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Paris climate accords: US notifies UN of intention to withdraw
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWatch Trump explain why he is pulling the US out of Paris climate accord The United States has formally notified the United Nations of its intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement. The notification begins a one-year process of exiting the global climate change accord, culminating the …
Google workers call on company to adopt aggressive climate plan | Technology
More than 1,000 Google workers have signed a public letter calling on their employer to commit to an aggressive “company-wide climate plan” that includes canceling contracts with the fossil fuel industry and halting its donations to climate change deniers. The letter, which is addressed to Google’s chief financial officer, Ruth Porat, also calls for zero …
A ‘Council for the Future’ Could Break Australia’s Climate Paralysis
How little things have changed in the last six years. Back in 2013 I wrote an article for The Conversation called “Wanted: political leader with a vision for a sustainable future”. Like most people, I hoped climate policy would improve, but years of infighting and adversarial politics have resulted in a dearth of climate action, …
Jane Fonda: ‘I worry about climate activist Greta Thunberg’
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe actress and activist tells the BBC’s Luke Jones about why she’s being arrested every week, but doesn’t want to go to prison. The actress and activist Jane Fonda says she “worries” about climate activist Greta Thunberg. “She understands that if she’s attacked it’s because she’s making …
Climate change: Asia ‘coal addiction’ must end, UN chief warns
Image copyright Reuters Image caption New coal power plants are planned in Asia The chief of the United Nations has warned Asia to quit its “addiction” to coal in a bid to tackle climate change. UN Secretary General António Guterres said countries in the region were among the most vulnerable to global warming and should …
Climate change: Thousands invited to join citizens’ assembly
Image copyright Brook Mitchell/Getty Image caption The public are being asked for their views on how to tackle climate change Letters are being sent to 30,000 households across the UK inviting people to join a citizens’ assembly on climate change. Once participants are selected, the assembly will meet next year, with the outcome of their …
CRAIG: Technology will address climate issues
In 1898, government bureaucrats gathered at the first urban planning conference in New York to discuss a very serious problem – the “Great Horse Manure Crisis.” At the time, city streets around the world were full of horse and buggies transporting people and products all over the place. But those same streets also had a …
Climate policies ‘will transform UK landscape’
Britain’s countryside will be transformed by policies to combat climate change, the government’s former chief environment scientist says. Professor Sir Ian Boyd said climate policies after Brexit will alter the landscape more than most people expect. There will be many more trees and hedges but far fewer grazing animals as people eat less red meat, …
Climate change ‘making mountaineering riskier’
Image copyright Project Permasense Image caption Frequent rock-falls have added risks for mountaineers in many regions Mountaineering in some parts of the world is becoming riskier because of climate change, climbing experts and scientists warn. They say warming in the Alps has thinned ice and snow cover, resulting into frequent rock-falls and landslides. Their concerns …
Climate change: Spain offers to host COP25 in Madrid
Image copyright Getty Images Just a day after the President of Chile said his country could no longer hold the world’s annual climate conference, Spain has offered to host it in Madrid. The critical meeting, called COP25, was due to take place in Santiago for two weeks from 3 December. Chilean President Sebastián Piñera said …
