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The US will reverse its climate policy because of Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order to withdraw the country from the 2015 Paris Agreement to fight climate change. The Paris Agreement commits countries to reduce greenhouse emissions and submit five-yearly updates on their climate plans to achieve agreed goals on reducing emissions. It has been over two years since the…
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The start of global climate negotiations were shadowed by Trump’s reelection
As many as 60 countries and organisations will gather at UN’s Climate Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan this month to discuss new targets to combat climate change. The summit is aimed to help poor countries transition to cleaner energy and adapt to worsening climate calamities. US President-elect Donald Trump had withdrawn the US from the Paris…
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The origin of bioluminescence in animals can be dated back over half a billion years
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that states are obliged to protect their citizens from the threats and harms of climate change. They argued that they’re at higher risk of heat-related illness or death than most people. Switzerland was doing too few to reduce its greenhouse-gas emissions and contribute to meeting the 2015…
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The food system is not good for the climate
Researchers have estimated that climate labelling of the food system could help reduce global warming by the year 2200 as a result of the Paris Agreement. Agricultural emissions alone could push us past 2 degrees and food systems are just a fraction of overall global emissions, they added. To calculate emissions, they asked adults in…