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A Caribbean beach could offer a crucial test in the fight to slow climate change

A pair of palm-tree-fringed coves form two narrow notches, about a quarter of a mile apart, along the shoreline of an undisclosed island somewhere in the Caribbean. After a site visit in early March, researchers with the San Francisco nonprofit Project Vesta determined that the twin inlets provided an ideal location to study an obscure […]

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Amazon creates a $2 billion climate fund, as it struggles to cut its own emissions

Amazon launched a $2 billion venture fund to invest in companies developing ways to cut greenhouse-gas emissions, marking the latest corporate effort to allocate major resources to combating climate change. Investment areas: In a press release, Amazon said the new fund would focus on startups that could help it and other businesses achieve “net zero”

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Why we need broader coalitions to combat environmental racism and climate change

Demands for climate action have largely faded into the background as the covid-19 pandemic, the economic meltdown, and widespread protests over police brutality have seized the world’s attention. But for Rhiana Gunn-Wright, the director of climate policy at the Roosevelt Institute and one of the architects of the Green New Deal, the issues are inextricably

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The coronavirus may cut climate emissions more than any war or recession did.

You can read our most essential coverage of the coronavirus/covid-19 outbreak for free, and also sign up for our coronavirus newsletter. But please consider subscribing to support our nonprofit journalism. So what’s all that going to add up to in terms of global climate emissions? Maybe about a 4% decline in 2020, according to a new estimate by CarbonBrief, based

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The coronavirus outbreak may exacerbate nationalism and stall climate change action

You can read our most essential coverage of the coronavirus/covid-19 outbreak for free, and also sign up for our coronavirus newsletter. But please consider subscribing to support our nonprofit journalism. Brazil immediately backed out of hosting the convention after the election of Jair Bolsonaro, and its delegates spent their time in Madrid arguing for the need to open up the

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Greta Thunberg Launches ‘Talks For Future’ As Climate Strikes Continue Online

Swedish environmentalist Greta Thunberg speaks during a “Youth Strike 4 Climate” protest march on … [+] March 6, 2020 in Brussels. AFP via Getty Images Topline: Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has found a quarantine-compliant way to continue leading young people in climate activism. The 17-year-old activist has announced a new initiative: a series of

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Countries pledge $9.8B for global climate fund to help poor

Rich countries have pledged $9.8 billion to help poor nations tackle climate change, the fund coordinating support said Friday, as environmental campaigners slammed the United States for refusing to contribute. Yannick Glemarec, the executive director of the Green Climate Fund, said 27 countries announced contributions by the end of a two-day conference in Paris. The

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El Nino events are growing more intense under continued climate change: study- Technology News, Firstpost

The Associated PressOct 22, 2019 08:40:27 IST Climate change is making stronger El Ninos, which change weather worldwide and heat up an already warming planet, a new study finds. Scientists examined 33 El Ninos — natural warming of equatorial Pacific that triggers weather extremes across the globe — since 1901. They found since the 1970s,

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