Tag: climate
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Could This Ancient Farming Technique Be a Climate Solution?
By GUIA BAGGI, originally published by YES! Magazine, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Surrounded by the waters of the Strait of Sicily in the far south of Italy, the island of Pantelleria is made up of 32 square miles of black volcanic rocks with no source of freshwater other than the 16 or so inches of rain…
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A tale of two climate policies: India’s UN commitments aim low, but its national policies are ambitious – here’s why that matters
By Tarun Gopalakrishnan, Tufts University At the United Nations climate talks in Glasgow in 2021, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi surprised the world when he announced that his country would zero out its greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2070. It was a landmark decision, acknowledging that long-term decarbonization is in India’s interest. However, climate…
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World Food Systems are in Crisis, and Big Agribusiness is at its Heart
By Lorena Cotza & Ouafa Haddioui, originally posted on OpenDemocracy, CC BY-NC 4.0 Article also available in Portuguese Public finance has a key role to play in agriculture. Instead of propping up corporate interests, it should learn from local producers In 2017, the people of Zagora, Morocco, took to the streets in what became known…
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Analysis: China’s CO2 Emissions See Longest Sustained Drop in a Decade
By LAURI MYLLYVIRTA, originally published on carbonbrief.org, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by an estimated 1.4% in the first three months of 2022, making it the third quarter in a row of falling emissions. The new analysis for Carbon Brief, based on official figures and commercial data, shows that the three…
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As heat waves intensify, tens of thousands of US classrooms will be too hot for students to learn in
Paul Chinowsky, University of Colorado Boulder Rising temperatures due to climate change are causing more than just uncomfortably hot days across the United States. These high temperatures are placing serious stress on critical infrastructure such as water supplies, airports, roads and bridges. One category of critical infrastructure being severely affected is the nation’s K-12 schools.…
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Hot and getting hotter – 5 essential reads on high temps and human bodies
Leah Samuel, The Conversation Launching the National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS) and the heat.gov site on July 26, 2022, the Biden administration cited heat waves and the warming climate as serious health threats. As the new initiative promises a “science informed response” to hotter conditions, five stories from The Conversation’s archive explain what…
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Monarch butterflies join the Red List of endangered species, thanks to habitat loss, climate change and pesticides
Kristen A. Baum, Oklahoma State University On July 21, 2022, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature placed the migratory monarch butterfly on its Red List of threatened species and classified it as endangered. Monarchs migrate across North America each year and are one of the continent’s most widely recognized species. The Conversation asked…
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