Urban planners can take steps to reduce the heat cities may experience from climate change, but there would be other consequences and tradeoffs to consider, according to a study at Purdue University.
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Global warming turns 120 next year… sort of. Next year will be the 120th anniversary of the first time we figured out that human activity could be causing climate change.
A legal case will consider if the emissions of 50 fossil fuel companies violate the human rights of those hit by extreme weather.
Today we remember and stand with Berta Cáceres, the Honduran indigenous and environmental rights campaigner, murdered yesterday in her home.
What if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance we’ll ever get to build a better world?
Cop21 is over, the reactions: John Kerry, US secretary of state, said: “This is a tremendous victory for all of our citizens . . . It is a victory for all of the planet and for future generations . . . I know that all of us will be better off for the agreement we have finalised here today.”
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