Why people still fall for fake climate news
It was the hottest year on Earth in 125,000 years, and #ClimateScam is taking off.
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At COP28, fossil fuel interests have hundreds of employees on hand
At least 1,300 employees of organizations representing fossil fuel interests registered to attend this year's United Nations climate talks in Dubai, more than three times the number found in an Associated Press analysis of last year's talks, as new rules took effect requiring attendees to disclose their employment.
Climate data saves lives. Most countries can’t access it
As climate-driven deaths rise, a report finds only 23 per cent of countries use climate data to inform their public health strategies.
Young people taking 32 European countries to court over climate policies
The claimants argue lack of adequate action is a breach of human rights in the largest climate legal action to date.
When the climate movement still talked about polar bears
Global warming has moved from the North Pole to your backyard — and so did its symbols.
Third unofficial heat record for Earth in just one week
Earth's average temperature set a new unofficial record high on Thursday, July 6, 2023, the third such milestone in a week that already rated as the hottest on record.
Any way you slice it, sea level rise is ‘absolutely guaranteed’
Experts say that even if the world stopped emitting greenhouse gases tomorrow, ocean levels would continue to rise.
The Earth’s health failing in seven out of eight key measures
A new groundbreaking analysis of safety and justice hopes to inform the next generation of sustainability policy.
Government must help Nova Scotia prepare for more wildfires
Climate and forestry researchers say Nova Scotia must act swiftly to prepare for future wildfires in the province's increasingly vulnerable forests.
As ocean oxygen levels dip, just think about the poor fishies
Researchers expect many places to experience a decline in species diversity, ending up with just those few species that can cope with the harsher conditions.
Risk and "crushing consequences" as wildfires crash into communities
The fire department in Slave Lake, Alta., had a long-standing plan for tackling wildfire encroaching on the community, but in May 2011, flames from a nearby forest blew over suppression efforts and destroyed several hundred homes and other buildings.
Fossil fuel companies should fork over trillions for climate reparations
A peer-reviewed paper proposes that the top 21 polluting companies pay $5.4 trillion over 26 years to compensate for climate damages.
Human-driven climate chaos fuelling Horn of Africa drought
The region has been suffering its worst drought in 40 years since October 2020, with extended dry conditions punctuated by short intense rainfall that has often led to flash flooding. There have been five consecutive seasons of rainfall below normal levels.
Canada will take a ‘long, hard look’ at upping its climate target, Guilbeault says following IPCC report
As the world stares down an ongoing and rapidly worsening climate crisis, wealthy countries like Canada must hit the “fast-forward button” and push up their net-zero emissions deadlines to 2040, United Nations Secretary General António Guterres said Monday.
Young people are already on the front lines of the climate crisis. Canada can help them fight it
Today, as I give talks and meet young people across the country, I am convinced that tens of thousands of them are once again eager to serve, ready to confront the civilizational threat of this generation, writes Seth Klein.
