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The mission of this working group is to explore the evidence regarding points of leverage assisting human groups in coping with or reducing the risk of global climate change.

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Most Americans ready to take climate action --survey

Wed, 2024-06-05 10:23 — mike kraft

Survey: Americans ready to take climate action

Most Americans are willing to take steps to help address climate change, a new survey finds.

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61% of Americans feel vulnerable to a lower quality of life due to climate change, while 57% worry about climate-related health risks, per the survey.

61% of Americans are open to drinking recycled wastewater in the face of water shortages, 74% would eat food grown using recycled water, and 82% would pay more to filter microplastics out of their drinking water.
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Vermont becomes 1st state to enact law requiring oil companies pay for damage from climate change

Fri, 2024-05-31 19:20 — mike kraft

Vermont becomes 1st state to enact law requiring oil companies pay for damage from climate change Vermont has become the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the damage caused by climate change after the state suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage from other extreme weather. AP News

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Analysis: Weathy countries earned billions from climate change programs for developing nations.

Wed, 2024-05-22 09:39 — mike kraft

Rich nations are earning billions from a pledge to help fix climate Wealthy countries sent climate funding to the developing world in recent years with interest rates or strings attached that benefited the donor nations, a Reuters data analysis found. Reuters

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Maritime court says countries have legal duty to cut greenhouse emissions

Wed, 2024-05-22 09:32 — mike kraft

States have legal duty to cut greenhouse emissions, says top maritime court Wealthy states must cut emissions faster than their developing peers, court says, in major step for climate justice The Guardian

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Climate change and heat is linked to worsening brain diseases

Tue, 2024-05-21 20:04 — mike kraft

Climate change is linked to worsening brain diseases Climate change is making the symptoms of certain brain conditions worse, our new review published in The Lancet Neurology has found. Conditions that can worsen as temperature and humidity rise include ... Medical Xpress

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Europe reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 5% last year

Thu, 2024-05-16 12:46 — mike kraft

How Europe reduced its greenhouse gas emissions last year The European Union's greenhouse gas emissions fell by 5% last year, official data published this week showed, continuing a trend of declining emissions in Europe. Kate Abnett Reuters

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Millions more older adults at risk in the future from extreme heat

Thu, 2024-05-16 12:30 — mike kraft

Extreme heat will put millions more older adults at risk in the future By 2050, as many as an additional 246 million adults 69 and older could experience temperature extremes that exceed 37.5° Celsius. Aimee Cunningham Science News

The new projection suggests that more than 23 percent of the global population of these older adults — largely concentrated in Africa and Asia — will encounter this intense heat, compared with 14 percent today.

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The 2024 Europe report on health and climate change: unprecedented warming demands unprecedented action-Lancet study

Thu, 2024-05-16 11:53 — mike kraft

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Climate change’s economic bite will hit about $38 trillion a year by 2049--study

Thu, 2024-05-16 10:19 — mike kraft

New study calculates climate change's economic bite will hit about $38 trillion a year by 2049 A new study says climate change will reduce future global income by about 19% in the next 25 years compared to a fictional world that’s not warming, with the poorest areas and those least responsible for heat-trapping gases taking the biggest monetary hit. AP News

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Climate change significantly worsened heat waves inAsia, parts of Mideast

Wed, 2024-05-15 12:37 — mike kraft

Climate change worsened deadly heat waves in April and May across Asia In the Philippines, the record heat was "virtually impossible" without climate change. Andrew Freedman Axios

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Extreme heat, spanning Lebanon to the Philippines since April, is being blamed for hundreds of deaths. It's added to the suffering of people who lack access to air conditioning, including displaced persons in the Middle East, the study notes.

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