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Japan shows resilience after disasters, but climate change is making things worse: experts
Record typhoons, biblical floods, heat waves, landslides and earthquakes: This summer, Japan really has seen it all, and images of the destruction have been beamed around the world. And while world-class infrastructure and high-tech warning systems means the death toll and damage is generally lower ...
Governments are unprepared for a crucial climate change meeting in Poland later this year aimed at ensuring the full implementation of the 2015 Paris Agreement, Fiji Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama said this week at climate talks in Bangkok. The talks in the Thai capital ...
Climate action could add $26 trillion to world economy: study
Ambitious action on climate change could contribute an extra $26 trillion to the world economy by 2030, international experts said Wednesday, urging nations and businesses to step up their engagement. The economic benefits offered by a shift to a low-carbon economy have been "grossly" underestimated, ...
Bangkok climate conference sounds alarm ahead of U.N. summit
Time is running out to save the Paris Agreement, United Nations climate experts warned Tuesday at a key Bangkok meeting, as rich nations were accused of shirking their responsibility for environmental damage. The six-day U.N. conference opened with an urgent plea from delegates to finalize ...
As the pace of global warming races ahead of efforts to tame it, diplomats from more than 190 nations begin crunch U.N. climate talks in Bangkok Tuesday to breathe life into the Paris Agreement. This year is the deadline to finalize the "rule book" for ...
As Bangkok prepares to host climate-change talks, the sprawling city of more than 10 million is itself under siege from the environment, with dire forecasts warning it could be partially submerged in just over a decade. A preparatory meeting begins Tuesday in Thailand's capital for ...
Global warming will make insects hungrier, eating up key crops: study
Researchers have found a new way that global warming is bad for the planet: hungrier bugs. Rising temperatures will stimulate insects' appetites and make some prone to reproducing more quickly, spelling danger for key staples like wheat, corn and rice, which feed billions of people, ...
Melting ice in Arctic Ocean opening up new faster, cheaper energy trade route
A new trade route for energy supplies is opening up north of the Arctic Circle as some of the warmest temperatures on record shrink ice caps that used to lock ships out of the area. This year is likely to rank among the top 10 ...
Researchers feed seaweed to dairy cows to reduce potent bovine methane emissions
University of California researchers are feeding seaweed to dairy cows in an attempt to make cattle more climate-friendly. UC Davis is studying whether adding small amounts of seaweed to cattle feed can help reduce their emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that's released when ...
Climate change threatens 'major transformation' to Earth's ecosystems: study
The Earth's forests, deserts, landscapes and vital ecosystems risk a "major transformation" in the next century due to climate change, international scientists warned on Thursday. Some of these changes are already under way in the southwestern United States, where massive wildfires are destroying pine forests ...
The waters off of New England are already warming faster than most of the world's oceans, and they are nearing the end of one of the hottest summers in their history. That is the takeaway from an analysis of summer sea surface temperatures in the ...
'Once-a-century' rains that have killed more than 1,200 people across South Asia and displaced 1.3 million people are in line with predictions say climate scientists, who warn that worse is to come if global warming continues unabated. The monsoon rains upon which farmers in the ...
