Could the global cost of climate change really be six times worse than thought?
A new paper written for the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) suggests that the global economic cost of climate…
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How “energy-hungry AI” is straining grids and spreading climate disinfo
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has previously been heralded as a potentially invaluable tool in the fight against climate change, but a…
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Signal: Global carbon pricing to be a priority from 2024
Speaking to the annual meeting of the think tank Bruegel this week, senior European Commission climate official Kurt Vandenberghe stated…
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Insurers must meet targets to combat climate change
In addition, this comes as the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA) drops the requirement for members to keep setting climate change…
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UK no longer a leader on climate targets, the Climate Change Committee warns
The UK government’s commitment to hit net zero has been criticised by its statutory body for climate change. The…
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Adaptation lessons from Israel’s Negev Desert: A source of climate hope
Recent UN climate conferences have seen louder calls to both prepare and finance climate adaptation plans, as the impacts of…
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Could a Chinese invasion of Taiwan derail the net-zero transition?
“We won’t be able to confront climate change if the US and China don’t work together,” Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal…
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OS-Climate launches three open-source climate data tools
The Linux Foundation’s OS-Climate, a non-profit organisation providing open-source data and software tools to help a shift to climate-aligned finance…
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Weekly data: Most of the world is worried about climate change
Respondents in 108 out of 110 areas surveyed say they are either ‘very’ or ‘somewhat’ worried about climate change. Results…
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Weekly data: Heatwaves show us climate adaptation must be a policy priority in Europe
Europe is in the grip of an extreme heatwave. Temperatures in Spain and Portugal have crossed 40°C (104°F), with warnings…
