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Despite vastly different political systems, we can draw some interesting parallels between Russia and Australia on the climate front.
Involving women in climate decision-making is vital if we are to achieve global emissions targets.
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Women’s climate knowledge is often overlooked, despite it being a vital resource for adapting to a warming world.
Delegates arrive at the COP26 climate summit on November 4, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland.
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At COP26 in Glasgow everyone was committed to saving the planet, but there were highly divergent views about how to do it.
Cows in the Amazon: beef farming is the main cause of deforestation.
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Coal, cars, cash and trees: but what about the cows?
Reintroducing the natural world into populated spaces could help the UK stave off the worst climate change effects.
Alison Smith
Nature-based solutions can help us sustainably tackle climate disasters - but to do that, they urgently need policy support.
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Military emissions reporting is only voluntary. And what we cannot see, they will not cut.
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But the government will use the legislation for the fund to try to wedge Labor.
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Girls and women will experience climate change in unique ways. This includes being vulnerable to gender-based violence as climate change brings about forced migration, loss of housing and income.
Dirk Schmeller
Mountain ecosystems are not as pristine as we may think – and climate change could trigger devastating transformations that will affect us all.
Countries facing existential risks from climate change, like the Maldives, are demanding faster action and financing to help them survive.
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The press releases sound promising, but the negotiations have a long way to go. Here’s what’s ahead at the midpoint of the COP26 climate talks.
Coastal communities in Vietnam are struggling to adapt to rising sea levels.
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A report found the amount of funding needed to adapt to climate change exceeds what has so far been delivered by 80%.
U.S. President Joe Biden and Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry spoke at the announcement of the Global Methane Pledge.
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Of the big pledges so far at the UN climate conference, cutting methane could have the most immediate impact.
Floods across Germany in July 2021 signalled the need for improved disaster preparedness.
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Failures to respond adequately to the floods that hit Germany and Luxembourg in July 2021 must teach us how to prepare for future climate disasters.
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Universities have long been developing research, talent and technology that, with the right mix of industry and government support, will allow Australia to emerge as a green export and R&D leader.
Aging U.S. infrastructure: Rust on the underside of the Norwalk River Railroad Bridge, built in 1896 in Norwalk, Conn., and scheduled for replacement starting in 2022.
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What will the US$1.2 trillion infrastructure bill pay for? Here are some of the things it will help build, fix or remove.
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The message of Eva Orner’s new documentary is spot on, the logic of its argument faultless. But it tells us things more than it makes us feel things, and this is seldom beneficial in the medium.
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Shipping requires vast amounts of fuel, and the questions of which country is responsible for emissions makes reaching agreements a mammoth and glacial task.
Eco-anxiety is an understandable response to the many crises the world faces. Here are four ways to help you cope.
Each year the global temperature is 1 C above the 1951-80 average temperature, glaciers lose, on average, about 0.8 metres of water equivalent depth.
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Policy-makers need the courage to commit to meaningful reductions of greenhouse gas emissions if we want to avoid the widespread loss of mountain glaciers.
Pickers at work on a tea estate in Western Kenya.
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Tea growers in Malawi and Kenya wanted site-specific climate information to help them manage and plan their farming practices to maximise yield and quality.