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The UK government must “urgently” deliver plans showing how it intends to both tackle and prepare for climate change.
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Mission 2020: A new global strategy to ‘rapidly’ reduce carbon emissions
In April, a new global initiative called Mission 2020 was launched by Christiana Figueres, the former UN climate chief who oversaw the signing of...
Giant hailstones to increasingly strike North America under climate change
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The Swiss company hoping to capture 1% of global CO2 emissions by 2025
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Study: Why troposphere warming differs between models and satellite data
The most common measure of global temperature rise is here on the Earth’s surface, but scientists also gather data on how temperatures in the...
Guest post: How new EU rules could ‘hide’ climate impact of harvesting forests
This is a guest post by Dr Jo House, co-chair of the Global Environmental Change Theme at University of Bristol’s Cabot Institute and Dr...
Billions to face ‘deadly threshold’ of heat extremes by 2100, finds study
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Factcheck: Grenfell Tower fire and the Daily Mail’s ‘green targets’ claim
Three days after the devastating fire at Grenfell Tower in west London, much of the media coverage of the tragedy is now focusing on...
UK wind power can help meet peak winter demand, study says
Wind power can make an important contribution to the UK’s electricity supply even in the depths of winter when demand is highest, a new...
Analysis: US states and cities could meet Paris climate goals without Trump
Nearly 40% of US CO2 emissions are in the hands of states that have either committed to meeting their share of the US’s Paris...
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