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Extreme weather conditions in Pakistan due to climate change

The Environmental Blog

On the other hand Pakistan has a long history of floods and floods of 1928, 1929, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1973, 1976, 1988, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2008, 2010, and recent 2020 share the saddest events with tremendous damages in the country. Climate Change and Glacial Melting. Fewer Tress = More Floods.

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The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes Encourages Youth to Save the Planet

Green Living Guy

Established in 2001 by author T. Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes is a national award that celebrates inspiring, public-spirited young people from across the U.S. and Canada. Barron, the Barron Prize annually honors 25 outstanding young leaders ages 8 to 18 who have made a significant […].

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Tracing EthicalEvidence in Moral Obligation to Future Generations

The Environmental Blog

The key findings on climate change have claimed it to be the biggest peril to the present generation and the future generations with the last three decades being successively warmer at the Earth’s surface (IPCC “climate change 2014”). 2. The Challenge of Climate Change. 3. Application of Ethics.

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Britons put planet before profit in their personal savings and expect more action from pension funds and banks, says survey

Envirotec Magazine

Four years after the world’s governments signed the Paris Agreement, thousands of people are taking to the streets in school strikes and Extinction Rebellion protests calling for greater action to meet its target of keeping global warming as close to 1.5 Impacts of climate change are all around. degrees as possible.

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Obituary: Climate science pioneer and former IPCC chair Sir John Houghton

Business Green

Editor of landmark IPCC reports – who famously called global warming "a weapon of mass destruction" – has passed away in his native Wales at the age of 88. He become chair of the World Climate Research Programme in 1980 and served as director-general of the UK's Met Office between 1983 and 1987.

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Exxon’s models predicting climate change were spot on — 40 years ago

Grist

In the early 1980s, America’s biggest company knew more about climate change than basically anyone else. The chart below shows how global warming projections modeled by Exxon scientists compared to the actual temperature that ensued. Grist / Jessie Blaeser. Spencer Platt / Getty Images.

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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

DeSmogBlog

The implications and ingenuity of the suit gave the people of Kivalina an international media platform to raise awareness of their ongoing fight to survive the perils of climate change. That impact carries over directly into the climate change context,” he concluded. Fighting for Justice. A Personal Relationship.

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