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Bangladesh and India need to talk about sharing water on two major rivers, the Teesta and Ganges. But experts on both sides say much depends on political consensus and the right atmosphere for negotiations.
Plans to 'draw down' CO2 from the atmosphere – known as carbon dioxide removal (CDR) – 'fall short' of the quantities needed to limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, new research warns.
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