African ministers lobby UK for control of climate aid
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Guest post: Understanding the UK’s recent spike in wildfires
Dr Thomas Smith is assistant professor in environmental geography in the Department of Geography & Environment at the London School of Economics.
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NASA’s ECOSTRESS Maps European Heat Wave From Space
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Climate Attribution: Learning the Lesson of June 2019
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Climate change made French heatwave ‘at least 5 times likelier’
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The record-breaking heatwave in France that disrupted life across the European powerhouse was made five times more likely due to human-induced climate...
Mayors Urge Congress: Put a Price on Carbon
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Oregon Governor Ready to Take Lead on Divisive Climate Plan
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Latest heatwave causing major disruption across Europe
July 2nd, 2019
Last
week’s European heatwave set new temperature records and disrupted
life across the continent.
According
to the World
Meteorological Organization (WMO),
the “unusually early and exceptionally intensive” heatwave...
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