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COP26 climate summit

Aircraft contrails are a climate menace. Can we rid the sky of them?

Technology

Aircraft contrails are a climate menace. Can we rid the sky of them?

The wispy cloud trails left by aircraft cause more warming than the carbon emissions from their fuel. Now there might be a simple way to stop them forming

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Pollinators are our secret weapon in the fight against global warming

Life

Pollinators are our secret weapon in the fight against global warming

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Yes, the global finance system must reform to avert a climate disaster

Environment

Yes, the global finance system must reform to avert a climate disaster

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What does net zero emissions really mean?

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What does 'net zero emissions' mean?

Street thermometer reading 39C

Environment

Keep warming under 1.5°C to stop tropics becoming too hot to live

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crop irrigation

Environment

Carbon-negative crops may mean water shortages for 4.5 billion people

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steel furnace

Environment

Climate targets at risk as green tech triggers higher energy demands

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Global CO2 emissions have already rebounded above pre-pandemic levels

Environment

Global CO2 emissions have already rebounded above pre-pandemic levels

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Flooded house

Environment

Climate change is leading to premature births in the Brazilian Amazon

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Greenpeace balloon in front of the Eiffel tower

Environment

We are nowhere near keeping warming below 1.5°C despite climate plans

The world is wildly off track meeting the Paris Agreement goal of holding temperature rises to 1.5ۜ°C, despite a recent series of more ambitious new national climate plans

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Environment

Motor industry lobbied for a loophole in UK fossil fuel car ban

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Life

How to spend a trillion dollars to fix climate change and end poverty

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Earth's magnetic field flipping linked to extinctions 42,000 years ago

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