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UN calls for finance to close adaptation gap
The yawning gap between the cost of adapting to climate change and the finance available is becoming a chasm, experts warn ahead of COP28.
Climate change could push species over abrupt tipping points, forcing them to move to cooler regions or evolve to adapt which they are unlikely to do in short timeframes, finds a study.
Carbon & Climate
10 devastating extreme weather events in 2022
The world suffered more record-breaking floods, droughts, typhoons, and heatwaves that caused widespread human and economic destruction. Scientists said climate change was largely to blame.
Carbon & Climate
Greening the Himalayas: Is there a ‘wrong’ place to plant trees?
Villagers are creating forests in the cold desert to help curb climate change, but experts say it hurts delicate ecosystems.
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Millions at risk as India's severe heatwave exposes cooling gaps
19 May 2022
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Low Mekong waters make life hard around Cambodia’s smaller lakes
18 May 2022
Food & Agriculture
In Indonesia, climate change takes a bite out of apple crops
17 May 2022
Food & Agriculture
Climate change exacerbates food crisis in Nepal’s poorest region
11 May 2022
Carbon & Climate
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