Top news of the week: 31.03.2021.
Climate
Stopping climate change disinformation on Facebook
Climate change disinformation is spreading rapidly across Facebook’s social media platform, threatening the ability of citizens and…
India and Other South Asian Countries to Face More Frequent Deadly Heatwaves Due to Global Warming
With a global 2°C rise in temperatures, South Asia’s exposure to deadly heatwaves is expected to triple compared to the current exposure! - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com
Bangladesh at 50: Why climate change could destroy my ancestral home
As Bangladesh turns 50, a UK-Bangladeshi reflects on how climate change affects his parent's country.
UK-hosted summit seeks solutions for 'searing injustice' of climate change
Ministerial meeting aims to give developing nations suffering the worst impacts of global warming an opportunity to help set the global political agenda on issues like climate finance
Senate Democrats plan to employ an obscure legislative tool to reinstate an Obama-era climate change rule.
Democrats hope to wipe out some of the executive-branch policies enacted in the last days of the Trump administration.
A net-zero strategy for Biden to lead the US on climate action
A net-zero policy pathway would make the U.S. a global leader, creating millions of new jobs and trillions in economic benefits along the way.
Cutting your carbon footprint matters a lot — if you’re rich
A new book pushes back against the narrative that individual actions make little difference to the climate.
Here’s how Biden’s infrastructure package will likely tackle climate change
Biden's infrastructure plan will likely include record spending on mitigating climate change and accelerating a clean energy transition.