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Cutting air pollution would not cause ‘near-term spike’ in global warming
A reduction in air pollution brought about by shifting away from fossil fuels would not inadvertently cause a short-term acceleration of global warming, a...
Guest post: How to avoid ‘unfair and risky’ climate change scenarios
Dr Joeri Rogelj is a lecturer in climate change and the environment at the Grantham Institute at Imperial College London and a senior research...
Guest post: 10 climate-related events that cost the US $10bn in health impacts
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Highlights: The net-zero climate change conference in Oxford
This week, the city of Oxford played host to an international conference on “achieving net-zero”. The event follows hot on the heels of the...
Analysis: The UK politicians who talk the most about climate change
The phrase “climate change” has been mentioned over 19,000 times in British parliamentary debates, with Labour politicians using the term more than representatives from...
Guest post: How the Greenland ice sheet fared in 2019
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Guest post: Why China’s CO2 emissions grew 4% during first half of 2019
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Guest post: How heatwave images in the media can better represent climate risks
Dr Saffron O’Neill is an associate professor in geography at the University of Exeter. Between 2012 and 2017 she held an Economic and Social...
Media reaction: Amazon fires and climate change
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