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BBC One - Climate Change - The Facts, Climate Change – The Facts in 4 minutes
Sir David Attenborough outlines the science of climate change and the challenge it poses.
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Damian Carrington
#ClimateChangeTheFacts was clear, punchy and retained hope on avoiding #ClimateCatastrophe
Congrats to @bbc and contributors inc @GretaThunberg @MichaelEMann @StottPeter @_richardblack Catherine Mitchell @ProfMarkMaslin @ChrisRapley3131 and James Hansen
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RUTH SUNDERLAND: Climate change tops agenda
Businesses are outraged after being condemned to six more months of fresh Brexit purgatory, but there are some problems that are even more difficult than extricating ourselves from the EU.
‘Economic butterfly wings can create a climate action tornado’
'Greta Thunberg could become the Harriet Beecher Stow of our time" - Photo by Anders Hellberg
The answer to the climate crisis could be seizing social and political tipping points where a modest intervention can lead to massive change.
In a...
Global, national, and urban burdens of paediatric asthma incidence attributable to ambient NO2 pollution: estimates from global datasets
Efforts to reduce NO2 exposure could help prevent a substantial portion of new paediatric
asthma cases in both developed and developing countries, and especially in urban areas.
Traffic emissions should be a target for exposure-mitigation...
David Attenborough to present "unflinching" BBC climate change film
“We're running out of time but there's still hope"
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Germany considers carbon tax to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Germany is considering introducing a new carbon emissions tax to help reduce pro...
Obama praises youth climate activists: 'The sooner you start, the better
Former President Obama during a visit to Germany on Saturday praised youth activists who have led protests around the world to demand action on climate change, saying that the sooner activism starts the better.
Damian Carrington
@BarackObama praises #youthstrike4climate activists: 'The sooner you start, the better"
"You wouldn't let your grandparents decide music or clothes. Why let them decide what world you will live in."
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Syngenta: accelerating innovation in a changing world
Damian Carrington
“There is an undeniable demand for a shift in our industry"
new approach from pesticide co @Syngenta emphasises "helping farms become resilient to changing climates and ... reversing soil erosion and biodiversity decline”
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Why the Guardian is putting global CO2 levels in the weather forecast
As CO2 levels climb, the carbon count is a daily reminder we must tackle climate change now
Climate movement needs bullying and harassment 'referee', says Tubiana
The head of the European Climate Foundation said the failure to respond to previous cases that led to harm were 'heartbreaking'
Damian Carrington
Climate movement needs independent bullying and harassment ombudsman, says @LaurenceTubiana
via @climatemegan @ClimateHome
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Friends of the Earth Netherlands submits legal summons in historic climate case against Shell
Damian Carrington
Legal summons delivered to Shell in historic climate case by @milieudefensie @FoEint
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Carmakers on course for $2-12bn fines for missing EU CO2 targets: Moody's
The ratings agency warns of possible credit downgrades, while the UK's auto lobby says 'anti-diesel' agenda has made targets harder to reach
Damian Carrington
Carmakers on course for $2-12bn fines for missing EU CO2 targets: Moody's
via @ClimateHome
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Farmers fume over advice to reduce dairy and meat consumption
IFI demands withdrawal of An Taisce Green-Schools guide to tackling climate change
Damian Carrington
Irish farmers fume over school advice to reduce dairy and meat consumption
via @IrishTimes
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EU consumption results in high carbon emissions from tropical deforestation, studies show
A sixth of all emissions resulting from the typical diet of an EU citizen can be directly linked to deforestation of tropical forests. Two new studies, from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, shed new light on this impact, by combining...
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Damian Carrington
A sixth of all carbon emissions from diets of EU citizens directly linked to deforestation of tropical forests - research
"In effect, you could say that the EU imports large amounts of deforestation every year"
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Environment Agency staff back industrial action over pay | News, Press release | News
Workers at the Environment Agency are to take industrial action after a below-inflation pay rise was forced on staff earlier this year, UNISON said today (Thursday). Staff overwhelmingly backed industrial action in their demand for a fairer offer...
Damian Carrington
@EnvAgency staff back industrial action over pay
- Since 2010, workers are 20% worse off as their wages have failed to keep pace with prices, says @unisontweets
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World record haul of pangolin scales worth $52 million seized from container at Pasir Panjang
Singapore Customs and the National Parks Board, which staged the joint operation that led to the haul, said the scales are likely from 17,000 pangolins.. Read more at straitstimes.com.