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View In: Cop27This month’s environmental summit opened as our planet wilts under the impact of climate crisis. Here we examine five key areas and assess what success – if any – was achieved in EgyptA key Cop27 goal was to strengthen emission pledges made at last year’s climate summit in Glasgow. These are needed t...

View In: Climate VictoriesEurope is committed by law, and by fear of Russia, to reduce its energy consumption by 55% by 2030. They have a wide range of policy initiatives to support the transition Here you can read the details.

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New York Power Outage Maps Reveal Severe Weather Threat

A new study published in the journal PLOS Climate, by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and the University of Washington, found that eastern Queens, upper Manhattan, the Bronx, the Hudson Valley, and Adirondack are more at risk when weather-driven power outages hit

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Vicars Occupy Labour HQ Over Rosebank Oil Field

Today, Wednesday 1st May, 5 people have occupied the lobby of Labour HQ in protest at the party’s refusal to cancel the Rosebank oil field. More than twenty other people protested at the same time outside of the building

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Climate Study Reveals: Cloud Sensitivity Depends on Size

A new analysis of cloud measurements from outside the coast of California, combined with global satellite measurements, reveals that even aerosol particles as small as 25-30 nanometers may contribute to cloud formation. Hence, the climate impact of small aerosols may be underestimated

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Highway collapses from torrential rain in China killing 19 people

In Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, the government said last week that the city had logged a cumulative rainfall of 60.9cm in April, the highest monthly rainfall since record-keeping began in 1959

Such extreme flooding is rare for Guangdong in April. A high-ranking official connected it to the deteriorating climate crisis, which increases rainfall as hotter climate holds more moisture

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