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Small green spaces can help keep cities cool during heat waves

A recent World Meteorological Organization report called heat waves the “deadliest meteorological hazard” from 2015 to 2019, affecting people living on all continents, and setting new national heat records in many regions. Canada’s top weather event in 2021 was British Columbia’s record-breaking heat, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada.…

The Conversation

Commentary: Climate change is a military problem for the US

The U.S. military has its hands full at the moment with a vicious war in Ukraine and U.S.-China tensions over issues from human rights to sovereignty over the South China Sea. But it cannot delay taking action to address climate change, the most persistent strategic threat we face.

Tribune News Service

India opposes environmental index ranking

The the Environmental Performance Index is prepared by researchers at the Yale and Columbia universities in the United States.

The Hindu

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Report: Philanthropy can help protect against climate change

Philanthropists could help ease the damage from climate change by donating more money to address global warming and the communities most at risk from it, according to a report from the research organization Candid

The Independent UK

Warned of ‘massive’ climate-led extinction, a US energy firm funded crisis denial ads

Southern Company spent $62.1m over the years to deny the impact of fossil fuel combustion on climate crisis

The Guardian - US

America is staring down a summer of disasters

How climate change is turning summer into "the danger season."

Axios

Oceans of opportunity: How seaweed can help fight climate change

It’s a nutritional food source, an alternative to plastic, has medicinal properties and can help limit global warming: Marine algae might just be the next weapon in the fight against climate change.

France 24

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Commentary: Wildfire smoke reminds us of climate change’s intangible damage on our mental health

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — There is no fire season any more, there are just fires — a recently popularized adage that’s becoming more true every year. Yet summer remains the most dangerous time for wildfires in California and surrounding western states. In just the last few days, Sacramento’s air quality has…

Tribune News Service

Developing countries need much longer beyond 2050 to reach Net-Zero: Joint statement by India, China and other nations

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had told the COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow last year that India will meet a target of net zero emissions by 2070

The Hindu

Surviving a future of extreme heat

Although nearly all heat-related deaths are preventable, heatwaves kill thousands of people worldwide every year. At this very moment, an extreme heatwave in India and Pakistan, affecting about one billion people, is “testing the limits of human survivability”, warns Chandni Singh, a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…

Bangkok Post

New Zealand farmers propose paying for emissions to tackle climate change

Agriculture sector faced pressure to act or be forced into the country’s emissions trading scheme, from which it is currently exempt

The Guardian - AU

Potholes blow a hole in council bottom lines, but worse may be to come

Given predictions around climate change making severe weather a more frequent fact of life, all levels of government must take note of these and other costs that have not traditionally been taken into the fiscal accounting.

Newcastle Herald

Shifting seasons: using Indigenous knowledge and western science to help address climate change impacts

Traditional Owners in Australia are the creators of millennia worth of traditional ecological knowledge – an understanding of how to live amid changing environmental conditions. Seasonal calendars are one of the forms of this knowledge best known by non-Indigenous Australians. But as the climate changes, these calendars are being disrupted.

The Conversation

Alien species are moving across oceans faster: climate change will accelerate this

Oceans and coastlines have been subjected to human use for centuries. But the effects of human activity on the oceans are now more extensive, with the resulting changes happening more rapidly than ever before.

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Tomato ketchup production is under threat due to climate change, scientists warn

In a report published in journal Nature Food, scientists say that rising temperatures could cut tomato production by 6% by 2050 but by 50% between 2050 and 2100

Birmingham Post

Planners are failing businesses and communities in the West of England

"Thinking strategically has become more vital than ever because of the urgency of tackling climate change"

The New Daily

Pacific minnow wants to head Commonwealth

Commonwealth countries will vote on a new Secretary-General at CHOGM later this month, and Tuvalu is counting on Australia to support its candidate.

The Guardian - UK

Climate crisis could make humans shrink in size, says fossil expert

Edinburgh palaeontologist says smaller mammals are better able to cope with increased temperatures

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Manchester Evening News

UK towns could soon be underwater and will have to move, Environment Agency head warns

Climate change could see big changes in the UK's geography

Daily Record

Nicola Sturgeon urges countries to up their game on tackling climate change

The First Minister will make an address at a German conference on the climate emergency.

ABC News

Anthony Albanese champions climate commitments as he seeks closer ties with Asia

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government's approach to tackling climate change is winning Australia praise from foreign nations.

Reuters

EU lawmakers split ahead of votes on more ambitious climate policies

The European Parliament will vote on Wednesday on a raft of EU climate change policies to cut Europe's emissions over the next decade, with the outcome of the votes still uncertain as lawmakers are split over whether to uphold or weaken the plans.

The National (Scotland)

Countries urged to pay up like Scotland to tackle climate change losses

A new report from Oxfam reveals the cost of extreme weather-related emergencies, like flooding or drought, have risen by billions of dollars

The National (Scotland)

Nicola Sturgeon calls for rich countries to take on climate toll

THE First Minister is calling on other developed nations to show “much greater commitment” to addressing the loss and damage caused by climate…

The Times of India

Kolkata set to get own climate action plan, 2nd city after Mumbai

KOLKATA: The city is all set to get a climate action plan (CAP), mayor Firhad Hakim revealed in a programme organized by Environmental Governed Integrated Organization (EnGIO). An expert committee will be constituted to prepare the CAP draft document, tailor-made to address the city’s climate crises. Kolkata will be the…

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