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At-risk nations to urge others to pay fair share in climate change fight
The presidents of at-risk states such as Honduras, Nigeria and Bangladesh are expected at COP24 talks
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COP24: Nations must decide how to live up to their Paris commitments
As they meet in Poland for the next steps, nations are struggling to agree on how the ambitions of the Paris Agreement can be realised
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COP24: Opportunity for activists to influence, define climate action agenda
Climate protesters must get radical and challenge economic growth
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Looking at climate change, migration through a Bangladeshi woman's eyes
Sahia has agreed to talk about the ways climate change and environmental stress are influencing people's lives
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Green Climate Fund to help achieve Paris agreement target, benefit nations
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) report to COP24 suggests a broad set of countries are benefiting as a result
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Climate change: Rise in sea-level is making soil saltier, affecting crops
As sea levels rise, low-lying coastal areas are increasingly being inundated with saltwater, gradually contaminating the soil
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Heatwave death threat to world's vulnerable, hurting India's workforce
More than 150 million vulnerable people worldwide were exposed to potentially life-threatening heatwaves last year, scientists say.
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2018 set to be fourth warmest in 138-yrs of climate record keeping: Report
If the current trend continues we may see temperature increases 3-5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, says report
Why are the glaciers on Mt Everest more sensitive to climate change?
Researchers are still collecting temperature data to analyse and understand how the highest glaciers in the world will be affected by climate change
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How to meet climate change targets? Reduce meat consumption, says study
For the first time, Harwatt proposes a three-step strategy to gradually replace animal proteins with plant-sourced proteins
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'I don't believe it', says Trump on his government's climate change warning
Trump has long said he distrusts the consensus by nearly all the world's respected climate scientists on the link between human activity and rising temperatures
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Depravity of climate change denial: Risking lives for profit, ideology, ego
: While Donald Trump is a prime example of the depravity of climate denial, this is an issue on which his whole party went over to the dark side years ago
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US deals a small blow to Paris climate change agreement before key meeting
Country gets reference to financial obligations of developed country scrubbed from a critical UN report.
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As mountains melt, more cooperation in Hindu Kush Himalayan region needed
The mountains are warming at a greater speed, leading to a rapid melting of the glaciers that provide water to a fourth of the world's population
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US economy could lose billions of dollars due to climate change: Report
The costs of climate change could reach hundreds of billions of dollars annually, according to the report
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'Nature's Edge' challenges complacency, alarmism about saving environment
The set of essays suggests that though the problem is global, humans must look for local experiences and solutions
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Global carbon dioxide levels hit new record, will have 'destructive impact'
'The window of opportunity for action is almost closed,' says UN official about the chance to act
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Rising temperatures to gas emissions, here is India's climate change story
The annual mean temperature for the period 1901-2015 over India has shown a significant increasing trend of 0.63°C per hundred years
Is India capable of enhancing its climate change targets for 2020-2030?
Two experts pointed to the stresses emerging in the solar power market with low bid values and increased tariffs on imports from China
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How firms can use technology to protect the world from climate change
Technological tools could help farmers collect and use data to manage their crops more precisely in ways that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions