Climate Change

By Dana Nuccitelli When Category 5 Hurricane Otis roared through Acapulco, Mexico, in October 2023, the city was left in ruins.* Winds stripped facades from beachfront buildings and storm surge flooded lobbies. The storm killed at least…
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US president Joe Biden attacked Republican climate deniers as he proposed a new standard to protect American workers from extreme heat. “More people die from extreme heat than floods, hurricanes and tornadoes combined. These…
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A study of 160 countries shows a third don't mention children at all. By Anya Kamenetz Kathrin Zangerl is a pediatrician at the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health in Germany, where she is a specialist on how climate change affects…
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Andy Jarvis, director of the Bezos Earth Fund's Future of Food programme, talks alternative protein, Asian centre, government bans, VC investments, and stepping away from the us-versus-them mentality. Since announcing the $1B Future of…
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Per capita meat consumption is down by nearly 6% in France, though a possible far-right government has dented climate hopes. French people are eating less meat than they used to – especially beef – although it's still much higher…
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Swedish oat milk giant Oatly set up a soft-serve truck next to a legacy ice cream event hosted on Capitol Hill to raise awareness about Big Dairy's role in the climate crisis. As Americans walked up to Capitol Hill for some free ice…
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In an open letter, academics and organisations from across the world have asked the FAO to withdraw a livestock emissions report that they claim contains "significant methodological errors". A group of over 100 organisations,…
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An often insurmountable price barrier is keeping many people from buying plant-based alternatives to beef, pork, and chicken. By Ayurella Horn-Muller Isobelle McClements was 13 when she came home from school and told her parents she…
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German flag carrier Lufthansa is passing on the added costs from EU-mandated sustainable aviation fuel use to passengers, with a green surcharge of up to €72 per ticket across Europe. Lufthansa passengers departing from Europe from…
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Economists are seeing a growing link between isolated climate shocks and supply chain disruptions that lead to higher food costs. By Ayurella Horn-Muller It’s no secret that a warming world will drive food prices higher, a phenomenon…
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Quorn Foods is entering the blended meat category as part of foodservice and hospital offerings – its CEO Marco Bertacca explains why the mycoprotein giant is doing so. British meat-free leader Quorn Foods' mycoprotein will be mixed…
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Denmark will introduce a tax on carbon emissions from agriculture later this year to meet its climate goals, becoming the first country to do so. Farmers will need to shell out $100 per year for the greenhouse gas emissions from each of…
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Apple TV+ has announced Omnivore, an eight-part docuseries on the convergence of food and climate change created by the owner of the world's best restaurant. Crop failures, escalating prices, endangered trees – the effects of climate…
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A month after it unveiled the first Center for Sustainable Protein in North Carolina, the Bezos Earth Fund has opened its second alternative protein hub at Imperial College London. It plans to open a third centre in Asia soon. The Bezos…
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A group of athletes and climate scientists have warned that intense heat at the Paris Olympics – set to be the hottest games on record – could lead to competitors collapsing, or in worst-case scenarios, even dying. In 2021, with…
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As the climate crisis worsens, so does the security of those who report on it, leading many journalists to censor themselves or use sceptics for 'balance', a new survey finds. Nearly four in 10 journalists (39%) reporting on climate…
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Regardless of who wins next month, fossil fuel interests have multiple levers for influencing policy. By Freddie Daley and Peter Newell The UK is heading to the polls on July 4. Although it doesn’t get enough attention, the two major…
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The German Nutrition Society has reassessed the impacts of plant-based foods and changed its official position on veganism, noting that it can be a 'health-promoting' diet. The body responsible for creating Germany's dietary guidelines,…
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The majority of the world's population wants stronger climate action by their governments and a transition away from fossil fuels, the largest-ever climate survey has found. Most citizens of the world's biggest polluters want their…
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The UK's supreme court has ruled that the climate implications of fossil fuels must be taken into account by planning bodies, throwing new projects in doubt. Future fossil fuel extraction projects in the UK are in jeopardy, thanks to a…
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The Canadian government has announced it will ban open-net salmon farms in British Columbia in 2029, but environmentalists have criticised the five-year-long delay in implementation. By 2029, open-net salmon farming will be banned in…
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