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Carbon & Climate
Perfect storm: How climate change amplifies El Niño fallout
Scientists say a double whammy of climate change and El Niño lies behind a record-breaking year of extreme weather - and predict there's more to come.
Carbon & Climate
Reading the ruins of Amazon fires, scientists see crisis ahead
Smoke signals from Amazon raise fears of global tipping point on climate change.
Carbon & Climate
‘Unprecedented’ stress in up to half of the Amazon may lead to tipping point by 2050
As much as half of the Amazon will face several “unprecedented” stressors that could push the forest towards a major tipping point by 2050, new research finds.
The Van Gujjars – a pastoralist community in the Indian state of Uttarakhand – are on the frontline of climate change, but their role in forest management is limited by the rights they are denied.
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Indonesia saw fivefold surge in fires in 2023 triggered by El Niño
27 December 2023
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Food & Agriculture
Palm oil watchdog adds new targets: climate emissions, small farms
5 December 2023
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How is climate change affecting people's health?
3 November 2023
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As climate adaptation flounders, more cash called 'no brainer'
27 October 2023
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Big tech drags feet on climate disinformation, advocates warn
27 September 2023
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