Climate Change

Climate change is wreaking havoc on agriculture worldwide, posing a significant threat to the global food supply. Key crops such as cocoa, olive oil, rice, and soybeans are particularly vulnerable, and their declining yields due to…
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Azerbaijan, the host of this year’s UN climate talks, has shelved a planned levy on fossil fuel production and instead launched a fund to “invest” in climate action in developing countries. Reports suggest that Azerbaijan, which relies…
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In the early hours of June 28th your correspondent was woken by an almighty crash of thunder. The other side of the street had vanished behind a wall of water: the monsoon had arrived in Delhi. By the end of the day, 23cm of rain had…
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Climate related stressors like heat, wildfires, floods, droughts, diseases and rising sea levels affect education outcomes and threaten to undo educational gains of recent decade, according to the Global Education Monitoring Report (GEM).…
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As the climate crisis continues to accelerate, new research reveals that the melting of the polar ice caps is causing the Earth to spin more slowly, extending the length of days at an ‘unprecedented’ rate. The study, published in the…
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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Azerbaijan organized a discussion on the priorities of the upcoming COP29 and the need to scale up action to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. The UN Climate…
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Climate stressors like heat, wildfires, floods, and rising sea levels are undermining education and could reverse recent gains, per the Global Education Monitoring Report. Compiled by UNESCO, the MECCE project, and the University of…
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Increased heating due to climate change is leading to more thunderstorm activity and consequently, more lightning strikes worldwide, senior scientists said on Saturday. At least 43 people were killed due to lightning strikes in Uttar…
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The European Union will pressure other countries at this year’s COP29 climate summit to follow through on their pledge to transition away from fossil fuels, a draft of the bloc’s negotiating position seen by Reuters showed. This year’s…
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Tiny organisms that are present in salt and freshwater — account for about half of the photosynthesis on the planet. But what scientists have assumed for many years to be plant plankton (phytoplankton) may actually be voracious predators.…
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