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- California sues oil companies claiming they downplayed the risk of fossil fuels, theguardian.com (Sep 17, 2023)
- US launches $1bn tree-planting scheme to mitigate effects of climate crisis, theguardian.com (Sep 14, 2023)
- Small island nations take high-emitting countries to court to protect the ocean, theguardian.com (Sep 10, 2023)
- Our environmental laws are failing us in the face of the climate crisis, Tim Flannery, theguardian.com (Sep 09, 2023)
August 2023[edit | edit source]
- Cities Are Depaving for a Cooler Future, nexusmedianews.com (Aug 24, 2023)
- Slow train coming: only a genuine shift to rail will put NZ on track to reduce emissions, theconversation.com (Aug 22, 2023)
- The climate future is here, and it looks like this proud commune in S Africa, africanarguments.org (Aug 22, 2023) — With solar power, urban farms, and radical grassroots democracy, eKhenana provides an impressive model for a sustainable low-carbon future.
- 40 percent of US climate emissions attributed to richest households: study, thehill.com (Aug 17, 2023)
- Youth wins climate case against U.S. state of Montana in first-of-its-kind legal ruling, news.mongabay.com (Aug 14, 2023) — by Liz Kimbrough
- It’s time for a new climate populism, to show how the super rich got us – and the planet – into this mess, Andy Beckett, theguardian.com (Aug 11, 2023)
- Surveying the Open Climate Data Landscape, creativecommons.org (Aug 08, 2023)
- New grant program asks residents to ‘throw shade,’ foster climate resiliency in Flint, flintbeat.com (Aug 02, 2023)
July 2023[edit | edit source]
- The farm that grows vegetables in the middle of the desert, positive.news (Jul 19, 2023)
- With our food systems on the verge of collapse, it’s the plutocrats v life on Earth, George Monbiot, theguardian.com (Jul 15, 2023)
June 2023[edit | edit source]
- Climate change: China's green power surge offers hope on warming, BBC News (Jun 29, 2023)
- Fighting climate change by reconnecting to ecosystems in our own backyards, nationalobserver.com (Jun 20, 2023)
- Court decision in youth climate lawsuit against Ontario government ignites hope, The Conversation (Jun 20, 2023)
- Australia needs to reduce emissions to net zero by 2038 to do ‘fair share’ to contain global heating, analysis shows, The Guardian (Jun 18, 2023)
- ‘My life and my home’: young people start to testify at historic US climate trial, The Guardian (Jun 13, 2023) — The plaintiffs note that Montana’s constitution pledges a healthy environment ‘for present and future generations’
- ‘Game changing’: spate of US lawsuits calls big oil to account for climate crisis, The Guardian (Jun 07, 2023)
May 2023[edit | edit source]
- Jordan’s Bedouins take on the struggles of climate change, aljazeera.com (May 26, 2023)
- Tiger protection in India also saved 1 million tonnes of carbon emissions – new study, The Conversation (May 25, 2023)
- Vietnam records highest ever temperature of 44.1C, The Guardian (May 07, 2023)
April 2023[edit | edit source]
- We can halve emissions by 2030, ipcc.ch (Apr 04, 2023) — We have options in all sectors to at least halve emissions by 2030
March 2023[edit | edit source]
- IPCC’s conservative nature masks true scale of action needed to avert catastrophic climate change, The Conversation (Mar 24, 2023)
February 2023[edit | edit source]
- Carbon emissions from global SUV fleet outweighs that of most countries, The Guardian (Feb 28, 2023)
- The people bringing future generations into the climate fight, bbc.com (Feb 16, 2023)
- Rising seas threaten ‘mass exodus on a biblical scale’, UN chief warns, The Guardian (Feb 14, 2023)
January 2023[edit | edit source]
- Emissions divide now greater within countries than between them – study, The Guardian (Jan 31, 2023)
- Agents of change, cbc.ca (Jan 16, 2023) — A small neighbourhood in Toronto has built a program to help residents reduce their household emissions. Could their grassroots approach become a template for the rest of the country?
- Net zero possible in 2040s, says outgoing UK climate business expert, The Guardian (Jan 09, 2023)
News sources[edit | edit source]
- The Energy Mix, community news site and e-digest on climate change, energy, and the shift off carbon, published by Energy Mix Productions Inc., a Canadian non-profit headquartered on unceded Algonquin Anishnaabe territory, also known as Ottawa. We respect the sovereignty of the many Indigenous peoples and communities on whose land our work takes place. added 10:25, 24 July 2023 (UTC)
- News from climatecentral.org, added 10:52, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- Articles on Climate change from theconversation.com
- Covering Climate Now, added 08:43, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
See also[edit | edit source]
- Climate change solutions news
- Climate news (current), 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2009-15
- Climate action
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