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The New Climate Report Warns of a Sicker, Poorer World – The Atlantic

Source: The New Climate Report Warns of a Sicker, Poorer World – The Atlantic by Robinson Meyer

Yesterday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published another one of its tomelike reports on the dangers of global warming. It is, it must be said, a dry and colorless document. Tasked with describing the impacts of climate […]

March 2nd, 2022 | Category: Issues | Leave a comment

How fast can Europe wean itself off Russian gas? | Canary Media

Source: How fast can Europe wean itself off Russian gas? | Canary Media

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Natural gas is a dangerous name for a climate pollutant – Vox

Source: Natural gas is a dangerous name for a climate pollutant – Vox

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This language is “too dangerous to have around”

Climate advocates point to the polling, the greenwashing, and the policy implications as pressing reasons it’s important that everyone, especially the media, drop the natural gas label.

For Alan Levinovitz, the […]

March 2nd, 2022 | Category: Issues | Leave a comment

Climate Change’s Effects Outpacing Ability to Adapt, I.P.C.C. Warns – The New York Times

Source: Climate Change’s Effects Outpacing Ability to Adapt, I.P.C.C. Warns – The New York Times

By Brad Plumer, Raymond Zhong and Lisa FriedmanPublished Feb. 28, 2022Updated March 1, 2022, 10:32 a.m. ET

The dangers of climate change are mounting so rapidly that they could soon overwhelm the ability of both nature and humanity to adapt, creating a harrowing future in which floods, […]

March 1st, 2022 | Category: Issues | Leave a comment

The Latest U.N. Climate Report Paints Another Grim Picture | The New Yorker

Source: The Latest U.N. Climate Report Paints Another Grim Picture | The New Yorker

There were two front-page-worthy developments on Monday in the world of climate policy. Perhaps even more significant than either one was the fact that they were at cross-purposes.

At 6 a.m.—noon in central Europe—the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued […]

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Wealthy countries still haven’t met their $100 billion pledge to help poor countries face climate change, and the risks are rising

Source: Wealthy countries still haven’t met their $100 billion pledge to help poor countries face climate change, and the risks are rising

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Ukraine war follows decades of warnings that NATO expansion into Eastern Europe could provoke Russia

Source: Ukraine war follows decades of warnings that NATO expansion into Eastern Europe could provoke Russia

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March | 2022 | UN-DESA-VOICE

Source: March | 2022 | UN-DESA-VOICE

Vol 26, No. 03 – March 2022 Trees for life – an inspiration to live more sustainably

“Regardless of where we live, the world’s forests sustain us all,” says Yan Lang, Programme Management Officer, in UN DESA’s Forum on Forests Secretariat, as we catch up ahead of the International […]

March 1st, 2022 | Category: Issues | Leave a comment

The IPCC climate impacts report is here – now how do we engage people with it? – Climate Outreach

Source: The IPCC climate impacts report is here – now how do we engage people with it? – Climate Outreach

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An Interview, by Richard Powers  |  Conjunctions — The forum for innovative writing

Conjunctions:70 — Sanctuary: The Preservation Issue, Spring 2018, Edited by Bradford Morrow

Source: An Interview, by Richard Powers  |  Conjunctions — The forum for innovative writing

An Interview

Richard PowersInterview by Bradford MorrowHis novels have explored a varied, broad range of themes over the years—from science to music, from war to commerce, from computer technology to […]

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