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Saudi Arabia accused of nixing emissions mention at UN climate talks
Jun 24, 2019 (AFP)
Nations are gathered in the German city of Bonn for their annual discussion on how to proceed under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), with...
Managing climate change will require increased energy usage
Jun 24, 2019 (UPI)
If the world's economies don't quickly kick their fossil fuel habits and ramp up renewable energy supplies, the effects of global warming are likely to trigger ...
Dry lakebeds and fights for water as drought grips India's
Jun 22, 2019 (AFP)
The hunt for water in south India's main city has become an increasingly desperate obsession for its 10 million residents after months with virtually no rain. T...
Poland, Hungary want cash before agreeing to EU climate target
Jun 21, 2019 (AFP)
EU leaders failed Thursday to set a target for so-called carbon neutrality by mid-century, amid opposition from coal-dependent Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republ...
Thousands of big energy reps at UN climate talks: monitor
Jun 19, 2019 (AFP)
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) brings together nations, environmental groups, scientists and policymakers to work on measure...
Trump UN choice to step back from some climate talks
Jun 19, 2019 (AFP)
Kelly Craft, at a Senate hearing to confirm her for the high-profile post that has been vacant for nearly half a year, said she would not participate personally...
Barrier Reef corals help scientists calibrate ancient climate records
Jun 18, 2019 (UPI)
Luckily, scientists have developed an improved method, a combination of high-resolution microscopic analysis and geochemical modeling. Researchers described the...
Climate change affected the people of the Amazon before Europeans arrived
Jun 17, 2019 (UPI)
While some adaptive Amazonian populations flourished prior to 1492, others disappeared in the wake of dramatic shifts in temperature and rainfall, according to ...
Drought forces Namibia to auction 1,000 wild animals
Jun 15, 2019 (AFP)
"Given that this year is a drought year, the [environment] ministry would like to sell various type of game species from various protected areas to protect graz...
US regulator urges review of financial risk posed by climate change
Jun 12, 2019 (AFP)
Global losses from natural disasters reached $160 billion in 2018, above the 30-year average of $140 billion, and that poses a risk to financial markets as well...
Bloomberg pledges $500m to fight climate change
Jun 07, 2019 (AFP)
The former New York mayor and philanthropist said the money will go toward closing coal plants -- through lobbying state and local governments and utility commi...
Climate in focus as Denmark seen veering left in election
Jun 05, 2019 (AFP)
Opinion polls put the opposition centre-left Social Democrats, led by Mette Frederiksen, at 27.2 percent, a comfortable lead of almost 10 percentage points ahea...
Study: Impacts of extreme weather on communities influences climate beliefs
May 31, 2019 (UPI)
"We found that damage at the zip-code level as measured by FEMA was positively associated with stronger climate change beliefs even three or four years after th...
World must do all 'humanly possible' on climate change: Merkel
May 30, 2019 (AFP)
"Climate change poses a threat to our planet's natural resources," Merkel said in her commencement address delivered at Harvard University in the United States....
UK-led mission to improve climate change forecasts added to ESA mission
May 30, 2019 (SPX)
Space offers a unique vantage point from which to observe, measure and monitor the Earth's climate. At the EU Competitiveness Council and EU-ESA Space Council o...
Merkel team talks climate as voters turn up heat
May 29, 2019 (AFP)
Strong gains by the Greens at the expense of Germany's two ruling parties in Sunday's European Parliament elections were seen as an indictment of Berlin's polic...
Merkel govt vows climate action as voters turn up heat
May 29, 2019 (AFP)
Merkel's coalition took heavy losses in Sunday's European Parliament elections at the hands of the ascendant Greens in what was seen as an indictment of Berlin'...
Warming Arctic to blame for increase in extreme weather
May 29, 2019 (UPI)
Several scientists have previously suggested a link between Arctic warming and extreme weather, but climate scientists remain divided on the topic. The latest r...
UN envoy says 80 countries ready to step up on climate
May 28, 2019 (AFP)
Under the landmark deal, countries agreed to announce by 2020 new efforts to strengthen their national plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a bid to limi...
Main EU parties adopt climate change as rallying cry
May 24, 2019 (AFP)
With the "Fridays for Future" protest due to continue in cities across the continent on the second day of voting, the growing consensus for urgent climate actio...
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