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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 Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN) Index ranks Vietnam as the 89 th least ready to adapt to climate change. Sea-Level Rise. Temperature. Image Source: Saigoneer.

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

Business Green

The report confirms global temperatures are currently 1.1C above pre-industrial levels, with temperature rise currently projected to overshoot the 1.5C If global warming transiently exceeds 1.5C If global warming transiently exceeds 1.5C

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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

Coastal communities face habitat destruction and sea level rise. As a direct result of climate change a growing global population is increasingly facing illness, injuries, malnutrition, threats to physical and mental health, inequality, and poverty. Supporting and investing in nature is critical.

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How Climate-Friendly is Liz Truss’s Cabinet?

DeSmogBlog

Rees-Mogg was also the first cabinet minister to endorse the campaign to reverse the UK’s ban on fracking, spearheaded by the backbench Net Zero Scrutiny Group (NZSG), the parliamentary wing of the UK’s principal climate science denial group, the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF). Kemi Badenoch – Trade Secretary.

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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. Residents are already starting to see the effects of sea level rise today. This is a companion piece to the the 25 books in The Green Market Oracle's well informed readers list. Climate impacts 2.

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28 Posts Commemorating the Seminal Efforts of Female Environmentalists

Green Market Oracle

org and is the coordinator of the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice. Five years later she oversaw the signing of the historic accord at COP21 in which 195 countries agreed to limit global warming. She also serves on the board of 350.org Environmental insults are compounding the climate crisis.