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Wetland conservation “the most effective approach to climate regulation”

Envirotec Magazine

The research looked to explore this and identified biodiversity loss, sea-level rise, and extreme weather events as the most crucial topics to tackle in terms of overall impact, urgency, and geographical reach. The oceans can provide various ‘services’ to help tackle these issues, and fourteen solutions were evaluated.

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3 keys for scaling nature-based solutions for climate adaptation

GreenBiz

More than 30 million people across northern Java suffer from coastal flooding and erosion related to more severe storms and sea level rise. In some places, entire villages and more than a mile of coastline have been lost to the sea. Coastal wetlands can defend communities from storm surge and sea level rise.

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The COVID Covenant: Going big is the price of admission

GreenBiz

This is a threat we know will affect billions of people and displace hundreds of millions more through sea-level rise, desertification and other disastrous impacts by the time our children are grown. We need to shift the whole game, raise the level of ambition, move that needle. The stakes are high. The stakes are high.

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Ocean oil pollution is growing — and not from oil spills

Grist

The report builds on decades of previous research from the National Academies — a federally chartered research organization — that highlights the growing risk of oil pollution in the world’s oceans. His broadest request, however, is that governments invest in more research — and not just after high-profile oil spills.

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234 scientists read 14,000+ research papers to write the upcoming IPCC climate report – here’s what you need to know and why it’s a big deal

DeSmogBlog

It’s the United Nations’ climate-science-focused organization. Instead, you can read their shorter chapters on the scientific consensus on topics like extreme weather or regional changes in sea-level rise. What is the IPCC? IPCC stands for Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. What are the outcomes then? Look around.

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Climate Litigation Is Increasing as Government Action Falters

DeSmogBlog

The youth plaintiffs charge that they are already suffering detrimental health impacts from climate change, and that these health problems will worsen unless governments take more urgent climate action. A two-week hearing on the case before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg, Germany concluded on Monday.

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Empty labs, abandoned research: Coronavirus puts climate science on hold

Grist

In the two long weeks since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, research into our warming climate has been put on hold. “It’s been stressful — the uncertainty of what’s going to happen or when it’s going to happen,” Bristol said. Bristol is one of the lucky ones.