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Canada lays out plan for 2018 carbon tax and cap and trade
May 18, 2017 (AFP)
Currently four provinces -- Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec -- representing more than 80 percent of the population have carbon pricing or cap-and-...
The EU: What happened to climate's poster child; Canada blocks audit change
May 17, 2017 (AFP)
But after years of taking the lead in talks for a global climate pact, and making tough policy and investment choices to lessen fossil fuel reliance at home, th...
Drought affects 1.4 million in Angola: UNICEF
May 17, 2017 (AFP)
Seven southern regions of Angola are affected, with the three border provinces of Cunene, Namibe and Huila hit the hardest. The UNICEF report said severe acute ...
India gets bonds to help tackle climate change
May 17, 2017 (UPI)
The Asian Development Bank said it raised $47 million in bonds due in February 2021 that will help drive capital toward climate change mitigation projects in In...
New scrutiny of poles as world braces for climate shifts: UN
May 15, 2017 (AFP)
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said a full year would be dedicated to improving polar forecasting capacities in the Arctic and another year would b...
Rising temperatures threaten stability of Tibetan alpine grasslands
May 15, 2017 (SPX)
Though temperature changes could destabilize the fragile ecosystem of the area, variations in rainfall appear to have no similar effect. The study involved vary...
Shelf sediments reveal climate shifts through the eons
May 15, 2017 (SPX)
Chelsea Korpanty of The University of Queensland's School of Biological Sciences worked on the study, which was led by Dr Jeroen Groeneveld from the Center of M...
US cities, states mobilize against climate change without Trump
May 11, 2017 (AFP)
Around three dozen states -- even some headed by Republicans -- have established policies that require power companies to expand the amount of renewable energy ...
Tillerson: Trump will not rush US climate policy review
May 11, 2017 (AFP)
Tillerson is hosting the Arctic Council, where many delegates from some of the countries most affected by global warming were hoping for a renewed US commitment...
Climate: US hesitates as talks frustrated
May 09, 2017 (AFP)
As uncertainty mounted over the hard-fought pact's future under US President Donald Trump, China's leader Xi Jinping vowed to protect it. China and France "shou...
White House meeting on Paris climate accord postponed
May 09, 2017 (AFP)
No new date was given for the session, which aims to bring together President Donald Trump -- who is flirting with pulling out of the agreement -- with top clim...
Edible insects could play key role in cutting harmful emissions
May 09, 2017 (SPX)
Replacing half of the meat eaten worldwide with crickets and mealworms would cut farmland use by a third, substantially reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, ...
Trump delays decision on Paris climate deal
May 09, 2017 (AFP)
Divisions within Trump's administration have left in doubt the participation of the world's number two carbon polluter -- after China -- in the landmark 2015 ag...
Extinction of Alpine plants may remain undetectable for a long time
May 08, 2017 (SPX)
Now, the team of Frederic Guillaume of the Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Sciences of the University of Zurich, in cooperation with resear...
Trump to hold crunch meeting on Paris climate deal
May 08, 2017 (AFP)
After months of uncertainty, Trump appears to be edging toward a decision on whether to honor the 2015 deal to limit global warming. A US withdrawal would serio...
Climate talks under shadow of Trump threats
May 08, 2017 (AFP)
The 11-day haggle in Bonn is meant to start drafting a "rulebook" to guide member countries in the practical execution of the pact, which seeks to brake global ...
Trump anti-climate ghost hangs over UN meeting
May 06, 2017 (AFP)
The mid-year round of haggling in Bonn is meant to begin work on a crucial rulebook for signatories of the pact. But it risks being sidetracked by mounting unce...
Climate instability over the past 720,000 years
May 04, 2017 (SPX)
Results indicate that when intermediate temperatures occurred within a glacial period, the climate was highly unstable and fluctuated. A climate simulation was ...
Fiji urges Trump to honour Paris climate deal
May 03, 2017 (AFP)
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama said the world needed America's leadership "as we confront the greatest challenge of our age". Climate sceptic Trump should ho...
Mechanism of the influence of the Tibetan-Iranian Plateaus on the circulation and climate in summer
May 03, 2017 (SPX)
Through its special thermodynamic and dynamic effects, the TP and its adjacent Iran Plateau (IP) have significant impacts on the circulation and climate over th...
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