Katowice brief: China’s compromise
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China open to ‘uniform’ climate rules, sidestepping old allies
Shift comes as EU and China hastily draft proposals to break an impasse on the toughest issues at UN climate talks in Poland
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Sydney and Melbourne vow to ditch coal power
Australian cities joined global alliance to end coal-fired power, while federal government proposes using taxpayer cash to underwrite new plants
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Antarctica’s contribution to sea level rise was mitigated by snowfall
A new NASA-led study has determined that an increase in snowfall accumulation over Antarctica during the 20th century mitigated sea level rise by 0.4...
NASA finds Asian glaciers slowed by ice loss
A NASA-led, international study finds Asia's high mountain glaciers are flowing more slowly in response to widespread ice loss, affecting freshwater availability downstream in...
Global alliance pledges to step up climate action at COP24
December 13th, 2018
Ireland did not join other European states at the climate summit in Poland in directly pledging to increase their climate targets by...
Taoiseach’s criticism of NGO climate report ‘falls short’
December 13th, 2018
The Taoiseach’s criticism of a well-established NGO report that puts Ireland as Europe’s worst-performing country on climate action has been rebuffed by...
NGOs call on Irish State to cut coal ties in Philippines
December 13th, 2018
A coalition of environmental and civil society organisations from the Philippines has written to the Minister for Climate Action urging him to...
2017’s Extreme Heat, Flooding Carried Clear Fingerprints of Climate Change
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