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How Major Carbon Producers Drive Sea Level Rise and Climate Injustice

Union of Concerned Scientists

The worlds largest fossil fuel and cement producers have known for decades that their products cause climate change, yet they spread disinformation to misinform the public and have profited as people around the world have suffered from ever-worsening climate impacts.

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A deep dive into the IPCC’s updated carbon budget numbers

Real Climate

Source: Data from IPCC (2014), Rogelj et al (2018), and IPCC (2021). Source: Data from IPCC (2014), Rogelj et al (2018), and IPCC (2021). Nature Climate Change. In: Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. IPCC (2014) Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report. References.

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HotSpots H2O: Flooding Is Latest Strain on South Sudan

Circle of Blue

Flooding hits Bentiu, South Sudan in 2014. The floods are just the latest strain on the country, which is already facing widespread hunger, civil conflict, and other climatic stressors. The floods are just the latest strain on the country, which is already facing widespread hunger, civil conflict, and other climatic stressors.

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War and the Environment

Legal Planet

General Secretary said in 2014: “The environment has long been a silent casualty of war and armed conflict. There are increasing grounds for concern that climate change can interact with other factors to increase the changes of war. That does not mean that climate change will inevitably produce more war.

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The USDA’s Climate Hubs Could Help Farmers Adapt to Extreme Weather

Union of Concerned Scientists

One key component of a transformational food and farm bill would be a strong focus on how we address the impacts of climate change on our food system and the agricultural sector. And that’s where the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) climate hubs play a critical role.

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The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change: What Happens Now?

Law Columbia

Photo by Mathias Reding on Unsplash Climate change litigation has finally reached the world’s highest court. On March 29, 2023, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution requesting an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the obligations of States with respect to climate change.

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Longer, more intense allergy seasons could result from climate change

Environmental News Bits

Allergy seasons are likely to become longer and grow more intense as a result of increasing temperatures caused by humanmade climate change, according to new research from the University of Michigan. By the end of this century, pollen emissions could begin 40 days earlier in the spring than we saw between 1995 and 2014.