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China's national flags flutter in front of a coal-powered power station in Datong, China's northern Shanxi province on November 3, 2021. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP) (Photo by NOEL CELIS/AFP via Getty Images)

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Why the climate crown is ready for China to take – if it wants to

With the US in retreat from climate negotiations, China's Xi Jinping could become the next green global leader

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An early-warning system for climate 'tipping points' is an awful idea

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An early-warning system for climate 'tipping points' is an awful idea

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We now know how much emissions have delayed the next glacial period

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The ocean is losing its ability to store heat as the planet warms up

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Antarctic ice sheet may be less vulnerable to collapse than expected

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2GNHAFF Plakat: SOS. Am 24. September 2021 versammelten sich in Munchen 29.000 Menschen beim Globalen Klimastreik vor der Bundestagswahl, um ein deutliches Zeichen fur Klimaschutz & Umweltschutz, die Einhaltung des Pariser Abkommens und das 1,5 Grad Ziel und um Druck auf die Wahler*innen sowie die Parteien auszuuben. * On September 24, 2021 29,000 people joined the global climate strike two days before the German Parliamentary Elections in Munich, Germany. They protested to show a clear message for climate and environmental protection, for the Paris Agreement & the 1.5 degree goal, and to make pre

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Are we entering a dangerous new phase of climate change?

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2KEFP4Y London, England, UK. 12th Nov, 2022. A protester outside Shell HQ holds a sign referencing the film 'Don't Look Up'. Thousands of people gathered outside Shell Headquarters in London and marched to Trafalgar Square as part of the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice as world leaders meet in Egypt for COP27. (Credit Image: ?? Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire) Credit: ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy Live News

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After another dire year for the environment, here's to better times

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Members of the Indigenous People Association stage a protest to demand action on climate change, holding big head cut-outs of world leaders U.S. President Joe Biden, China's President Xi Jinping, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, on the waters of Botafogo Bay, ahead of the G20 Summit, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil November 16, 2024. REUTERS/Tuane Fernandes SEARCH

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To fix the world's problems, we need both optimism and pessimism

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We finally have an explanation for 2023’s record-breaking temperatures

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Antarctica is in crisis and we are scrambling to understand its future

The last two years have seen unprecedented falls in the levels of sea ice around Antarctica, which serves as a protective wall for the continent's huge ice sheets. Researchers are now racing to understand the global impact of what could happen next

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Mayors are the leaders we need to help fight climate change

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Humanity has warmed the planet by 1.5°C since 1700

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Clean energy rollout means China’s emissions may have peaked

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Earth is now gaining less heat than it has for several years

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