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Enhanced risk management solutions with carbon credit insurance cover unveiled in new ClearBlue-Kita partnership
UK is failing to put climate crisis at centre of national security measures, MPs told
Experts say changing climate is ‘threat multiplier’ and that US and Germany already include it in planning
The US, Germany and other countries are putting the climate crisis at the heart of their national security plans but the UK is failing to do likewise, experts have told the government.
Extreme weather and heat are killing increasing numbers of people, damaging economies and forcing millions around the world to flee their homes, adding to an already unstable geopolitical situation, MPs were told on Tuesday at a select committee hearing.
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Sunak’s food security plan fails to fix immediate problems, says farming chief
National Farmers’ Union president warns food production is likely to drop next year and says farmers need help right now
Rishi Sunak’s plan to improve the UK’s food security will not help build farmer’s confidence in the short-term, the head of the country’s biggest farming body has said.
Food production was likely to drop next year, said Tom Bradshaw, the president of the National Farmers’ Union, who warned that the prime minister’s plan, published during the UK’s second annual Farm to Fork summit, failed to give farmers the solutions they needed.
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Heat exposure of older people across world to double by 2050, finds study
Extra 270 million adults aged 69 or over will suffer dangerous heat levels of 37.5C amid global heating and ageing populations
The heat exposure of older people will at least double in all continents by 2050, according to a study that highlights the combined risk posed by a heating world and an ageing population.
Compared with today, there will be up to an extra 250 million people aged 69 or above who are exposed to dangerous levels of heat, defined as 37.5C. The paper warned this is likely to create biological and social vulnerability hotspots with increasing concentrations of older adults and high temperature extremes.
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Ghana urges govts to rapidly develop policy frameworks for Article 6
Business groups team up to develop CO2 pricing for building sector
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Last summer hottest in 2,000 years, ancient trees reveal
AI cuts carbon capture and storage design time from 100 days to just one
COP29 host expects parties to find “tangible” Article 6 outcome in Baku
French company edges closer to issuing water credits
Ecuador’s debt-for-nature swap still missing key policies, one year on, says NGO
Aussie budget delivers ACCU cash, huge tax incentives for minerals, hydrogen
Malaysian industries seen aware of, but not ready for the EU’s CBAM
Malaysian carbon project developer admits local engagement work has been insufficient
Neoen to build its biggest battery to shift energy to evening peak in nuclear-dominated Ontario
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