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Half a billion children live in areas with twice as many very hot days as in 1960s

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-08-14 09:01

Unicef analysis also finds children in eight countries spend more than half the year in temperatures above 35C

Almost half a billion children are growing up in parts of the world where there are at least twice the number of extremely hot days every year compared with six decades ago, analysis by Unicef has found.

The analysis by the UN’s children’s agency examined for the first time data on changes in children’s exposure to extreme heat over the past 60 years.

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More cattle kept in UK ‘megafarms’, BBC finds

BBC - Wed, 2024-08-14 09:00
Campaigners warn more cows could be spending their entire productive lives indoors.
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RSPB criticised by watchdog for accusing politicians of being liars on X

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-08-14 09:00

Charity Commission says tweets about environmental protections were inappropriate in ‘tone and nature’

The RSPB has been criticised by the English charities watchdog over social media posts in which it accused named government ministers of being “liars” for watering down environmental protections.

The Charity Commission said the tweets a year ago were “inappropriate” in “tone and nature”, they had not been signed off at the correct level and the RSPB could have done more to prevent them going out.

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Canada’s 2023 wildfires produced nearly a decade’s worth of blaze emissions

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-08-14 08:01

Fires made at least three times more likely by climate crisis and emitted about 2bn tonnes of CO2, data reveals

Canada’s “record-shattering” wildfires last year produced nearly as much greenhouse gas emissions in one season as would be expected over a decade of fires in normal circumstances, data has shown.

The fires, in Canada’s “wildest season ever”, were made at least three times more likely by the climate crisis, and produced about 2bn tonnes of CO2, about a quarter of the total global emissions from wildfires last year, according to data in the State of Wildfires report, published on Wednesday.

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Two polar bears kill Canadian worker in rare attack

BBC - Wed, 2024-08-14 07:55
The person who was killed worked at a remote radar site in Canada's Arctic region.
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Wild genes in domestic species: how we can supercharge our crops using their distant relatives

The Conversation - Wed, 2024-08-14 06:29
For millennia, we’ve selectively bred our crop species to make the plants stronger and better yielding. But we’ll need a different approach to help our food plants weather the changes to come. Rajeev Varshney, Professor, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University Vanika Garg, Senior Lecturer in Crop and Food Innovation, Murdoch University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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‘The dumbest climate conversation of all time’: experts on the Musk-Trump interview

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-08-14 03:59

Trump talked about ‘nuclear warming’ while Musk said the only reason to quit fossil fuels is that their supply is finite

Donald Trump and Elon Musk both made discursive, often fact-free assertions about global heating, including that rising sea levels would create “more oceanfront property” and that there was no urgent need to cut carbon emissions, during an event labeled “the dumbest climate conversation of all time” by one prominent activist.

Trump, the Republican US presidential nominee, and Musk, the world’s richest person, dwelled on the problem of the climate crisis during their much-hyped conversation on X, formerly known as Twitter and owned by Musk, on Monday, agreeing that the world has plenty of time to move away from fossil fuels, if at all.

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World Bank issues bond linking financial return to carbon removals from Amazon reforestation

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-08-14 02:34
The World Bank has priced what it says is the first bond linking investors' financial return to carbon removals from reforestation in the Amazon.
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BRIEFING: Australia must move fast to capture A$250 bln green iron opportunity

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-08-14 02:01
Australia must move fast to create a green industry from its current vast iron ore exports so it can go beyond a simple ‘dig and ship’ model to value-add creations. In so doing, the country can decarbonise its own industry and take advantage of the growing appetite for clean commodities.
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UK regulator approves low-carbon electricity ‘superhighway’ between Scotland and England

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-08-14 01:28
Britain’s energy regulator on Tuesday gave the green light to a £4.3 billion low-carbon electricity “superhighway” stretching over 500 kilometres, set to run from northeastern Scotland to northern England.
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Arctic’s carbon sink declines as coastal permafrost erodes -study

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-08-14 01:03
The CO2 capacity of the Arctic appears limited as global warming erodes key coastal permafrost, according to research published on Tuesday.
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Urban birds are teeming with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, study finds

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-08-14 01:00

Exposure to bacteria in landfill sites and polluted rivers may explain prevalence among city-dwelling birds

Urban ducks and crows might offer us a connection to nature, but scientists have found wild birds that live near humans are more likely to harbour bacteria resistant to important antibiotics.

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is largely caused by the overuse of drugs such as antibiotics among humans and livestock.

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Toyota hybrid among cars found to guzzle more petrol than advertised, study finds

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-08-14 01:00

Corolla Cross hybrid 2024 used 4.5 litres of fuel per 100km, 7% more than Toyota advertised, while Audi and Subaru models used less

Australians are buying cars that consume more petrol than the fuel efficiencies marketed to them, repeated investigations have found, while many vehicles also emit more toxic fumes than manufacturers advertise.

The Australian Automobile Association (AAA) on Wednesday released the latest results from its “real-world” testing program, a four-year $14m government-funded scheme that compares the fuel consumption and emissions of vehicles in Australian driving conditions with the consumption each vehicle advertises.

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Trump return, global recession, climate ‘race to the bottom’ are all ‘plausible’ in the near term -report

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-08-14 00:58
Current geopolitical factors and policy trends mean that there is a plausible risk that progress on tackling climate change could stall or go into reverse, a recent report has warned.
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Global Carbon Council seeks views on new AFOLU voluntary carbon methodologies

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-08-13 23:57
The Global Carbon Council (GCC) has announced the public consultation for two new voluntary carbon methodologies under its agriculture, forestry, and other land use (AFOLU) crediting programme.
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BRIEFING: Why EU agricultural emissions are set to be the next Brussels battleground

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-08-13 23:26
The European agricultural sector's greenhouse gas footprint is set to take centre stage in the next EU political cycle, rising from a largely neglected climate issue to a prominent source of tension between co-legislators.
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Voluntary carbon issuances shifting away from REDD to fresh reforestation credits, analysis finds

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-08-13 23:01
Fresh issuances of voluntary nature-based carbon removal credits, such as reforestation, outstripped newly minted avoided deforestation credits in the first half of the year, according to analysis published Tuesday.
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Egyptian voluntary carbon market closes first futures contract -media

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-08-13 22:57
Egypt’s voluntary carbon market (VCM) saw the conclusion of its first futures contract, revealed at the market’s official launch ceremony on Tuesday, according to local media sources.
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