Environment
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Nations agree milestone rulebook for Paris climate treaty
Dec 16, 2018Nations on Sunday struck a deal to breathe life into the landmark 2015 Paris climate treaty after marathon UN talks that failed to match the ambition the world’s most vulnerable countries need to avert dangerous global... -
Climate change pun ‘Heisszeit’ is German Word of the Year 2018
Dec 15, 2018Germany’s summer was extremely hot in 2018, but the term “Heisszeit,” or warm age, also reflects climate change as a whole. “Funklochrepublik” and “Ankerzentren” were other favorites this year. “Heisszeit,” literally “hot time,” is the German... -
Unabated climate change will cause more conflict and hunger
Dec 14, 2018The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned of increased conflict and hunger if climate change is left unabated. “When climate change promotes conflict, such as over access to increasingly-scarce land and water resources,... -
Unabated climate change will cause more conflict & hunger
Dec 13, 2018The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned of increased conflict and hunger if climate change is left unabated. “When climate change promotes conflict, such as over access to increasingly-scarce land and water resources,... -
US, Saudi Arabia back-of-the-pack on curbing climate change
Dec 12, 2018The United States and Saudi Arabia rank last when it comes to curbing climate change among the 56 nations accounting for 90 percent of planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, researchers said Monday. A large number of laggards... -
Turkey seeks better uses for its trash
Dec 11, 2018Turkish woman Tulay Gercek stands in front of a vending machine at a busy Istanbul metro station but instead of putting coins into a slot, she crams plastic bottles into a hole. Every bottle or can... -
Egypt’s fertile Nile Delta threatened by climate change
Dec 11, 2018Lush green fields blanket northern Egypt’s Nile Delta, but the country’s agricultural heartland and its vital freshwater resources are under threat from a warming climate. The fertile arc-shaped basin is home to nearly half the country’s... -
German farmers sue government
Dec 10, 2018Dismayed by the German government’s failure to meet climate protection targets, dairy farmer Heiner Luetke Schwienhorst has filed a lawsuit against Berlin to force it into action. “Some describe this as a fight between David and... -
Investors managing $32 trillion in assets call for action on climate change
Dec 10, 2018Global investors managing $32 trillion in assets have called on governments to accelerate steps to combat climate change, as policymakers meet for talks at a United Nations conference in Poland. A total of 415 investors from... -
UN climate negotiators sweat over detail and divides
Dec 9, 2018Half-way through talks to breathe life into the Paris climate deal negotiators haggled over how to share the cost of curbing global warming and struggled to bridge deep political divides. The two weeks of talks, which...
