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Greta Thunberg asks media to focus on other young climate activists

9 Dec 12:54 8 articles

Greta Thunberg asks media to focus on other young climate activists

The 16-year-old said people from the global south, especially indigenous communities, need to be heard on how they are affected by climate change.

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Greta asks media to focus on other young climate activists

MADRID — Celebrity environmentalist Greta Thunberg is urging media to pay more attention to other young climate activists. The 16-year-old Swede has drawn huge crowds with her appearances at protests and conferences over the past year.

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Greta Thunberg asks media to focus on other young climate activists

The 16-year-old said people from the global south, especially indigenous communities, need to be heard on how they are affected by climate change.

9 Dec 12:55 Jersey Evening Post 6141642773810507557.html
Greta Thunberg asks media to focus on other young climate activists

The 16-year-old said people from the global south, especially indigenous communities, need to be heard on how they are affected by climate change.

9 Dec 12:54 Express & Star 7324224459275104037.html
Greta asks media to focus on other young climate activists

MADRID — Celebrity environmentalist Greta Thunberg is urging media to pay more attention to other young climate activists.

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Greta asks media to focus on other young climate activists

Celebrity environmentalist Greta Thunberg is urging media to pay more attention to other young climate activists.

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Greta Thunberg asks media to focus on other young climate activists

The 16-year-old said people from the global south, especially indigenous communities, need to be heard on how they are affected by climate change.

9 Dec 13:06 Breaking News 4415806918653107762.html
Greta Thunberg leads scientists in shunning flights for top climate conference

She sailed across the Atlantic to Spain instead.

9 Dec 14:55 Metro 970161748710819587.html
Big investors up call for governments to take climate action

9 Dec 08:01 2 articles

Big investors up call for governments to take climate action

MADRID (AP) - More than 600 institutional investors managing a whopping $37 trillion in client assets called Monday for governments to step up their efforts against climate change.

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Big investors up call for governments to take climate action

MADRID (AP) - More than 600 institutional investors managing a whopping $37 trillion in client assets called Monday for governments to step up their efforts against climate change.

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Climate change threatens food supplies

9 Dec 16:15 2 articles

Climate change threatens food supplies

Climate change threatens food supplies if extreme weather conditions hit more than one grain producing region at a time, scientists warned Monday.

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Climate change threatens food supplies

A team from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) based in Austria said climate change not only resulted in higher temperatures but is also producing more severe climatic events such as drought, heatwaves and floods. "Climatic shocks to agricultural production contribute

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Demand for climate action at heart of Scottish Greens’ campaign

9 Dec 13:06 2 articles

Demand for climate action at heart of Scottish Greens’ campaign

The Scottish Greens’ manifesto has also put a Green New Deal at its centre.

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Demand for climate action at heart of Scottish Greens’ campaign

The Scottish Greens’ manifesto has also put a Green New Deal at its centre.

9 Dec 13:07 Jersey Evening Post 6141642773418689150.html
Patrick Harvie outlines importance of ‘climate election’

9 Dec 08:08 3 articles

Patrick Harvie outlines importance of ‘climate election’

The Scottish Greens co-leader said it is important to have Green voices at Westminster to push other parties into taking strong climate action.

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Patrick Harvie outlines importance of ‘climate election’

The Scottish Greens co-leader said it is important to have Green voices at Westminster to push other parties into taking strong climate action.

9 Dec 08:10 Jersey Evening Post 6141642775100462686.html
Patrick Harvie outlines importance of ‘climate election’

The Scottish Greens co-leader said it is important to have Green voices at Westminster to push other parties into taking strong climate action.

9 Dec 08:08 Express & Star 7324224460565059166.html
Pace of housing starts edges up in November on strength in B.C., Alberta

9 Dec 14:48 3 articles

Pace of housing starts edges up in November on strength in B.C., Alberta

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts edged higher last month compared with October, although there were declines in five provinces.

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Pace of housing starts edges up in November on strength in B.C., Alberta

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts edged higher last month compared with October, although there were declines in five provinces.

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Pace of housing starts edges up in November on strength in B.C., Alberta

OTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts edged higher last month compared with October, although there were declines in five provinces.

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Tighter climate rules seen erasing US$2.3 trln in firms’ value

9 Dec 08:26 3 articles

Tighter climate rules seen erasing US$2.3 trln in firms’ value

Tighter government climate regulations by 2025 could wipe up to US$2.3 trillion off the value of companies in industries ranging from fossil fuel producers to agriculture and car makers, an investor group warned, Reuters reports. Any abrupt policy shifts risk severely disrupting current investment strategies, Principles of Responsible Investing (PRI), a group representing investors with…

9 Dec 08:26 EJ Insight 7853952858169797558.html
Climate change policies are going to be costly, says U.N.-backed report

Tighter government climate regulations by 2025 could wipe up to $2.3 trillion off the value of companies in industries ranging from fossil fuel producers to agriculture and car makers, an investor group warned in a report. Rules aimed at lowering carbon emissions are expected to accelerate in the coming years as countries scramble to meet obligations under the 2015 Paris climate agreement limiting global warming. "As the realities of climate change catch up, social pressure mounts, and low car

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Tighter climate policies could erase $2.3 trillion in companies value: report

LONDON (Reuters) - Tighter government climate regulations by 2025 could wipe up to $2.3 trillion off the value of companies in industries ranging from fossil fuel producers to agriculture and car makers, an investor group warned in a report.

9 Dec 10:59 Reuters 8334514180523335622.html
Turns Out A Wild Geoengineering Plan To Refreeze Arctic Sea Ice Isn't The Best Idea

9 Dec 08:32 2 articles

Turns Out A Wild Geoengineering Plan To Refreeze Arctic Sea Ice Isn't The Best Idea

As the world spins closer to climate catastrophe, fringe ideas are inching toward the mainstream. Geoengineering is among the topics that were once verboten but are now finding traction. And that includes some pretty out-there ideas, including ones focused on saving polar ice by pumping massive amounts of seawater...

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Turns Out a Wild Geoengineering Plan to Refreeze Arctic Sea Ice Isn't the Best Idea

As the world spins closer to climate catastrophe, fringe ideas are inching toward the mainstream. Geoengineering is among the topics that were once verboten but are now finding traction. And that includes some pretty out-there ideas, including ones focussed on saving polar ice by pumping massive amounts of seawater onto the surface of ice, where it will refreeze quicker and strengthen all icepack against melting.

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DNA lets stuff like buttons and glasses store data

9 Dec 15:08 2 articles

DNA lets stuff like buttons and glasses store data

"DNA is currently the only data storage medium that can also exist as a liquid, which allows us to insert it into objects of any shape."

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Storing data in everyday objects

Life's assembly and operating instructions are in the form of DNA. That's not the case with inanimate objects: anyone wishing to 3-D print an object also requires a set of instructions. If they then choose ...

9 Dec 16:00 Tech Xplore 4945708898855173788.html
CEAC – How to stop destructive loss of ocean oxygen?

9 Dec 09:03 2 articles

CEAC – How to stop destructive loss of ocean oxygen?

Consider; The shock of an alarming release of the report at the Climate Change conference in Madrid COPs 25 yesterday on the discovery loss of widespread ocean oxygen is another watershed moment that must be recognised as dire for our future survival.

9 Dec 09:03 SCOOP 5315658999325325593.html
Oceans Losing Oxygen at Unprecedented Rate, Experts Warn

Oxygen in the oceans is being lost at an unprecedented rate, with "dead zones" proliferating and hundreds more areas showing oxygen dangerously depleted, as a result of the climate emergency and intensive farming, experts have warned. From a report: Sharks, tuna, marlin and other large fish species ...

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Large study: Smoking increases risk for gestational diabetes

9 Dec 11:59 2 articles

Large study: Smoking increases risk for gestational diabetes

Pregnant smokers at higher risk for gestational diabetes, Hebrew University study finds.

9 Dec 11:59 Israel National News 5374683670455236507.html
Hebrew U Study: Pregnant Smokers at Higher Risk for Gestational Diabetes

Gestational diabetes leads to higher risks for pregnancy and birth complications such as macrosomia (larger than average babies) and caesarean deliveries.

9 Dec 13:41 The Jewish Press 7246030800548853863.html
Greta Thunberg highlights indigenous struggle at UN climate summit

9 Dec 17:45 2 articles

Greta Thunberg highlights indigenous struggle at UN climate summit

Activi­sts argue that their commun­ities contri­bute almost none of fossil fuels emissi­ons drivin­g climat­e change­

9 Dec 17:45 The Express Tribune 1105816787304298543.html
Activist Thunberg turns spotlight on indigenous struggle at climate summit

MADRID (Reuters) - Teen activist Greta Thunberg turned a spotlight on the struggles of the world’s indigenous peoples against climate change on Monday, appearing at a U.N. summit alongside other young campaigners furious at the West’s failure to tackle the crisis.

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