The remote Bassari community have to make difficult choices about how to adapt to many changes that are linked to climate change.
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The remote Bassari community, located between Senegal and Guinea, experiences climate change as one of many changes. They are best placed to come up with solutions that work for them.
Oyster gatherers on a Wild Coast beach at low tide. The sea is integral to these communities’ lives and culture.
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South African courts are increasingly handing down judgments that take into account the future climate damage that new developments may cause.
The education of students in countries like Sudan is already being negatively affected by the extremes of climate change.
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Teaching children about the environmental crisis can help fight climate change, but climate change is already negatively affecting children’s education around the globe.
Road collapse in northern Kenya due to flash floods on 22 November 2023.
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As new climate-related cases are brought to court, our expert outlines key aspects that could change the legal landscape.
The global energy transition needs to be just and fair to all, but the chance of that happening is getting slim, says a new report by 22 international researchers.
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By allowing a case against local greenhouse gas emitters to go ahead, the Supreme Court of New Zealand has opened the door to a new front in climate law – one that takes tikanga Māori into account.
Cutting wealth inequality could curb the super-rich’s disproportionate share of emissions.
Green energy industries like this need to be built in Africa so that the continent ceases being primarily an exporter of raw minerals to developed nations.
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Africa must guard against new environment friendly trade rules that leave the continent in the poor position of exporting raw materials that developed nations use to manufacture green energy systems.
A fresh produce market in the Seychelles.
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The African Food Systems Transformation Collective says COP28 must enable transition from fossil-fuelled food systems and leverage indigenous knowledge so that all can sustainably access good food.
Islene Facanha, of Portugal, participates in a demonstration dressed with images of wildfires at the COP28 UN Climate Summit, Dec. 8, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Theatre and the arts can be vehicles for thinking globally and acting locally, embracing alternative ways of knowing and acknowledging holistic approaches to addressing climate change.
A recent study found one billion people are likely to die prematurely by the end of the century from climate change. Here are seven energy policies that could save their lives.
Cobalt, used in portable electronics, is mined in poor conditions in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Preliminary findings show that managed retreat, structural flood protection and climate-resilient development projects are most at risk of maladaptation.
University engagement with communities, such as the clothing exchange organized by UBC Climate Action Mobilizers, is vital for empowering communities and addressing climate injustices.
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Often those most impacted by climate change are those least able to engage with climate discourse. Universities have a responsibility to engage with these communities.