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Impacts of Climate Change in Vietnam

The Environmental Blog

As we all know that climate change is one of the most significant challenges that we are facing in this century. Vietnam, known for its beaches, rivers, and bustling cities, is considered as one of the countries which are significantly impacted by global climate change. Current Status of Climate Change in Vietnam.

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Study: Work lost to stifling temperatures could cost global economy $1.6tr

Business Green

Rising heat and humidity caused by climate change is expected to significantly dampen labour productivity throughout the world, with costs to the global economy potentially reaching up to $1.6tr each year from lost working hours if global warming exceeds levels of around 3C, fresh scientific analysis suggests.

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When Extreme Weather Reigns, Disinformation Pours

DeSmogBlog

Accusing people of alarmism has long been a favorite tactic of climate deniers and those who oppose climate action. In Italy, daily newspaper Il Mattino published multiple interviews with climate deniers saying the record heat is “influenced by the sun’s cycles” and “isn’t news.” Changing Extremes.

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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. Climate impacts 2. Climate action 4. Residents are already starting to see the effects of sea level rise today. These books are organized in the following six categories: 1.

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'Grave and mounting threat': IPCC again raises alarm that climate impacts are proving worse than feared

Business Green

World’s top scientists have sounded alarm over intensifying impacts of climate change, warning that nature protection must be at the heart of efforts to tackle the problem. Hoesung Lee, chair of the IPCC, said the findings were a "dire warning" about the consequences of inaction on climate change. "It

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'The next decade will determine our future': A business guide to IPCC's atlas of climate impacts and resilience

Business Green

Climate change is impacting billions of people - and more severely than previously thought. Climate change impacts are not a distant prospect, but today's reality, affecting nature, people's lives and infrastructure everywhere, and scientific evidence on the scale of the threat is becoming stronger all the time.

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A North-Pole, How Much Longer?

Mr. Sustainability

With the Northern sea routes available all year, costs for transporting goods (especially from Asia to Europe and the U.S.) Just to give an example, for journeys between Europe and Asia, the Northern Sea Route can already be two to three weeks faster than the Suez Canal. Sea level rising (not because of melting).