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Large parts of Pacific country’s capital would be permanently flooded and islands would disappear, according to new projectionsProjected sea level rise would mean 40% of the buildings in the Marshall Islands’ capital of Majuro would be permanently floo…
Read MoreEveryone in the Pacific has stories of times the climate crisis hit our lives. For me, it is the birth of my daughter between cyclonesMy daughter was born between cyclones.It was January 2013, and as we drove to the hospital, we passed the wreckage lef…
Read MoreEvery time we postpone change we make it harder to transition to the low-carbon economy we need to help prevent global heatingLast week, New Zealand’s government announced a five-month delay to the emissions reduction plan (ERP) – its key programme for…
Read MoreExperts welcome Xi Jinping’s announcement at UN as hugely influential, but concerns remain over domestic emissionsPresident Xi Jinping has announced that China will not build new coal-fired power projects abroad, using his address at the United Nations…
Read MoreChinese president Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China will step up support for other developing countries in developing green and low-carbon energy, and will not build new coal-fired power projects abroad.Xi made the announcement in his statement del…
Read MoreChinese foreign minister Wang Yi tells US climate envoy John Kerry cooperation on reducing emissions cannot be separated from the broader relationshipChinese foreign minister Wang Yi has warned US climate envoy John Kerry that deteriorating US-China re…
Read MoreThe IPCC’s alarming report has Chinese environmentalists wondering how to push a government that brooks no criticism into taking more actionIn the wake of the IPCC’s alarming warning last week that human induced climate change is affecting every corner…
Read MoreAuthorities in Hiroshima and northern Kyushu issue evacuation alert amid unprecedented rainfallMore than a million people have been urged to seek shelter as torrential rain triggered floods and landslides in western Japan, leaving at least one dead and…
Read MoreSuggesting that cutting New Zealand’s emissions won’t make any difference on a global scale is an argument that misses the pointShould New Zealand hold itself to its greenhouse gas emissions targets?“Of course!” you may be thinking – and you wouldn’t b…
Read MoreClimate report says country will suffer rain and floods in the south and drought and fires in the northThe first major assessment of its kind in seven years from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has found the globe’s ocean, land and a…
Read MorePacific island nations are already being battered by king tides, catastrophic cyclones and sustained droughtsGlobal heating above 1.5C will be “catastrophic” for Pacific island nations and could lead to the loss of entire countries due to sea level ris…
Read MoreHeavy rains have flooded parts of central China’s Henan province, upending the lives of tens of millions and leaving at least 12 dead. More than 20cm of rain fell in one hour in Zhengzhou, the regional capital, flooding the city’s subway system and maj…
Read MoreMore than 30 people have died in the Indian city after an intense burst of rainfall caused flooding and landslides, as changing monsoon patterns because of the climate crisis lead to more extreme rains across India.The landslide in the eastern sub…
Read MoreAs scorching temperatures spread, the search for ways to protect against heat stress is becoming ever more urgentWilliam Martínez, who as a child worked on a sugarcane plantation in rural Nicaragua, learned the hard way what many in the US and Canada a…
Read MoreYounger people have been more aware of the risks compared with older groups, but over the past decade that has changedOn his early morning bike rides to school, David Yockney would deliberately seek out the crunch and splash of the ice-hardened puddles…
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