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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. Dasgupta said.

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Global e-waste has risen 21% in five years, says UN

Envirotec Magazine

According to the report, Asia generated the greatest volume of e-waste in 2019, some 24.9 Mt) and Europe (12 Mt), while Africa and Oceania generated 2.9 E-waste is a health and environmental hazard, containing toxic additives or hazardous substances such as mercury, which damages the human brain and / or coordination system.

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Less that one per cent of global aid spent on air pollution projects, despite escalating health crisis

Business Green

With public health such a huge global priority and the world waking up to the scale of the climate challenge, this makes no sense at all. In contrast, middle-income countries in Asia receive 80 per cent of aid funding. The good news is it can quickly change. There must be no new coal plants built after 2021," he said.

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More than 75% of global insect species not adequately protected

Grist

Insects fared better in the Amazonian region, Africa, Western Australia, and Eastern and Central Europe, while achieving less protected area coverage in North America and South and Southeast Asia. Human health and food security is intrinsically tied to the health of insect populations.

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The Future of Extreme Heat in Cities: What We Know — and What We Don’t

The City Fix

The past year registered record-shattering global temperatures. degrees C (2 degrees F) of global warming, compared to pre-industrial averages. People around the world are already witnessing epic heat waves, wildfires and drought at 1.1 With current policies putting the world on.

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Dengue, Lyme, and cholera: how climate change is spurring disease

Grist

Climate change is already having “widespread, pervasive impacts” on people everywhere in the world, a new report from the scientific panel says, due to the warming that has occurred so far — roughly 1.09 Global warming doesn’t only affect humans by changing the weather and melting the ice caps, the report warns.

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'We will not fight climate change with a virus': UN chief warns both climate and coronavirus emergencies 'must be defeated'

Business Green

Australia's 2018-2019 summer was the hottest ever recorded, while heat records were also broken in France, Germany, and the UK, and Siberia and Alaska saw unusually high levels of fire activity, along with large parts of South East Asia and South America.