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The Guardian • drought

Issue #2180

Africa climate crisis alert: 1.5ºC limit ‘shattered’

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres declared that the Africa climate crisis demands immediate global action, during the opening of the 39th Ordinary Session of the...

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Issue #2001

A reflection on climate change in Western Australia and New South Wales

On the 4th of March 2022, West Australian Premier Mark McGowan finally relented on his state’s “hard border” which protected its residents from COVID, and...

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Issue #2018

Listen to the science! State of the environment report

During the 2019-2020 bushfires thirty-three lives were lost, more than seven million hectares were burnt, more than 3,000 home destroyed. In the most recent floods,...

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Motorbike riding through flooded Cartagena, Colombia. Issue #2108

Climate crisis hits Latin America

In 2023 climatic changes in Latin America and the Caribbean affected basic infrastructure, clean water supply, electricity generation, and food production. This places livelihoods and...

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Issue #2180

GREEN NOTES

This year’s fire season in southern South America is affecting large parts of Argentinian Patagonia and Chile, along both sides of the Andes. Heat, drought,...

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Global briefs Issue #2055

GLOBAL BRIEFS

SERBIA: Last week Alexander Vucic, Serbia’s president, put the army on high combat alert over Kosovo clashes. The troops moved to the administrative border with...

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Issue #2131

GREEN NOTES

The only true path to energy security, stable power prices, prosperity and a liveable planet lies in abandoning polluting fossil fuels and accelerating the renewables-based...

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Issue #2147

Climate change and mental health

Australia is experiencing more floods, droughts and bushfires as climate change continues to gather pace. The findings of scientific studies reaffirm the interplay between resources,...

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