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Treat climate change and biodiversity loss as one, says European science advisory group

Envirotec Magazine

The recent IPCC Report confirms that global warming is picking up pace. Biodiversity loss and dangerous Climate Change potentiate each other in their disastrous consequences. But according to EASAC, catastrophically disrupting trends are proceeding as gradual incremental changes as well.

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Treat climate change and biodiversity loss as one, says European science advisory group

Envirotec Magazine

The recent IPCC Report confirms that global warming is picking up pace. Biodiversity loss and dangerous Climate Change potentiate each other in their disastrous consequences. But according to EASAC, catastrophically disrupting trends are proceeding as gradual incremental changes as well.

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Human Health in the Age of Climate Change: Disease, Nutrition, and Access at a Crossroads

Energy Innovation

The research synopsis below comes from AGCI Program Director Emily Jack-Scott and a full list of AGCI’s updates covering recent climate change and clean energy pathways research is available online at [link]. Among the projections: climate impacts worsen nearly 60 percent of infectious diseases. Source: Mora et al.

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A Guide to the Anti-Net Zero Forces in Westminster Politics

DeSmogBlog

This net zero scepticism has quickly entered the upper echelons of Westminster politics, with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak saying that policies to achieve the UK’s legally binding climate targets shouldn’t “hassle” households and should be “proportionate and pragmatic”.

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Climate change 'is killing us' - UN sounds health alarm

Eco-Business

The damage being done to public health by global warming is rising up the political agenda - and will be a key theme at COP28.

Health 21
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The carbon price debate is a distraction. What would those who oppose it do instead?

Clean Energy Canada

As a recent open letter signed by over 250 Canadian economists made clear, ‘the most vocal opponents of carbon pricing are not offering alternative policies to reduce emissions and meet our climate goals. Climate change is already altering our way of life. Undermining climate action is the real scandal of our time.”

Carbon 96
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Time is running out to adapt to climate change, new IPCC report says

Grist

Now, in a new international report released on Monday, they argue the clock is also ticking on efforts to adapt to the devastating consequences of climate change. Meanwhile, climate change is amplifying human conflicts and causing widespread damage to people’s physical and mental health. David McNew / Getty Images.