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Pet Food Manufacturers Are Experimenting with Insects instead of Meat
It is now a well-established fact that there is a link between human meat consumption and climate change, thanks to the CO2 and methane emissions that come from raising and transporting cattle and pigs. Since pets are responsible for 20…
10 Worst-Case Climate Predictions if We Don’t Keep Global Temperatures Under 1.5 Degrees Celsius
The summer of 2018 was intense: deadly wildfires, persistent drought, killer floods and record-breaking heat. Although scientists exercise great care before linking individual weather events to climate change, the rise in global temperatures caused by human activities has been found…
Climate Change Is Causing More Storms – but Could Trees Adapt?
New ecological research suggests trees could grow more efficient leaves to compensate for storm damage. Climate change is causing more storms – but could trees adapt? Ecologists at the Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science in South Carolina have conducted…
Hydropower Can ‘Drive up CO2 Emissions’
Climate change is driven by CO2 emissions and so non-emitting energy sources such as hydropower are seen as much preferred alternatives to coal-fired power plants. Yet hydropower dams, too, can drive up CO2 emissions significantly during times of drought when…
Meat-Heavy Menu at COP24 Isn’t Helping Anything
New analysis from the Center for Biological Diversity, Farm Forward and Brighter Green Sunday finds that the meat-heavy menu at the United Nations’ Framework Convention on Climate Change conference COP24 could contribute more than 4,000 metric tons of greenhouse gases to the climate crisis.…
World Bank Doubles Climate Investment to $200bn
The World Bank Group has doubled its current five-year investment to around $200 billion (£157bn) to support countries taking action to fight climate change. It is part of its plans to boost support for climate adaptation, especially in the world’s poorest nations, with…
‘We Are Last Generation That Can Stop Climate Change’ – UN Summit
Big cuts in carbon emissions and a rise in protection from extreme weather urgently needed. The UN climate change summit begins on Monday with a warning that today’s generation is the last that can prevent catastrophic global warming, as well…