Flood risk on the rise: Climate change models point to more persistent heavy rainfall
Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent as a result of climate change. River floods such as those along the Ahr and ...
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Protecting peatlands and mangroves could halve Southeast Asia’s land-use emissions
Southeast Asia’s peatlands and mangroves store immense amounts of carbon, yet they’re rapidly disappearing. A new study finds ...
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Flood risk on the rise: Climate change causes more persistent heavy rainfall
Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent as a result of climate change. River floods such as those along the Ahr and Meuse valleys in 2021, the Central European floods of last September and ...
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US aid freeze: Leaving people to die
One of the executive orders that United States President Donald Trump signed the day he was inaugurated was a 90-day pause in US foreign development assistance. The US Agency for International ...
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Chocolate will continue to become costlier. Here is why
Regions like northeastern Brazil, one of the world’s notable cocoa-producing areas, are grappling with increasing aridity – a ...
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Declining biodiversity and emerging diseases are entwined, more study needed
Five years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic served as a wake-up call. Since then, health experts worldwide have sat on tenterhooks, ...
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Study shows 40% increase in CO2 emissions from long-haul flights due to Russia-Ukraine war
The surge in emissions is largely due to the closure of airspace over conflict zones, forcing airlines to adopt longer, ...
How the war in Ukraine has made flying worse for the climate
Our findings shed new light on the massive carbon footprint of war, which is often overlooked in climate policy. Using a ...
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Excessive Tibetan Plateau spring warming found to cause catastrophic June 2024 heavy rainfall in China
In June 2024, southern China experienced record-breaking heavy rainfall, resulting in devastating societal and economic ...
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In Freezing Foreign Aid, the US Leaves People to Die – and Allows China to Come to the Rescue
In the Pacific, the Biden administration made a real effort to increase U.S. presence, opening embassies and announcing USAID ...
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Peatlands and mangroves: Southeast Asian countries must protect these major carbon pools to boost climate ambitions
Protecting and restoring peatlands and mangroves can strengthen Southeast Asian countries’ efforts to combat climate change ... comprise only 5% of Southeast Asia’s surface.
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The U.S.-Southeast Asia Relationship: Responding to China’s Rise
In May 2018, the Council on Foreign Relations’ Southeast Asia program convened a workshop ... In general, participants believed that the U.S. political climate has become so opposed to ...