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Impacts of Climate Change in Vietnam

The Environmental Blog

With a national average of 232 people/km2, Vietnam has the highest population density in Southeast Asia after Singapore. The rapid growth of Vietnam’s population in urban areas is resource intensive and leads to increased energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions. Sea-Level Rise. Human Health .

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Fossil Fuel Firms Use Permitting Loopholes to Fast-Track LNG Export Projects Near Black Communities

DeSmogBlog

Nopetro LNG applied for and was approved to be exempt from Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) oversight by claiming that its liquefaction facility is separate from the port where the LNG would be loaded onto ships, even though they are a mere 1,329 ft apart. In October, the agreement was increased to two million tonnes per year.

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How Improved Housing in Under-Served Communities Can Strengthen Climate Resilience

The City Fix

In the crowded slums of Zambia, Africa, members of the Zambia Youth Federation, a social movement of the urban poor, conducted climate change research and presented it in an emotional spoken word poem. Their message let policymakers know how climate.

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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

Such impacts "are causing severe and widespread disruption in nature and in society; reducing our ability to grow nutritious food or provide enough clean drinking water, thus affecting people's health and well-being and damaging livelihoods" it adds. "In Coastal communities face habitat destruction and sea level rise.

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

Business Green

The scientific evidence is unequivocal: climate change is a threat to human wellbeing and the health of the planet," said Pörtner. above pre-industrial levels, with temperature rise currently projected to overshoot the 1.5C We have to accelerate renewable energy and plough forward with energy efficiency measures.

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50 Books on Climate Change and Sustainbility

Green Market Oracle

Health CLIMATE IMPACTS Disposable City: Miami’s Future on the Shores of Climate Catastrophe by Mario Alejandro Ariza, 2020 A deeply reported personal investigation by a Miami journalist examines the present and future effects of climate change in the Magic City -- a watery harbinger for coastal cities worldwide. Climate impacts 2.

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When Extreme Weather Reigns, Disinformation Pours

DeSmogBlog

The author of the article is, as director of the climate science website Carbon Brief, Leo Hickman, noted , a consultant for “companies operating in the energy sector.”. Accusing people of alarmism has long been a favorite tactic of climate deniers and those who oppose climate action. I'd never heard of him, though. So I googled him.