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Huffington Post 4 Big Questions For This Year’s Climate Change ConferenceHuffington Post“We’re coming into this COP with a tremendous amount of positive momentum,” John Morton, director for energy and climate change at the National Security Council, said in a call with reporters last week. “2016 has been a truly historic year for …Threat of Climate…

ReliefWeb On International Day, UN cites ‘duty of care towards the environment‘ in peacetime and during conflictUN News Centre6 November 2016 – To achieve the vision of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of peace, prosperity and dignity for all on a healthy planet, it is essential to recognize the shared duty of care towards…

NPR Renowned Authority On Climate Change Science, Ralph Cicerone Dies At 73NPRRalph Cicerone, a celebrated scientist and a driving force in the effort to put climate change on the global agenda, died Saturday at the age of 73. Cicerone had retired in June as president of the National Academy of Sciences. In his long association…

The Week Magazine How much do teachers shape kids’ climate change beliefs?The Week MagazineAs the discussion around climate change shifts from theoretical predictions to real consequences, there remains a gap between the scientific community and the general public: While the vast majority of scientists believe humans are responsible for our …

Republica Envoys Upadhyay, Poudyal to take initiative for collaboration in environment sectorRepublicaAt an interaction on ‘Diplomatic and Environment‘ organized by the Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists here Sunday, Nepali Ambassador to India, Deep Kumar Upadhyay, and Nepali Ambassador to China, Leela Mani Poudyal, said that they would … and more »

The Guardian Nicholas Stern: cost of global warming ‘is worse than I feared’The GuardianAt the same time, science is telling us that impacts of global warming – like ice sheet and glacier melting – are now happening much more quickly than we anticipated.” In his report, published in October 2006, Stern warned that the cost…

Chicago Daily Herald Where Trump, Clinton stand on the environmentChicago Daily HeraldDespite headlines about lead in Michigan drinking water, the environment hasn’t made much noise in the presidential race between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump and that’s unfortunate, local experts think. Chicago and the suburbs …

The Verge The world’s best effort to curb global warming probably won’t prevent catastropheThe VergeThe promises that various countries have made to curb greenhouse emissions still won’t be enough to stop dangerous levels of global warming, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Program. Even under the terms of the Paris …‘Last Chance’…

RollingStone.com Why Republicans Still Reject the Science of Global WarmingRollingStone.comBarton, a guy who once called Al Gore “totally wrong” about global warming and advised people to “get shade” to adapt to rising temperatures, was incredulous. Waxman recalls Barton asking why he should work on a solution for a problem he didn’t believe …

Washington Post Global warming could be breaking up this 200 million year old relationshipWashington PostLast week came the latest grim news about the Great Barrier Reef: In its remote and treasured northern section, coral death appears to be extensive in the wake of an extreme ocean heat event in March, followed by subsequent severe coral…