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Gender Equality: We Can’t Solve Climate Change Without Empowering Women
We are already seeing some of the destructive impacts of climate change, with many of these events hitting the Asia-Pacific region the hardest. As it stands, we are losing the fight against climate change by lagging behind on Paris!-->…
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EXCLUSIVE: UN Secretary-General António Guterres Pens Op-Ed “Climate Change: An Unstoppable Movement Takes Hold”
In an exclusive op-ed passed onto Covering Climate Now partners, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres urges the world to mobilise action for climate change.
By: António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations
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New Report Finds Organic Agriculture Can Help SDG Progress Including Climate Change & Clean Water
A new report, conducted by Dutch organic specialist Eosta in collaboration with the University of Twente in the Netherlands, has found that organic agriculture can help make progress on 8 of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development!-->…
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Goldman Sachs Report Warns Tokyo, Shanghai & Mumbai To Brace For Climate Crisis
In a recently released report conducted by Goldman Sachs Global Market Institute, climate change will have devastating impacts on cities across the world, highlighting New York, Tokyo, Lagos and Shanghai amongst some of the worst affected.!-->…
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INTERVIEW: Extinction Rebellion “Our City Can Become A Leader In Climate Crisis Fight”
As everyone from students to world leaders is finally catching on to the direness of our environmental crisis, Extinction Rebellion made global headlines this year with their high-profile climate protest campaigns which include scaling the!-->…
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Hong Kong’s Greta: Student Activist Lance Lau Strikes Solo For The Climate Amidst Ridiculing
Hong Kong student Lance Lau might just be the next Greta Thunberg. The young climate activist has been campaigning outside his school for two weeks since the September Global Climate Strike held on 20th September. He has also joined!-->…
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2 Billion People Will Face Extreme Ocean Events Every Year By 2050
In a special report just released by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), our world is facing unprecedented dangers posed by global warming, which will affect the oceans and cryosphere that humanity!-->…
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B-Corp EcoMatcher’s Global Forest Program Lets Companies Plant Trees To Fight Climate Change
Hong Kong-based EcoMatcher allows companies to plant trees in different forests around the world and see progress virtually through their technology platform. The aim of the program is to offer full transparency with tree-planting!-->…
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7 Things You Didn’t Know About Swedish Teenage Climate Activist Greta Thunberg
It has been over a year since Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg made headlines when she staged her first school strike for climate change outside the Stockholm parliament building. The young climate activist has now become a global!-->…
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IN-DEPTH: We Can’t Solve Climate Change If Banking Industry Keeps Funding Fossil Fuels
From funding deforestation projects to giving loans to fossil fuel companies and keeping them insured, the banking & financial industry is underwriting global warming and it needs to stop. The solution? Divestment. While there is some!-->…
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Climate Inaction: Greta To World Leaders “You Have Stolen My Dreams, My Childhood With Your Empty Words”
Greta Thunberg tells world leaders: "How dare you!"
A group of young people, led by teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg, have lodged a legal complaint with the United Nations against five countries that are off-track with!-->!-->!-->…
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Global Warming Outpacing Steps To Protect Tokyo Olympic Athletes – Covering Climate Now
By: Yoshiyuki Ito, Sawaaki Hikita, Takashi Ishihara
Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics are testing a number of measures to counter the expected scorching heat next summer when outdoor track events are held.
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New UN Reports Shows 5-Year Period Ending 2019 Hottest Ever On Record
A just-released landmark report by the United Nations World Meteorological Organisation reveals the record-breaking state of global warming.
A new United Nations report published on Sunday reveals that global warming is at an all time!-->!-->!-->…
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IN PHOTOS: Student Climate Strikes Sweep Across Asia – As It Happened
Youth in Asia and the Pacific went on strike for the planet this past Friday September 20 2019, part of 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg 'Fridays For Future' campaign, to demand climate justice. Millions took to the!-->…
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Student Climate Strikes Across Asia: “There Is No Planet B”
For months, millions of young climate activists around the world have been taking to the streets on Fridays to demand governmental action on our planet’s most urgent issue: climate change. Ahead of the United Nations Climate Action Summit,!-->…
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The Whole World Agrees: Climate Crisis Is Here, So Where’s The Political Action?
In a poll commissioned by United Kingdom based organisation Hope Not Hate, the majority of people agree that the planet is facing a climate “emergency” and politicians are failing to combat the problem. Despite climate breakdown being!-->…
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OPINION: Why Hong Kong Needs A Meat Tax
While Trump’s decision to withdraw one of the biggest carbon polluters in the world from the Paris Agreement in 2017 was met with tough criticism amongst many Hong Kong residents, the small city is not exactly a role model for climate!-->…
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Greta Thunberg Tells US Congress: “You’re Not Trying Hard Enough. Sorry.”
The Swedish environmentalist was one of several who spoke at a Senate climate crisis task force.
By Lauren Gambino in Washington, D.C.
At a meeting of the Senate climate crisis task force on Tuesday, lawmakers praised a group!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Asia Climate Outlook Bleak: Population Boom, Rapid Urbanisation & Lack Of Leadership Underpins Crisis
As part of our Covering Climate Now week-long series, we are focusing on the climate crisis in Asia. As we reported earlier this week, Asia and the Pacific are particularly vulnerable to the most destructive effects of climate change.!-->…
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Second Hand Fashion Is Taking Over The World, From Thrift To Preloved Luxury
Global charity Oxfam has recently launched their #SecondHandSeptember campaign, calling on people to join the pledge to say no to new clothing for 30 days. Having been reusing and reselling clothes since 1948, the NGO has declared that!-->…
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INTERVIEW: Naomi Klein “We Are Seeing The Beginnings Of The Era Of Climate Barbarism”
In this interview, The No Logo author talks about solutions to the climate crisis, Greta Thunberg, birth strikes and how she finds hope.
By Natalie Hanman
NH: Why are you publishing this book now?
I still feel that the way that!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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