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A new biodiversity index captures the climate risk for nearly 25,000 marine species and their ecosystems and lays the groundwork for climate-smart approaches to management and conservation.
The research reviewed the available evidence on microalgae as food supplements, livestock feeds, biofertilisers, biostimulants and biochar feedstocks.
Universities in Kenya should be more sensitive to national policies aimed at addressing the effects of climate change.
As the ocean temperature rises, many marine species are moving toward the north and south poles in search of cooler waters, thus rewriting the menus of seafood restaurants on the West Coast of Canada.
With the world on track to blow the carbon budget for 1.5℃ before the end of this decade, we must use offsetting carefully. It can no longer be a substitute for deep emissions cuts.
More than half of the world’s population lives in cities, and that share is growing. Rapid climate change could make many cities unlivable in the coming decades without major investments to adapt.
Every five years nations must evaluate their progress towards the goals of the Paris Agreement. But this “stocktake” lacks detail making it difficult to measure progress on climate action.
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Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
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John Rennie Short is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor and Director, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia
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Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences and Public Policy, Auckland University of Technology
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Research fellow, School of International Development, University of East Anglia
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Senior Lecturer of Educational Leadership and Policy, Kenyatta University
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PhD Candidate in Public Health, University of Guelph
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Assistant Professor, School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo
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Canada Research Chair in Climate Change and Health, University of Alberta
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Research Scientist, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Adjunct Professor, Dalhousie University
