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U.N. climate negotiations began Monday on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon as leaders pushed for accelerating efforts to curb global warming by drastically reducing the carbon pollution that causes it. But top U.S. negotiators were absent. CBC | World News
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Brazil’s climate credentials tested by search for oil off Amazon coast
In Oiapoque, Brazil, hopes that oil will transform the economy hangs in air, after the government granted state-owned company Petrobras an exploratory license off the remote Amazonian city’s coast. At the same time, on the same coast, Brazilian president is hosting the world’s annual climate talks. CBC | World News
Read More »Did Bill Gates really say we don’t need to address climate change?
Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates has been in the news of late, with claims that he has changed his stance on climate change, following a memo he posted on his website. But is that really the case? CBC | World News
Read More »This is how much the Earth will warm with countries’ new climate plans, UN says
Countries have submitted their most recent round of promises and plans to fight climate change, and the UN has tallied them up in a new report. Here is its latest projection for how much the Earth is now expected to warm by the end of the century, and how Canada and the U.S. are contributing. CBC | World News
Read More »Italian winemakers look to new technologies with old grape varieties to adapt to a changing climate
As Italy’s vineyards grapple with summers that are longer and hotter, erratic weather and dwindling water, winemakers are being forced to rethink one of the oldest assumptions in their craft: terroir, the delicate interplay of soil, sun, wind, rain and human touch that gives each wine its specific taste. CBC | World News
Read More »How much of a role did climate change play with Hurricane Melissa?
Millions of people across the Caribbean are trying to deal with the devastating effects of Hurricane Melissa, which tore through the region this week, slamming into Jamaica as a Category 5 storm. Now, several groups have done a rapid analysis to determine what role climate change could have played. CBC | World News
Read More »Judge dismisses young activists’ lawsuit against Trump, concedes ‘very real’ climate harm
A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit from young climate activists seeking to block U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive orders promoting fossil fuels and discouraging renewable energy. CBC | World News
Read More »What’s slimy, green and flourishing thanks to climate change?
Canada’s lakes are changing because of warming caused by the burning of fossil fuels. Here’s why scientists are concerned. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump’s EPA wants to reverse course on dangers of GHG emissions, disrupting industries, climate goals
The Trump administration plans to rescind a long-standing finding by the Environmental Protection Agency that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health. It would end limits on pollution from vehicle tailpipes, power plants, smokestacks and other sources. CBC | World News
Read More »Swapping weather bombs for real bombs: The debate over climate change as national security heats up
While much of Western Canada, northern Ontario and Newfoundland burn this summer, there’s a growing debate about whether climate change should be considered a national security issue and questions about why it hasn’t already been looked at through that lens. CBC | World News
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