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Ensure global warming stays below dangerous limits

Broken record: UNEP’s #EmissionsGap Report 2023

November 20, 2023

This week saw the release of the UN’s Emissions Gap Report 2023: As global temperatures and greenhouse gas emissions break records, the latest Emissions Gap Report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) finds that current pledges under the Paris Agreement put the world on track for

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I wasn’t worried about climate change. Now I am.

January 27, 2024

Trigger warnings: crop failure, famine, drought, heat waves, mass migration, political tensions, pandemics

January 18, 2024

Why is the US in a deep freeze when much of the world is hot?

Scientists say that fits with what climate change is doing to Earth.

February 10, 2024

Weather v climate: How to make sense of an unusual cold snap while the world is hotter than ever

Why are the weather and the climate producing such opposing signs?

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July 21 hottest day ever recorded globally: EU climate monitor

Seasonal temps haven't subsided yet -- record heat could still be coming this summer.

July 23, 2024

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‘It’s unbearable’: heat waves scorch southern and eastern Europe

Unrelenting heat is blanketing Europe, with cities on red alert as temperatures fuel wildfires and strain power grids.

July 18, 2024

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Summer Storm in Toronto Floods Subways and Highways, Leaves 170,000 Without Power

One resident said “It was crazy. It’s nothing I’ve ever experienced before. For this to be happening in Toronto is bizarre.”

July 18, 2024

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Visualized: Emission Reduction Targets by Country in 2024

"Since 2021, another 40 countries have established climate goals for 2030. However, the path to net zero remains uneven."

July 15, 2024

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Forest carbon storage has declined across much of the Western U.S., likely due to drought and fire

With stored carbon already on the decline, followed by the devastating fire seasons of 2020 and 2021, these ecosystems may have reached a tipping point.

July 11, 2024

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Visualizing 170 Years of Cumulative GHG Emissions

Just three regions have contributed 79% of global cumulative GHG emissions since 1850.

July 10, 2024

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Hurricane Beryl Makes a Mockery of Texas Climate Deniers – Bloomberg

"No other state has suffered more climate-related damage over the past several decades than the Lone Star State.."

July 9, 2024

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Temperatures 1.5C above pre-industrial era average for 12 months, data shows

"A sustained rise in temperatures above this level also increases the risk of uncertain but catastrophic tipping points."

July 8, 2024

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Drone Imagery Shows 97% of Corals Dead in Northern Great Barrier Reef

“This is not pretty but I will not apologise for the data. Suck up the discomfort. When is enough enough?”

June 27, 2024

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#ShowYourStripes Day: What the ‘Warming Stripes’ Tell Us About Climate Change

"the 'warming stripes' are visual representations of annual or monthly temperature anomalies for a specific location or region over the past 100+ years"

June 21, 2024