The planet’s wealthiest people are directly responsible for most of the world’s carbon emissions.
The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has warned that afforestation is a risky approach to combatting climate change.
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A new report suggests New Zealand should rethink climate policy and use forests to offset only agricultural emissions, which make up half of the country’s total emissions, and not carbon dioxide.
How do people respond to media coverage of weather influenced by climate change?
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Media reports are starting to directly connect climate change to its weather effects in local communities. But how you respond to those linkages depends on what you already think about climate change.
These photovoltaics panels provide this village with energy now, but they could become obsolete when the main grid arrives.
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Small-scale renewable energy projects can power rural areas not connected to the main grid. But investors may hesitate if future electrification remains unpredictable.
As climate change threatens Australian trees, it’s important to identify which are at risk.
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The Earth’s past shows the key role of CO₂ on climate for 4.45 billion years, and how human industrial activity has disrupted its cycle at an unprecedented rate over the past 160 years.
Devastation in Sofala Province, central Mozambique.
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If society is serious about a Green New Deal, we’ll need universal basic income to implement it.
Flood waters cover large tracts of land in Mozambique after cyclone Idai made landfall. Rapidly rising floodwaters have cut off thousands of families from aid organizations.
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Ticks are generally inactive in the winter and start to look for their next meal as temperatures warm up. But as winters warm, every season may become tick season.
Monsoon clouds approach in India.
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The Indian summer monsoon rainfall affects the lives of over a billion people. By looking at how prehistoric climate changes affected it, scientists can contribute to its future prediction.
A regenerating stand of rainforest in northern Costa Rica.
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Many nations are restoring degraded tropical forests to slow climate change, protect endangered species and improve rural life. But those forests often are cleared again soon afterward.
Students take to the streets in Brussels, Belgium.
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