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Earth at 8 billion: Consumption not crowd is key to climate

The world is getting hotter and more crowded and the two issues are connected, but not quite as much as people might think, expe...

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The inconvenient truth of Herman Daly: There is no economy without environment

Herman Daly had a flair for stating the obvious. When an economy creates more costs than benefits, he called it “uneconomic grow...

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Over 1,700 environment activists killed in decade – report

An environmental activist has been killed every two days on average over the past decade, a new study shows. The report from Globa...

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First public global database of fossil fuels launches

A first-of-its-kind database for tracking the world’s fossil fuel production, reserves and emissions launches on Monday to coinc...

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To build for a warming planet, architects look to nature – and the past

Fifteen years ago, Kyle Isacksen and his wife, Katy Chandler, lived in what most people in their home city of Reno, Nevada, would ...

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How the world’s loneliest tree is helping scientists advance climate change research

On a remote and windswept island some 700km south of New Zealand, grows the world's loneliest tree. Green, bushy, large — as tre...

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Deadly Floods Devastate an Already Fragile Pakistan

Across Pakistan, torrents of floodwater have ripped away mountainsides, swept buildings off their foundations and roared through t...

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How the world’s most ‘spongy’ city tackles floods

Tangled mats of muddy vegetation line the footpaths of Underwood Park, a narrow stripe of green winding along a creek beneath the ...

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Experts say the net zero concept is often used to delay taking action against emissions

As large parts of Europe and North America swelter and then ignite, a future of endless climate destruction seems inevitable. we'...

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Homogenized global food system puts people and planet at risk

Despite having 14,000 edible and nutritious plant species to choose from, 75% of the food we eat comes from just 12 plants and fi...

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‘In the mouth of dragons’: Melting glaciers threaten Pakistan’s north

cascading down from the melting glacier nearby, followed by a thick cloud of smoke. Hassanabad. "I expected women and children to ...

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Market values are destroying nature: UN report

A major UN report warned Monday that a global economy focused on short-term profit is wrecking the planet and called for a drastic...

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