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There's no issue more pressing on the global agenda than climate change. With so many companies & institutions scrambling towards solutions, find out what the experts have to say as you explore the latest in global warming & climate change news.

Top news of the week: 16.03.2023.

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@ChristopherNFox shared
On Mar 12, 2023
Gore said it would be “recklessly irresponsible” to approve the oil drilling. “The pollution it would generate will not only put Alaska native and other local communities at risk, it is incompatible with the ambition we need to achieve a net zero future" https://t.co/BNb6JDOMt0
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Biden denies reports that Alaska oil drilling project has been approved

Biden denies reports that Alaska oil drilling project has been approved

Signing off on the Willow plan would place the president’s political career in conflict with climate-minded Democrats

@LeoHickman shared
On Mar 13, 2023
RT @CarbonBrief: NEW – Climate resilience: Is the UK ready for the impacts of global warming? | @daisydunnesci @Josh_Gabbatiss @UKCRP_SPF Read here: https://t.co/8xIz8NlGwX https://t.co/mSfQBUYwWD
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Climate resilience: Is the UK ready for the impacts of global warming?

Climate resilience: Is the UK ready for the impacts of global warming?

Every area of UK society will feel the effects of climate change and, as global emissions continue to rise, preparing for life in a warmer world is crucial.

@WRIClimate shared
On Mar 15, 2023
A new study provides an emerging picture of distortions in the total amount of water both above ground and also in aquifers deep beneath the Earth’s surface due to climate change.💧 #ClimateNews @nytimes More👉🔗👇 https://t.co/M84IPR7jWW
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How Can We Measure Droughts and Deluges? Weigh the Planet.

How Can We Measure Droughts and Deluges? Weigh the Planet.

Using 20 years of satellite observations, researchers identified periods of extreme wetness and dryness, and found they were becoming larger, more frequent and more severe.

@RAN shared
On Mar 15, 2023
BREAKING: In 2022, the $192B WA state pension fund opposed climate & Indigenous rights resolutions at banks, insurers, & fossil fuel companies. Learn more: https://t.co/3I99ol9JCD https://t.co/xZsyEq26Bv
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REPORT: Making Washingtonians’ Money Matter

REPORT: Making Washingtonians’ Money Matter

The $192 billion WA state pension fund is regularly voting against commonsense climate resolutions at fossil fuel companies, banks, utilities, and insurance companies. Learn more

@LeoHickman shared
On Mar 14, 2023
RT @CarbonBrief: NEW – Heavy rainfall from New Zealand’s Cyclone Gabrielle ‘more common on warmer planet’ | @AyeshaTandon w/ comment from @FrediOtto @harrinluke @JArrighi Read here: https://t.co/ch2lowD0s2 https://t.co/aPCPg49fgP
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Heavy rainfall from New Zealand’s Cyclone Gabrielle ‘more common on warmer planet’

Heavy rainfall from New Zealand’s Cyclone Gabrielle ‘more common on warmer planet’

Heavy rainfall events comparable to the intense downpour that hit New Zealand in February 2023...

@guardian shared
On Mar 13, 2023
Sunak to focus on carbon capture and mini-nuclear reactors in energy policy https://t.co/k4r6su5JaG
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Sunak to focus on carbon capture and mini-nuclear reactors in energy policy

Sunak to focus on carbon capture and mini-nuclear reactors in energy policy

PM says energy security strategy will launch shortly after plans reworked to meet net zero commitments

@ret_ward shared
On Mar 15, 2023
RT @GRI_LSE: "The two Es missing from the industrial strategy outlined by the Chancellor today are the environment and energy." https://t.co/QOPYlfcAGF
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Response to the UK Budget

Response to the UK Budget

Commenting on the Budget, Josh Burke, Senior Policy Fellow at Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at...

@LeoHickman shared
On Mar 15, 2023
RT @CarbonBrief: NEW – Analysis: How the diversity of IPCC authors has changed over three decades | @AyeshaTandon Tom Pearson w/ comment from @AdamPolitics, J A M Orsini, K Riahi, @valmasdel, @KoBarrettIPCC, @ysaheb, @izpinto, E L L Rovere, D Roberts, @prabir_patra https://t.co/v7YbgMnhk5 1/9 https://t.co/v3PnUTegkW
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Analysis: How the diversity of IPCC authors has changed over three decades

Analysis: How the diversity of IPCC authors has changed over three decades

The proportion of female and global south authors of reports by the UN’s IPCC has risen over the past three decades but challenges remain.