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Tipping risks from overshooting 1.5 °C can be minimised if warming is swiftly reversed – Study

Current climate policies imply a high risk for tipping of critical Earth system elements, even if temperatures return to below 1.5 °C of global...
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Global warming as voting issue in 2024 US presidential election

Some 62% of registered voters prefer to vote for a candidate for public office who supports action on global warming, while only 15% would...
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Climate Change

Yuletide: Environment expert says food waste attracts global warming

Climate and Environmental Advocate Team Lead for Global Initiative for Food Security and Ecosystem Preservation (GIFSEP), Mr Michael David, has warned that food wastes...
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Climate Change

1.5°C pathways can still be achieved, combining fairness and global climate protection – Report

Global warming can still be limited to 1.5°C by 2100 while ensuring that the poor are not hit hardest by climate policies and climate...
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Nations must go further than Paris pledges or face global warming of 2.5-2.9°C – Emissions Gap Report

As global temperatures and greenhouse gas emissions break records, the latest Emissions Gap Report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) finds that current pledges...
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Climate Change

Timely reversal of global warming could prevent Greenland ice sheet tipping – Study

The Greenland ice sheet is likely to be more resistant to global warming than previously thought, finds a new study published in the scientific...
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Climate Change

Green hydrogen: Clean alternative to transform Ghana’s energy mix to fight climate change

Ghana’s waste sector contributes more than 7% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions, catalysing climate change and global warming. With the government hoping to drastically...
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Firetrap: Deforestation, warming lock Amazon rainforest in dry grassland state

Global warming and drastic deforestation could dry out the Amazon rainforest faster and enforce the risk of keeping it downright fire trapped. A new study...
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UN-Habitat boosts water supply, sanitation in Niger communities

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