so the world is better able to respond to climate change and future pandemics.

The Independent UK

Verdict in Oregon wildfires case highlights risks utilities face amid climate change

A jury verdict that found power company PacifiCorp liable for devastating wildfires in Oregon in 2020 is highlighting the legal and financial risks utilities face if they fail to take proper precautions for climate change

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Blockade Australia protest action at coal ports

A woman has suspended herself from a rail bridge at Newcastle coal port to protest climate change inaction, as protests also occur in Melbourne and Brisbane.

The Guardian - AU

Australia needs to reduce emissions to net zero by 2038 to do ‘fair share’ to contain global heating, analysis shows

Exclusive: Researchers say government’s climate schedule needs to be brought forward by a decade to keep heating to 1.5C

Newsroom.co.nz

Let’s move from ‘engagement’ to more of a ‘mārena’

Māori environmental experts correctly predicted the floods in Auckland earlier this year – we can't waste time arguing about who is right or who knows more, while climate change erodes the little we have left, says Aimee Matiu

Zenger

Global Crash In Insect Populations Threatens Ecosystems

Rise of agriculture, building development, climate change, and invasive animals blamed for decline, says new study

France 24

‘Gateway to Hell’: Turkmenistan urged to plug gas leaks driving climate change

Home to the Darvaza Crater, a massive molten pit that has spewed flames and noxious gases for decades, Turkmenistan has the world’s worst record when it comes to climate-heating methane leaks. As it pledges to plug the smouldering crater, the reclusive central Asian nation is under pressure to fix its…

Inverse

Most of the Air We Breathe Daily Isn’t Healthy, Even if You Can’t See It

As the eastern U.S. reeled from days of thick wildfire smoke in early June, millions of people faced the reality of climate change for the first time.

The Hindu

Climate change taking toll on Darjeeling tea gardens and workers

Behind the serenity of Darjeeling’s famed tea gardens with gentle slopes stretching green and pine trees seemingly touching the skies, a crisis unfolds quietly, almost unseen — climate change that is affecting production, the flavour of the tea and the health of hundreds of workers.

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