By Reuters Staff, published by Channel NewsAsia THE UN panel on climate change sounded a dire warning today (August 9), saying the world is dangerously close to runaway warming – and that humans are “unequivocally” to blame. Already, greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere are high enough to guarantee climate disruption for decades if
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More countries hike climate pledges, piling pressure on major emitters
By Reuters Staff, published by US News & World Report Brussels – A group of mostly smaller countries submitted new, more ambitious climate pledges to the United Nations this week, raising pressure on big emitters including China to do the same ahead of a major UN climate summit in November. UN climate chief Patricia Espinosa
Read moreClimate change linked to 5 million deaths a year, new study shows
By Bloomberg, published by The Straits Times Sydney – The extraordinarily hot and cold temperatures that are becoming more common as climate change accelerates are responsible for five million deaths globally every year. Extreme weather accounted for 9.4 per cent of all deaths globally between 2000 and 2019, according to researchers who on Wednesday (July
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