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Study: Climate change already having adverse effect on labour markets globally 

Business Green

The detrimental effect of global warming on worker productivity is already having a tangible impact on global labour markets and economic growth, according to a major new report from the London School of Economics' Grantham Research Institute. hours per worker between 2016 and 2019 as a result of warming.

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Mosquitos are moving to higher elevations — and so is malaria

Grist

Researchers have documented the insects making their homes in higher places that are typically too cool for them, from the tropical highlands of South America to the mountainous but populous regions of eastern Africa. A recent Georgetown University study found them moving upward in sub-Saharan Africa at the rate of 21 feet per year.

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50 Books on Climate Change and Sustainbility

Green Market Oracle

Here are fifty recently published books on the subjects of global warming, climate mitigation and social change. Cohen, forward by Bill McKibben, 2016 Coming of Age at the End of Nature explores a new kind of environmental writing. Climate changes triggered the first human migrations out of Africa. Climate impacts 2.

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A North-Pole, How Much Longer?

Mr. Sustainability

None of them were ever to be seen or heard from again until the wreck was found at the bottom of an Arctic bay in 2016, aptly named Terror Bay. Some have actually called the Arctic the world’s “air-conditioning system” because of the role of the large ice sheets in cooling the surrounding continents. And it will not only be regional.

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‘Gathering Storm’: How ‘Rogue’ Companies are Buying up North Sea Oil and Gas

DeSmogBlog

The North Sea oil and gas industry became a net drain on taxpayer funds in 2016, with one report estimating that the UK government – and ultimately, taxpayers – has lost more £250 billion in 13 years by giving tax breaks to the industry. Find out more about Perenco in its company profile.