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Humanity faces simultaneous climate catastrophes by century's end, study warns
By century's end, many parts of the world may have to cope with up to six climate catastrophes at once, ranging from heat waves and wildfires to diluvian rains and deadly storm surges, researchers warned Monday. "Human society will be faced with the devastating combined ...
It's time to rethink animal agriculture
The production of meat and dairy products is both highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change and a key contributor to the problem.
Raindrops keep falling: Climate change makes storms worse, study says
Climate change is increasing the amount of rain that hurricanes produce, and as warming picks up storms will become increasingly wetter and windier, according to new research. The findings are based on extensive modelling that involved millions of computing hours on a supercomputer, and they ...
Climate change issues likely to be one of top points at Osaka G20 summit: Jacques Attali
Dealing with various climate change-related issues is likely to be one of the top points of discussion at the Group of 20 Leaders' Summit in Osaka next June, Jacques Attali, one of the world's most prominent nongovernmental organization leaders, said in an interview with ...
In Africa swing, Prince Charles condemns slavery, climate change
Britain's Prince Charles is condemning the slave trade during a stop in Ghana, saying that the atrocity has left an indelible stain on the world's history. On the third day of his visit to the West African country where many slaves were sent to the ...
The government is finally tackling Japan's outsized production and consumption of single-use plastic product.
A zero-carbon economy is within reach
But it will not be achieved without strong public policies and forward-looking business strategies.
U.S. high court declines to extend halt to climate change lawsuit
The Supreme Court on Friday declined for now to stop a lawsuit filed by young activists who say the government isn't doing enough to prevent climate change. But the high court also told the Trump administration that the government can still petition a lower ...
Climate change is scary, but 'rat explosion' is scarier
Scientists warn of global warming of 2 degrees. If you think that won't affect you, think how it may affect pests.
Japanese towns that thrive on once-abundant squid suffer as numbers decline at alarming rate
Takashi Odajima picked up a cracked and faded photograph and dusted it off with his sleeve. He smiled a little sadly at the image from long ago, back when he was a baby boy. In the photo, he sits on his uncle's lap as his ...
The green lobby's misdirected anger
We can combat climate change only if we use our greatest natural resource: human ingenuity.
As IPCC report warns of growing climate change risks, Japan seeks to adapt
A report released this month by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicates that unless global warming is limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, Japan's summer of extreme weather may become the new normal. The report's findings stand out from previous assessments ...
