More funding needed for climate adaptation, as risks mount
Countries must urgently ramp up action to adapt to the current and future impacts of climate change, as efforts now are too little and too...
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UN-backed report warns of rising wildfire threat
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Wildfires are projected to rise by 50 per cent by the end of the century due to the climate crisis and changes in land use,...
New environmental report offers solutions for ‘triple planetary crisis’
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The latest report, released days before the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) resumes, spotlights growing public health threats that are disrupting natural life cycles and having...
Wetlands: ‘Unsung heroes’ of the climate crisis
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Though they cover only around 6 per cent of the Earth’s land surface, 40 per cent of all plant and animal species live or breed...
UN report finds nature conservation funding must triple globally this decade
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It notes the spending gap in non-G20 countries, was even larger and more difficult to bridge....
2021 Year in Review: Climate action, or blah, blah, blah?
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To avoid catastrophic climate change, global temperatures rises need to be kept to a maximum of 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels, but the odds of...