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Trump's Energy Department pick has history of downplaying climate change impacts
Chris Wright, President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the Energy Department, has denied the well-established connection between climate change and extreme weather, claiming that storms are not getting ...Politics - The Hill - 4 days ago -
Climate change strengthened hurricanes by 18 miles per hour: Study
A new study released Wednesday found that climate change intensified recent hurricanes by 18 miles per hour. The study, titled “Human-caused ocean warming has intensified recent hurricanes,” was ...Politics - The Hill - 3 days ago -
Athletes see climate change as threatening their sports and their health. Some are speaking up
Pragnya Mohan has been a professional triathlete for nearly a decade, but summers in her native India are now so hot that she can’t train there anymoreHealth - ABC News - Yesterday -
Joanne Chory, Who Enlisted Plants to Fight Climate Change, Dies at 69
Biologist sought to breed crops that could store more carbon safely underground in their roots.World - The Wall Street Journal - Yesterday -
Athletes see climate change as threatening their sports and their health. Some are speaking up
Pragnya Mohan has been a professional triathlete for nearly a decade, but summers in her native India are now so hot that she can’t train there anymoreSports - ABC News - Yesterday -
Theater festival offers solace in Burkina Faso, a nation torn by violence
The last three years have been tough for Fanta Charlotte Dabone, a mother of three from the conflict-battered West African country of Burkina FasoEntertainment - ABC News - November 12 -
Theater festival offers solace in Burkina Faso, a nation torn by violence
The last three years have been tough for Fanta Charlotte Dabone, a mother of three from the conflict-battered West African country of Burkina FasoWorld - ABC News - November 12 -
New Zealand offers national apology to people abused in care
New Zealand offered a historic national apology on Tuesday to hundreds of thousands of victims of abuse in state and faith-based care over the last 70 years.Top stories - NBC News - November 12 -
India's Modi offers aid to Caribbean nations while meeting leaders in Guyana
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Guyana, marking the first visit by an Indian leader in more than 50 years to the South American country with diaspora tiesWorld - ABC News - 2 days ago -
‘A total waste of time’: why Papua New Guinea pulled out of Cop29 and why climate advocates are worried
Country’s foreign minister says UN climate summits have produced ‘no results’ as Pacific nation takes the rare step of withdrawing from upcoming Cop29. Papua New Guinea’s decision to pull out of an ...World - The Guardian - November 8 -
At Cop29, we must treat the climate crisis with the same urgency as Covid – history shows it can be done | Mukhtar Babayev
This emergency will cost trillions of dollars, and is beyond the reach of developing nations. Private investors have to step up. Mukhtar Babayev is president of the Cop29 UN climate change ...World - The Guardian - November 11 -
Cop29: UK commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions must be ‘starting point, not finish line’, climate advisers say – live updates
Climate scientists and advisers back new UK commitment but warn that there is still work to be done. In the halls of Cop29, activists from Oil Change International gathered around a computer to ...World - The Guardian - November 12 -
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Countries must set aside differences and agree climate finance deal, says Cop29 negotiator
Jochen Flasbarth called on Cop29 delegates to press on as world faces increasing crises and drop in solidarity. Governments meeting to forge a global settlement on climate finance must get over ...World - The Guardian - 6 days ago -
Cop29: ‘We’re here for life and death reasons,’ says ex-climate minister of Pakistan
Sherry Rehman says rich nations should pay ‘internationally determined contributions’ to help poorer and worst-affected countries. Amid the endless politicking and inscrutable arguments at the UN ...World - The Guardian - 5 days ago -
Cop29 live: Slashing methane emissions is ‘our emergency brake’, UN says
Cop29 presidency announces new drive to cut methane emissions from waste dumps as G20 reaffirms transition from fossil fuels. The UK government has conceded that Australia was mistakenly included ...World - The Guardian - 4 days ago -
Cop29 live: UN chair ‘so sick’ of Saudi Arabia’s defence of fossil fuels
Former climate minister for Canada reacts after Saudi delegation said it ‘will not accept any text that targets any specific sectors, including fossil fuels’. My colleague Patrick Greenfield is ...World - The Guardian - 2 days ago