Global Warming

Swiss parliament snubs European court climate ruling

The lower house of the Swiss parliament voted on Wednesday to reject a ruling ordering Switzerland to do more to combat global warming in a move that could encourage others…

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WHO warns of dengue risk as global warming pushes cases near historic highs

GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization warned that cases of dengue fever could reach close to record highs this year, partly due to global warming benefiting mosquitoes that spread…

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EU talks resume in hunt for pivotal carbon market deal

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS, Dec 17 (Reuters) - European Union negotiators were set on Saturday morning to resume efforts to reach a deal on overhauling the EU carbon market, the…

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Photo Story: Marmara Sea covered by sea snot in Istanbul

Fishing boats on the Marmara Sea covered by sea snot in Istanbul, Turkey. Because of global warming, the blanket of mucus-like substance in Marmara Sea increasing day by day threatens…

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Rising global temperatures ‘inexorably closer’ to climate tipping point – U.N.

There is now a 40% chance that global temperatures will temporarily reach 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels in the next five years -- and these odds are rising, a…

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Global warming could cut over 60 countries’ credit ratings by 2030, study warns

A new algorithm-based study by a group of UK universities has predicted that 63 countries – roughly half the number rated by the likes of S&P Global, Moody’s and Fitch…

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Warning world is “rapidly approaching” a dangerous level of warming

The current record for the hottest year is likely to be broken again within the next five years, the British Met Office said. As it stands, the hottest year on…

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Global warming will mean loss of one-sixth of world’s ocean fish

The world’s oceans will likely lose about one-sixth of their fish and other marine life by the end of the century if climate change continues on its current path, a…

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Urgent action required or dramatic consequences will happen if fossil fuels aren’t phased out – IPCC

The world’s leading climate scientists have warned there is only a dozen years for global warming to be kept to a maximum of 1.5C, beyond which even half a degree…

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The effects of global warming – CNN

CNN analysis the current spate of hot weather, droughts and floods affecting the globe. Deadly fires have scorched swaths of the Northern Hemisphere this summer, from California to Arctic Sweden…

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French fries likely to get more expensive and smaller in view of drought in Netherlands

DutchNews: Potato growers have written to agriculture minister Carola Schouten urging her to relax the rules on watering their crops, even in areas where there is a ban. The continuing drought…

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