Search results for ‘Climate change’
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Environmental policies need to be taken seriously or we will see a much worse situation, says new chair of UN’s climate change panel
Wildfires are still burning across at least nine countries around the Mediterranean – leaving dozens of people dead.
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“We’re going to see repeated heatwaves in every region of the world”, says climate change adviser
Rachel Kyte is Dean of The Fletcher School at Tufts University and has advised different governments and financial institutions on climate change.
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Climate change is ‘here and now’, says Cambridge Zero Director
We spoke to Professor Emily Shuckburgh, a climate scientist and director of Cambridge Zero – Cambridge University’s research unit which aims to offer responses to the climate crisis.
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UK ‘not prepared for increasing heat,’ says climate change researcher
We were joined by Candice Howarth from the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change.
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Government must move faster to meet net-zero legal obligations says Climate Change Committee
The government must move faster if it’s to meet its legal obligations on net zero policies.
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Glastonbury 2023: Climate change and living in the moment
Is it possible to live in the moment in the age of social media? As hundreds of thousands hit Glastonbury this weekend, can a 22-metre-high “rave tree” break through to impress on the festival-goers the importance of climate change? Our culture correspondent Minnie Stephenson is among the revellers.
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Record Dengue Fever outbreak in Peru as climate change helps mosquitoes thrive [dubbed]
Peru has suffered by far the worst covid death toll of any country in the world per capita – and it’s currently battling another deadly disease.
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Wildfire season will get ‘longer’ says climate change expert
We spoke to environmental scientist Dr Dan Kneeshaw from the University of Quebec in Montreal and started by asking him if the reason behind the severity of the fires was that they were occurring in late spring.
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Sussex plans to restore kelp forests to fight climate change
It’s brown, smelly and elusive and it plays a key role in the fight against climate change. Giant
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‘Really is critical to act on climate change now,’ says Baroness Brown
We spoke to Baroness Brown, Julia King, who leads work on adaptation at the climate change committee.
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‘Strikingly unprepared’: Committee gives damning verdict on UK’s plans to tackle climate change
“Strikingly unprepared” – that’s the stark verdict from the UK’s climate change committee about the country’s current status when it comes to adapting to environmental change.
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‘Climate change is happening, it’s us that caused it’, climate scientist reacts to IPCC report
Krishnan spoke to climate scientist Dr Tamsin Edwards, one of the lead authors of a previous IPCC assessment report in 2021.
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Fountains Abbey: How monastic ruins are being preserved from climate change impact
The monastic ruins of Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire have stood for almost a thousand years.
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Government’s official advisors say ‘lack of leadership’ has left UK unprepared for climate change
The Climate Change Committee says that around £10 billion a year of “essential” new investment is needed — but that “adaptation in the UK remains chronically underfunded and overlooked”.
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‘This government can deliver’ says Climate Change Committee chair
We spoke to Lord Deben, the Conservative peer who chairs the Climate Change Committee, an independent body advising the UK government on emissions targets.