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Children should be at the forefront of our response to the climate crisis

Letter: Prof Alan Stein and Dr Lynette Okengo support the call to declare the climate crisis a global public health emergency, and say prioritising children is vital for our future resilience

The Guardian - UK · May 21

UN climate vote strengthens calls for rich nations to pay for damage

Nearly a year after the International Court of Justice declared that states have legal obligations to combat climate change, the United Nations General Assembly has thrown its political weight behind the opinion – reinforcing a growing push to turn climate promises into legal accountability.

Radio France Internationale · May 21

‘It’s put the joy levels up’: the flood-prone London school with a climate-adapted playground

When pupils could no longer play outside, St John’s school in Barnet decided to act, enlisting Trees for Cities to help rethink its outside space

The Guardian - UK · May 21

England must harvest rainfall and take action on water usage, Lords warn

Without urgent intervention England faces water shortages of 5bn litres a day by 2055, peers tell government

The Guardian - UK · May 21

Country diary: The bluebells are back and the ferns are rampant

St Dominic, Tamar Valley: As spring progresses, the luminous beech foliage and thick cherry blossom have gone, and I find a grass snake sunning itself

The Guardian - UK · May 21

FED:Australia backs historic United Nations climate vote

A United Nations vote on state climate change obligations has received overwhelming international support in a major win for its Pacific island proponents.

AAP · May 21

Australia backs historic United Nations climate vote

A United Nations vote on state climate change obligations has received overwhelming international support in a major win for its Pacific island proponents.

AAP · May 21

Roses bloom ‘weeks early’ as climate change upends flowering patterns

The National Trust said rose displays at properties in the south of England are blooming earlier than ever before.

Evening Standard · May 20

Six 19th century coins found placed under HMS Victory’s mast for ‘good fortune’

Royal Navy Museums said the find ‘connects us directly to a maritime tradition stretching back thousands of years’.

Evening Standard · May 20

UN General Assembly backs world court climate ruling, US among nations opposing

The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday adopted a resolution reinforcing countries’ obligations to combat climate change, though the text was weakened under pressure from major greenhouse gas emitters. The move follows an advisory opinion by the International Court of Justice last year calling failure to meet climate commitments “unlawful”…

France 24 · May 20