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Climate change alters glacial lake outburst floods

Due to global warming, flood-like water outbursts from ice-dammed glacial lakes worldwide happen earlier in the year and originate from higher areas. This is...

Study: Coal exit can happen only with stronger policies – and with China

Current climate policies including efforts like the Powering Past Coal Alliance will not add up to a global coal exit, a new study shows. Countries...

Climate change makes people too poor to migrate, say researchers

Climate change increases migration worldwide. Over the past 30 years, however, this effect has been considerably reduced as climate change weakens economic growth in...

US: Why climate risk insurance can effectively mitigate economic losses

Global warming is expected to lead to an accumulation of particularly intense hurricanes in the United States. This may substantially increase the economic losses...

Targeted reimbursement: A just price for CO2

A price for CO2 can be both highly effective and socially just - if it's well designed. This is the result of a new study...

Rapid changes in energy, food and equity required for prosperous future – Report

In a follow-up to the “Earth4all” report published by the Club of Rome, co-author of the report and Director of the Potsdam Institute for...

Unprecedented rise of heat and rainfall extremes in observational data

A 90-fold increase in the frequency of monthly heat extremes in the past 10 years compared to 1951-1980 has been found by scientists in...

Major Atlantic ocean current system might be approaching critical threshold – Study

The major Atlantic ocean current, to which also the Gulf stream belongs, may have been losing stability in the course of the last century. This...

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Implement recommendations to check flooding, engineers tell govt, states

The Nigerian Institution of Environmental Engineers (NIEE) on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, appealed to the Federal Government to implement...
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Nigeria can build climate-resilient economy – AfDB report

The African Development Bank (AfDB) says Nigeria can build a climate-resilient economy by adopting climate-smart agricultural practices. The bank said this...

Senate approves 10 additional National Parks for Nigeria

The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, approved the establishment of 10 additional National Parks in the country. This...

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Implement recommendations to check flooding, engineers tell govt, states

The Nigerian Institution of Environmental Engineers (NIEE) on Tuesday,...

Nigeria can build climate-resilient economy – AfDB report

The African Development Bank (AfDB) says Nigeria can build...