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G20: Compromise on climate change, but at what cost?Hamburg (AFP) July 9, 2017 G20 countries have managed to avoid a total bust-up with Donald Trump over climate change, leaving the door open for Washington to return to the Paris Agreement - but at the cost of risky concessions. After the US president decided last month to pull out of the hard-fought deal to combat global warming, climate change was always going to be centre-stage at this week's gathering of the G20 - major economies that are together responsible for the vast majority of harmful emissions. Ultimately, th ... read more |
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 California extends tough climate policy measures to 2030 Father's presence encourages sibling bonding among baboons Great Plains to see more dust storms in second half of the 21st century T. rex was probably pretty slow, scientists claim Montenegro asks for international help to fight fires Wildfires rage in Europe from Croatia to Portugal | .. |
 Erdogan threatens not to ratify Paris climate accord Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened Saturday that his country would not ratify the Paris climate accord, speaking at the end of the G20 summit in Germany. ... more | .. |
 G20 draft statement shows 19-against-US split on climate World leaders at the G20 summit acknowledged US President Donald Trump's divergent stance on climate change, according to a draft communique seen by AFP Friday. ... more | .. |
 Climate change could make Sahel wet: study Climate change could transform one of Africa's driest regions, the Sahel, into a very wet one, a study showed Wednesday. But this is not necessarily good news. ... more | .. |
 US isolated over climate: G20 host Merkel US President Donald Trump faces isolation at Friday's G20 summit over his climate sceptic stance, Chancellor Angela Merkel said, noting that many countries are determined to honour the landmark Paris accord. ... more |
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 Climate: Can G19 hold firm against Trump's G1? Can a motley crew of countries grouping climate champions Germany and France with oil giants Russia and Saudi Arabia muster a joint defence of the Paris Agreement against Donald Trump? ... more | .. |
US pullout gives 'global push' to climate deal: UN chief The US decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement has given a "global push" to the deal, as other signatories have strongly recommitted to the landmark accord, UN chief Antonio Guterres said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Concurrent hot and dry summers more common in future A combination of severe drought and a heatwave caused problems for Russia in the summer of 2010: fires tore through forests and peat bogs. Moscow was shrouded in thick smog, causing many deaths in t ... more | .. |
 Turning the climate tide by 2020 The world needs high-speed climate action for an immediate bending-down of the global greenhouse-gas emissions curve, leading experts caution. Aggressive reduction of fossil-fuel usage is the key to ... more |
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EU 'more determined' than ever to fight climate change: Merkel German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that Europe was "more determined than ever" to fight climate change after President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris agreement. ... more | .. |
Global companies pledge transparency on climate risk Multinationals worth $3.5 trillion and financial institutions managing $25 trillion in assets pledged on Thursday to follow new guidelines for disclosing exposure to climate change risk in both operations and investments. ... more | .. |
 EU girds for stormy G20, climate battle with Trump European leaders vowed Thursday to defend the landmark Paris climate pact at a G20 summit next week, setting them on collision course with US President Donald Trump at what is expected to be a stormy meeting. ... more | .. |
 Trump 'proud' of leaving Paris climate deal US President Donald Trump on Thursday strongly defended his decision to pull out of the Paris climate accord, declaring himself "proud" of the move. ... more |
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US mayors bypass Trump to back Paris climate goals President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris climate accord has triggered a bipartisan push from US mayors to stick to the emissions cuts Washington had pledged to hit, the mayor of Atlanta said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Half-a-degree of warming boosted extreme weather Half a degree Celsius of global warming has been enough to increase heat waves and heavy rains in many regions of the planet, researchers reported Friday. ... more | .. |
How the climate can rapidly change at tipping points During the last glacial period, within only a few decades the influence of atmospheric CO2 on the North Atlantic circulation resulted in temperature increases of up to 10 degrees Celsius in Greenlan ... more | .. |
Climate change more important than partisan politics: Schwarzenegger Former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger urged people from both ends of the political spectrum to join a "crusade" to save the planet, after a Friday meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron. ... more |
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 Study details early impacts that shaped the Milky Way Sol 1756: Closing time NASA's New Horizons Team Strikes Gold in Argentina In Gulf of Mexico, NASA Evaluates How Crew Will Exit Orion Rovers drive through Tenerife darkness Gamma-ray Telescopes Reveal a High-energy Trap in Our Galaxy's Center | .. |
 NASA-MIT Study Evaluates Efficiency of Oceans as Heat Sink, Atmospheric Gases Sponge The world's oceans are like brakes slowing down the full effects of greenhouse gas warming of the atmosphere. Over the last ten years, one-fourth of human-emissions of carbon dioxide as well as 90 p ... more | .. |
 Starvation looms as food runs out in drought-hit Ethiopia The Somali people of Ethiopia's southeast have a name for the drought that has killed livestock, dried up wells and forced hundreds of thousands into camps: sima, which means "equalised". ... more | .. |
 Starvation looms as food runs out in drought-hit Ethiopia The Somali people of Ethiopia's southeast have a name for the drought that has killed livestock, dried up wells and forced hundreds of thousands into camps: sima, which means "equalised". ... more | .. |
 OECD: Air pollution, urbanization offsetting gains in renewables Air pollution remains high globally and urban areas are expanding, showing a more comprehensive effort is needed on the environmental front, the OECD said. ... more |
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World Bank: Middle East conflicts impede climate and other objectives The economy of Jordan could grow on the back of green initiatives, but progress may be impeded by geopolitical shocks, a World Bank report found. ... more | .. |
France pledges $34 mln for foreign climate experts France on Saturday made good on its promise to invite foreign climate change experts to the country, pledging 30 million euros to fund the work of up to 50 researchers. ... more | .. |
 Understanding multi-decadal global warming rate changes A long-standing mystery is that, despite the persistently increased greenhouse gases emissions throughout the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, the globally-averaged surface temperature ha ... more | .. |
Trump was 'wrong' to leave climate change deal: UK minister US President Donald Trump was "wrong" to pull the United States out of the Paris climate change deal, Britain's new environment minister said on Tuesday. ... more |
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