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Explained | Climate targets are becoming outdated, so India needs its own

Both the 1.5- and the 2-degree-Celsius thresholds for global warming are grounded in political expediency more than science, even as reducing emissions as a paradigm for tackling climate change has essentially failed.

The Hindu

Is it really hotter now than any time in 100,000 years?

As scorching heat grips large swaths of the Earth, a lot of people are trying to put the extreme temperatures into context and asking: When was it ever this hot before?

The Conversation

Europe should cap ‘luxury’ energy use to meet emissions targets, study says

Limiting demand of top 20% saves seven times greenhouse gases required to meet needs of bottom 20%, researchers find

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Phase down of fossil fuel inevitable and essential, says Cop28 president

Exclusive: Sultan Al Jaber calls on world to up its renewable energy capacity and says oil and gas companies must be involved

The Guardian - UK

How climate change intensifies the water cycle, fueling extreme rainfall and flooding – the Northeast deluge was just the latest

A powerful storm system that hit the U.S. Northeast on July 9 and 10, 2023, dumped close to 10 inches of rain on New York’s Lower Hudson Valley in less than a day and sent mountain rivers spilling over their banks and into towns across Vermont, causing widespread flash flooding.…

The Conversation

Evidence for high annual rainfall 66 million years ago found

The article talks about the finding of an evidence of very high annual rainfall during the catastrophic volcanism that formed the Deccan Traps in India about 66 million years back.

The Hindu

Meltwater is hydro-fracking Greenland’s ice sheet through millions of hairline cracks – destabilizing its internal structure

I’m striding along the steep bank of a raging white-water torrent, and even though the canyon is only about the width of a highway, the river’s flow is greater than that of London’s Thames. The deafening roar and rumble of the cascading water is incredible – a humbling reminder of…

The Conversation

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‘It’s absolutely guaranteed’: the best and worst case scenarios for sea level rise

Even if the world stopped emitting greenhouse gases tomorrow, ocean levels would continue to rise

The Guardian - UK

NZ's geothermal wells offer a cheap way of storing carbon permanently -- equivalent to taking 600,000 cars off the road

We know putting carbon dioxide (CO₂) into the atmosphere is bad for the climate. But should we be reversing some of the damage by removing greenhouse gases that were emitted decades ago?

The Conversation

Evaluation of the risk communication methods used by climate scientists reveals flaws and improvements

An international group of climate scientists, including a renowned Rutgers specialist, claims that scientists are improving their ability to communicate more effectively despite the fact that they have long struggled to discover the best approach to convey important data concerning future sea level rise. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Oceans absorb 30% of our emissions, driven by a huge carbon pump. Tiny marine animals are key to working out its climate impacts

The ocean holds 60 times more carbon than the atmosphere and absorbs almost 30% of carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from human activities. This means the ocean is key to understanding the global carbon cycle and thus our future climate.

The Conversation

Shaw says NZ must 'pick a team' in global climate battle

NZ has adopted a new diplomatic strategy which will see it "be loud, consistent and dogged in pursuit" of global climate action.

Newsroom.co.nz

Growing calls for a stronger police oversight commission in Malaysia

To ensure police accountability, there needs to be multiple, transparent bodies involved, each with distinct roles and with the public interest at heart.

360info

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Hit An All-time High: Study

Time is no longer on our side.

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Greenhouse gas emissions are at an all-time high and Earth is warming faster than ever – report

Greenhouse gas emissions are at an all-time high, with yearly emissions equivalent to 54 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide. Humanity has caused surface temperatures to warm by 1.14°C since the late 1800s – and this warming is increasing at an unprecedented rate of over 0.2°C per decade. The highest temperatures…

France 24

World warming at record 0.2C per decade, top scientists warn

Record-high greenhouse gas emissions and diminishing air pollution have caused an unparalleled acceleration in global warming, 50 top scientists warned Thursday in a sweeping climate science update.

The Guardian - UK

Fact check: why Rowan Atkinson is wrong about electric vehicles

Last week we ran a piece by Rowan Atkinson casting doubt on the environmental benefits of electric vehicles. Here Simon Evans of Carbon Brief offers his response

The Guardian - UK

Countries have not yet agreed to put fossil fuel phase-out on Cop28 agenda

Director-general of climate talks, Majid Al Suwaidi, says governments have not reached agreement to discuss key issue

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Carbon capture and storage is ‘no free lunch’, warns climate chief

IPPC chair Hoesung Lee says over-reliance on the technology could mean the world misses 1.5C target

Salon

Climate change may make us all migrants

Where will we go to find safety from fire, floods, and extreme storms? Will we ever find home again?

ABC News

Carbon dioxide in atmosphere hits new record high as scientists call for 'every effort to slash carbon pollution'

Scientists say we need to make 'very rapid and very large' emissions cuts as atmospheric CO2 jumps to an all-time high at the Mauna Loa Atmospheric Baseline Observatory.

The Hindu

Explained | Why is the 1.5 degree Celsius target critical?

Analysing the 1.5 degree Celsius target for climate action and why it is important

The Conversation

Canadian financial institutions are fuelling the climate change crisis

Once again, Canada will almost certainly fail to meet its target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 to 45 per cent by 2030 in accordance with the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recommendations.

Evening Standard

What is the 1.5°C climate target and why does it matter? Top UK experts say world will miss limit

Coral reefs could vanish if the world keeps hotting up

The Conversation

Listen to The Conversation's climate podcast Fear and Wonder

Climate change is the defining issue of our times, but this wasn’t always the case. Establishing a scientific consensus has taken decades. Behind the scenes, thousands of experts have worked countless hours amassing the evidence and sounding the alarm.

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