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== December ==
 
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'''Dec 20''' [[Netherlands]]: Dutch supreme court upholds landmark ruling demanding climate action <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/20/dutch-supreme-court-upholds-landmark-ruling-demanding-climate-action The Guardian]</ref><br clear=all>
 
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'''Dec 13''' [[Australia news]]: Australia's bushfires have emitted 250m tonnes of CO2, almost half of country's annual emissions <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/dec/13/australias-bushfires-have-emitted-250m-tonnes-of-co2-almost-half-of-countrys-annual-emissions The Guardian]</ref><br clear=all>
 
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'''Dec 4''' Climate change to steer all [[New Zealand]] government decisions from now on <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/04/climate-change-to-steer-all-new-zealand-government-decisions-from-now-on The Guardian]</ref><br clear=all>
 
== November ==
 
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'''Nov 29''' [[Australia news]]: Climate change strike: thousands of school students protest over bushfires <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/29/climate-change-strike-thousands-of-school-students-protest-over-bushfires The Guardian]</ref><br clear=all>
 
'''Nov 26''' Climate change: 'Bleak' outlook as carbon emissions gap grows <ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-50547073 BBC News]</ref>
 
'''Nov 25''' Climate change: Greenhouse gas concentrations again break records <ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-50504131 BBC News]</ref>
 
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'''Nov 21''' Oxford Dictionaries declares '[[Climate emergency|climate emergency]]' the word of 2019 <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/21/oxford-dictionaries-declares-climate-emergency-the-word-of-2019 The Guardian]</ref><br clear=all>
 
'''Nov 20''' Fossil fuel production on track for double the safe climate limit <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/20/fossil-fuel-production-on-track-for-double-the-safe-climate-limit  The Guardian]</ref>
 
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'''Nov 16''' [[Ireland]]: Climate change: Irish Youth Assembly demands action <ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50434646 BBC News]</ref><br clear=all>
 
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'''Nov 13''' [[Italy]]: Venice floods: [[Climate change]] behind highest tide in 50 years, says mayor <ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50401308 BBC News]</ref><br clear=all>
 
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'''Nov 8''' [[Australia news]]: Australia bushfires: 'Unprecedented' fires turn skies orange <ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-australia-50350401/australia-bushfires-unprecedented-fires-turn-skies-orange BBC News]</ref><br clear=all>
 
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'''Nov 7''' Ardern says [[New Zealand]] on 'right side of history' as MPs pass zero-carbon bill <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/07/ardern-says-new-zealand-on-right-side-of-history-as-mps-pass-zero-carbon-bill The Guardian]</ref><br clear=all>
 
'''Nov 5''' Climate change: ‘Clear and unequivocal’ emergency, say scientists <ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-50302392 BBC News]</ref>
 
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'''Nov 2'''  [[UK Climate news]]: Thousands invited to join citizens' assembly <ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-50264797 BBC News]</ref>
 
'''Nov 2''' Parliamentary Citizens’ Assembly on Climate Change – A first step, but a devastating missed opportunity, Extinction Rebellion <ref>[https://rebellion.earth/2019/11/02/parliamentary-citizens-assembly-on-climate-change-a-first-step-but-a-devastating-missed-opportunity/ rebellion.earth]</ref><br clear=all>
 
== October ==
 
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'''Oct 23''' [[Brazil]]: Amazon rainforest 'close to irreversible tipping point' <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/23/amazon-rainforest-close-to-irreversible-tipping-point The Guardian]</ref><br clear=all>
 
== September ==
 
'''Sep 22''' Climate change: Impacts 'accelerating' as leaders gather for UN talks <ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-49773869 BBC News]</ref>
 
== August ==
 
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'''Aug 22''' [[UK Climate news]]: Ditch cars to meet climate change targets, say MPs <ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49425402 BBC News]</ref><br clear=all>
 
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'''Aug 20''' How [[Copenhagen]] plans to reach carbon-neutral status in just six years <ref>[https://www.fastcompany.com/90392020/how-copenhagen-plans-to-reach-carbon-neutral-status-in-just-six-years fastcompany.com]</ref><br clear=all>
 
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'''Aug 13''' [[London news]]: Uni bans burgers: No more beef to be sold on campus as students combat global warming <ref>[https://www.metro.news/uni-bans-burgers-no-more-beef-to-be-sold-on-campus-as-students-combat-global-warming/1673275/ metro.news]</ref><br clear=all>
 
'''Aug 1''' Just 10% of fossil fuel subsidy cash 'could pay for green transition' <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/01/fossil-fuel-subsidy-cash-pay-green-energy-transition The Guardian]</ref>
 
== July ==
 
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'''Jul 29''' [[Ethiopia]] 'breaks' tree-planting record to tackle climate change <ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-49151523 BBC News]</ref><br clear=all>
'''Jul 29''' [[Ethiopia]] 'breaks' tree-planting record to tackle climate change <ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-49151523 BBC News]</ref><br clear=all>
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'''Jul 26''' [[UK Climate news]]: Climate more pressing than Brexit, say 71% of Britons <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/26/climate-more-pressing-than-brexit-say-71-of-britons-poll The Guardian]</ref><br clear=all>


== June ==
== June ==
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'''Jun 11''' [[Italy]] becomes first country to require [[climate change]] studies in schools <ref>[https://www.earthday.org/2019/11/06/italy-first-country-climate-change-studies-in-schools/ earthday.org]</ref><br clear=all>


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== Comment ==
== Comment ==


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'''Dec 20''' 2019 has been a year of climate disaster. Yet still our leaders procrastinate, Geoff Goldrick <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/20/2019-has-been-a-year-of-climate-disaster-yet-still-our-leaders-procrastinate The Guardian]</ref>
 
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'''Nov 11''' [[Australia news]]: Is climate change to blame for Australia's bushfires? <ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-50341210 BBC News]</ref><br clear=all>
 
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'''Oct 21''' [[UK Climate news]]: To fight climate change, science must be mobilised like it was in World War II <ref>[http://theconversation.com/to-fight-climate-change-science-must-be-mobilised-like-it-was-in-world-war-ii-125258 theconversation.com]</ref><br clear=all>
 
'''Oct 3''' What does Greta Thunberg's call for equity mean? <ref>[https://www.climatechangenews.com/2019/10/02/greta-thunbergs-call-equity-mean/ climatechangenews.com]</ref>
 
'''Sep 23''' If world leaders choose to fail us, my generation will never forgive them, Greta Thunberg <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/23/world-leaders-generation-climate-breakdown-greta-thunberg The Guardian]</ref>
 
'''Sep 19''' For the sake of life on Earth, we must put a limit on wealth, George Monbiot <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/19/life-earth-wealth-megarich-spending-power-environmental-damage The Guardian]</ref>
 
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'''Sep 16''' [[UK Climate news]]: Faster pace of climate change is 'scary', former chief scientist says <ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-49689018 BBC News]</ref><br clear=all>
 
'''Sep 3''' How much destruction is needed for us to take climate change seriously? <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/03/how-much-destruction-is-needed-for-us-to-take-climate-change-seriously The Guardian]</ref>
 
'''Aug 27''' Embracing climate activism <ref>[https://theecologist.org/2019/aug/27/embracing-climate-activism theecologist.org]</ref>
 
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'''July 14''' [[UK Climate news]]: Corbyn calls for UK to stop passing the buck on climate change to poorer countries <ref>[https://labour.org.uk/press/corbyn-calls-uk-stop-passing-buck-climate-change-poorer-countries/ labour.org.uk]</ref>
'''July 14''' [[UK Climate news]]: Corbyn calls for UK to stop passing the buck on climate change to poorer countries <ref>[https://labour.org.uk/press/corbyn-calls-uk-stop-passing-buck-climate-change-poorer-countries/ labour.org.uk]</ref>


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== See also ==
== See also ==
*[[Climate news 2020]]
*[[Climate news 2018]]
*[[Climate news 2018]]
*[[Climate news 2017]]
*[[Climate news 2017]]
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*[[Climate action]]
*[[Climate action]]
*[[:Category:Climate_action_by_location|Climate action by location]] (category)
*[[:Category:Climate_action_by_location|Climate action by location]] (category)
*[[Extinction Rebellion]]
*[[Legal resources]]
*[[Legal resources]]



Revision as of 16:26, 14 January 2020

December

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Dec 20 Netherlands: Dutch supreme court upholds landmark ruling demanding climate action [1]

Cyclists riding in Melbourne for 350 Climate Action.jpg

Dec 13 Australia news: Australia's bushfires have emitted 250m tonnes of CO2, almost half of country's annual emissions [2]

Wellington.JPG

Dec 4 Climate change to steer all New Zealand government decisions from now on [3]

November

Cyclists riding in Melbourne for 350 Climate Action.jpg

Nov 29 Australia news: Climate change strike: thousands of school students protest over bushfires [4]

Nov 26 Climate change: 'Bleak' outlook as carbon emissions gap grows [5]

Nov 25 Climate change: Greenhouse gas concentrations again break records [6]

Climate Emergency Sitdown protest.jpg

Nov 21 Oxford Dictionaries declares 'climate emergency' the word of 2019 [7]

Nov 20 Fossil fuel production on track for double the safe climate limit [8]

Ireland1.jpg

Nov 16 Ireland: Climate change: Irish Youth Assembly demands action [9]

Siena z01.JPG

Nov 13 Italy: Venice floods: Climate change behind highest tide in 50 years, says mayor [10]

Cyclists riding in Melbourne for 350 Climate Action.jpg

Nov 8 Australia news: Australia bushfires: 'Unprecedented' fires turn skies orange [11]

Wellington.JPG

Nov 7 Ardern says New Zealand on 'right side of history' as MPs pass zero-carbon bill [12]

Nov 5 Climate change: ‘Clear and unequivocal’ emergency, say scientists [13]

Southwark1.jpg

Nov 2 UK Climate news: Thousands invited to join citizens' assembly [14]

Nov 2 Parliamentary Citizens’ Assembly on Climate Change – A first step, but a devastating missed opportunity, Extinction Rebellion [15]

October

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Oct 23 Brazil: Amazon rainforest 'close to irreversible tipping point' [16]

September

Sep 22 Climate change: Impacts 'accelerating' as leaders gather for UN talks [17]

August

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Aug 22 UK Climate news: Ditch cars to meet climate change targets, say MPs [18]

Global action day copenhagen.jpg

Aug 20 How Copenhagen plans to reach carbon-neutral status in just six years [19]

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Aug 13 London news: Uni bans burgers: No more beef to be sold on campus as students combat global warming [20]

Aug 1 Just 10% of fossil fuel subsidy cash 'could pay for green transition' [21]

July

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Jul 29 Ethiopia 'breaks' tree-planting record to tackle climate change [22]

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Jul 26 UK Climate news: Climate more pressing than Brexit, say 71% of Britons [23]

June

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Jun 11 Italy becomes first country to require climate change studies in schools [24]

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Jun 11 UK Climate news: Theresa May commits to net zero UK carbon emissions by 2050 [25]

May

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May 13 UK Climate news: Thousands of parents take to the streets to demand action on climate change [26]

May 1 UK Parliament Declares Environment and Climate Emergency, Claire Mitchell [27]

April

Apr 3 Parents around the world mobilise behind youth climate strikes [28]

March

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Mar 4 UK Climate news: UK’s CO2 emissions fell for record sixth consecutive year in 2018 [29]

February

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Feb 15 Climate strike: UK school pupils take part in call for urgent action [30]

Feb 8 UK pupils to join global strike over climate change crisis [31]

January

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Jan 12 Ireland: Government still not tackling climate change? So sue them [32]

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Jan 10 UK Climate news: Britain has shifted 30% of its electricity away from fossil fuels in just nine years [33]

Climate change: 'Right to repair' gathers force, Jan 9 [34]

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CASwiki news articles have a focus on news of community action for sustainability. This article is an offshoot from Climate action and is for news and comment in that global or international context.

Comment

Dec 20 2019 has been a year of climate disaster. Yet still our leaders procrastinate, Geoff Goldrick [35]

Cyclists riding in Melbourne for 350 Climate Action.jpg

Nov 11 Australia news: Is climate change to blame for Australia's bushfires? [36]

Southwark1.jpg

Oct 21 UK Climate news: To fight climate change, science must be mobilised like it was in World War II [37]

Oct 3 What does Greta Thunberg's call for equity mean? [38]

Sep 23 If world leaders choose to fail us, my generation will never forgive them, Greta Thunberg [39]

Sep 19 For the sake of life on Earth, we must put a limit on wealth, George Monbiot [40]

Southwark1.jpg

Sep 16 UK Climate news: Faster pace of climate change is 'scary', former chief scientist says [41]

Sep 3 How much destruction is needed for us to take climate change seriously? [42]

Aug 27 Embracing climate activism [43]

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July 14 UK Climate news: Corbyn calls for UK to stop passing the buck on climate change to poorer countries [44]

Jul 4 Enough of the climate nightmare. It’s time to paint the dream, Ed Miliband [45]

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May 22 UK Climate news: Much shorter working weeks needed to tackle climate crisis [46]

Mar 18 Ending climate change requires the end of capitalism. Have we got the stomach for it? Phil McDuff [47]

Feb 13 How teenage girls defied skeptics to build a new climate movement [48]

Feb 6 The children skipping school aren't ruining the planet – you are, Srećko Horvat [49]

See also


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