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    Global warming could cut over 60 countries' credit ratings by 2030, study warns

    19 Mar 2021

    Researchers from Cambridge University, the University of East Anglia and London-based SOAS looked at a "realistic scenario" known as RCP 8.5, where carbon and other polluting emissions continue rising in coming decades.

    Sea level rise quickens as Greenland ice sheet sheds record net loss of 532b tonnes

    21 Aug 2020

    Crumbling glaciers and torrents of melt-water slicing through Greenland's ice block — as thick as ten Eiffel Towers end-to-end — were the single biggest source of global sea level rise in 2019 and accounted for 40 per cent of the total, researchers reported in the journal Communications Earth & Environment.

    Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg back in class after a year off for climate

    25 Aug 2020

    Swedish activist Greta Thunberg said Monday she has returned to school after a year off campaigning to curb climate change.

    Chinese teenage climate warrior, Howey Ou, fights a lonely battle to save the world

    17 Aug 2020

    While most of her peers are preparing for university or enjoying summer vacation, 17-year-old Howey Ou is braving intimidation and criticism in China to save the world from climate catastrophe.

    Finnish town offers prizes to lure public into lower-carbon lifestyles

    28 Aug 2020

    Researchers also hope to learn whether larger rewards will encourage more citizens away from their cars.

    China gives green light to nuclear units to cut carbon

    15 Apr 2021

    The world's biggest greenhouse gas emitter has lagged behind its previous target of operating 58 gigawatts of nuclear power capacity by 2020, partly as the Fukushima nuclear accident slowed down approvals of new projects.

    Biden seeks to rally world on climate as summit momentum builds

    22 Apr 2021

    Green groups expect that Biden, who is pushing a green-friendly $2 trillion infrastructure package at home, will roughly double US targets for slashing emissions responsible for climate change over the next decade.

    ‘Moment of truth’ at key UN climate summit

    23 Sep 2019

    Some 60 world leaders convene on Monday for a UN summit on “climate emergency” aimed at reinvigorating the faltering Paris agreement, at a time when mankind is releasing

    Saudi Arabia experiences extreme weather condition

    14 Feb 2020

    "The country is experiencing its most intense cold snap since 2016," Hassan Abdallah from the Wasm meteorological centre, said on Thursday.

    VIDEO: Climate change activists spray fake blood on UK finance ministry building

    03 Oct 2019

    The activists drove up to the British Treasury in a fire engine and sprayed red paint through the hose onto the building, though at one point they lost control of the hose.

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