Legal Planet

JANUARY 9, 2025

Is climate change behind the insane 80 mph winds (which Angelenos will tell you were wilder than any Santa Ana winds weve seen before)? There’s not really much evidence that climate change has increased or decreased the magnitude or likelihood of the wind events themselves in Southern California, Swain says in this UCLA report.

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New Scientist

MAY 9, 2025

Extreme weather events are the most dramatic consequence of climate change, but there are many smaller ways it disturbs our daily life

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Climate Change 139

New Scientist

JUNE 18, 2025

Even if agricultural practices adapt in response to higher temperatures, five of the world's six main staple crops will suffer severe losses due to climate change

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Climate Change 145

Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 31, 2024

This important gathering, known as COP29 (which stands for the ‘Conference of the Parties’), is the 29th annual United Nations climate negotiations since the establishment of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 1995. to support countries needing help with climate adaptation and emission reduction.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 19, 2025

The suit, which was filed in 2015, alleges that RWE’s historic GHG emissions—amounting to approximately 0.38% of GHG emissions since the Industrial Revolution—have materially contributed to climate change and, specifically, to the accelerated melting of mountain glaciers near Lliuya‘s hometown.

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Yale E360

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Wildfires, floods, intense heat, droughts, and other extreme events fueled by climate change are threatening water systems in the U.S. and around the globe. Experts warn of the increasing threat of contamination and the need to improve infrastructure to keep drinking water safe. Read more on E360

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Climate Change 349

Earthava

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The post Plastic Pollution and Climate Change: Understanding Their Interconnected Impact on Our Planet appeared first on Earthava. Plastic pollution poses a significant threat not only to ecosystems but also to the climate.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 19, 2024

Accelerating risks from climate change are colliding with shortcomings in insurance markets—such as a lack of transparent information and affordability provisions—to create a perfect storm for people and communities on the front lines of floods, droughts, and wildfires. Many of these disasters bear the fingerprints of climate change.

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Inside Climate News

OCTOBER 12, 2024

By Sean Sublette A preliminary analysis from the team of scientists at World Weather Attribution indicates the rainfall from Hurricane Milton across Florida was 20 percent to 30 percent heavier and rainfall intensity was about twice as likely as it would have been in the climate of the late 19th century.

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Climate Change 145

Environmental News Bits

JUNE 16, 2025

While the climate science community has highlighted the critical need for immediate action towards a 1.5

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Legal Planet

MARCH 3, 2025

This Climate Superfund Fund would be created in the State Treasury. This fund would be utilized to cover adaptation, mitigation, and recovery response for the states damages caused by climate change. Disadvantaged communities are hit first and worst by extreme weather events and climate-related disasters.

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

It’s 20 years since we started blogging on climate here on RealClimate (December 10, 2004). We wanted to counter disinformation about climate change that was spreading through various campaigns. In a nutshell, they are responsible for climate change, mainly due to an increased greenhouse effect.

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Yale E360

JANUARY 10, 2025

Wildfires in Southern California have burned tens of thousands of acres, destroyed thousands of buildings, and killed at least 10 people. Experts say global warming may have set the stage for the catastrophic blazes. Read more on E360

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 7, 2025

Scientists are sounding the alarm because this warming is shockingly bigbigger than what we would have expected given the long-term warming trend from fossil fuel-caused climate change. Meanwhile, sharply cutting our use of fossil fuels is the best way to limit carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions, the primary driver of climate change.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 18, 2025

The worlds largest fossil fuel and cement producers have known for decades that their products cause climate change, yet they spread disinformation to misinform the public and have profited as people around the world have suffered from ever-worsening climate impacts.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Last month, 44 climate scientists from 15 countries wrote an open letter to the Nordic Council of Ministers highlighting the risk of a potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a critical ocean current system in the Atlantic Ocean. But what exactly would cause the AMOC to collapse?

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Scientific American

MAY 9, 2025

Young people today will be exposed to a number of heat waves that no one would have experienced before the burning of fossil fuels started raising global temperatures

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Scientific American

JUNE 6, 2025

With wildfires turning forests into “massive carbon emitters,” planting trees in some places could inadvertently increase carbon emissions, a new report says

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Understanding sea level rise as a long-term, multi-generational problem is essential to comprehending the scale of climate change and the need for bold action now. While this knowledge may be sobering, it underscores the importance of reducing emissions, holding major polluters accountable, and adapting to a changing world.

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Sea Level Carbon Dioxide Fossil Fuels Ocean 260

Inside Climate News

JANUARY 15, 2025

Wide temperature swings in Wisconsin and Minnesota have delayed the formation of ice thick enough to support anglers and other outdoor recreationists. By Kristoffer Tigue Andy Volicek has been ice fishing at his cabin in Washburn County, Wisconsin, roughly 75 miles northeast of the Twin Cities, every year for more than two decades.

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Climate Change 116

Legal Planet

APRIL 1, 2025

Discussing climate change at a large workshop can provide important policy insights and opportunities for networking, but it necessarily lacks the human element. The first goal of the campaign was to create awareness about climate change. To address this, SEWA created the Climate School. Download as PDF

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Wetlands help mitigate climate change by trapping and storing carbon. While development, forestry, and climate change all contribute to wetland loss, draining for agriculture has been the single biggest cause since the 1800s. But wetland loss doesnt just increase flood riskit also drives climate change.

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Inside Climate News

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Modeling shows an estimated loss of global GDP of up to 50 percent in coming decadesunless we make changes now. Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radios environmental news magazine , an interview by Jenni Doering with Dr. Tim Lenton, a professor at the University of Exeter.

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Inside Climate News

JANUARY 10, 2025

A recent study explains how warmer temperatures at the top of the planet destabilize the jet stream and allow colder air to travel south. By Kristoffer Tigue A second bout of severe winter weather is set to pummel the central United States with freezing temperatures and icy conditions, forecasters warned this week.

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Climate Change 141

Legal Planet

JULY 2, 2025

The dissent by Judge Katsas summarized the factors as “(1) environmental impacts, including climate change, (2) energy security, (3) production of renewable fuels, (4) infrastructure, (5) costs, including fuel and food costs, and (6) other factors.” Nearly all U.S. In short, biofuels seem like a failed experiment.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 9, 2025

Thats why I believe the Climate Accountability Act is a critical step for Wisconsin, especially given all the ways the federal government is trying to move us backward on addressing climate change. the federal government is trying to move us backwards on addressing climate change.

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Yale E360

MARCH 17, 2025

Hearings began Monday in a landmark climate case in Hamm, Germany, where a Peruvian farmer is suing energy giant RWE over its role in warming. Read more on E360

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Climate Change 288

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 8, 2025

Floods can come from rain-on-snow events and from high spring temperatures that melt the snow faster, and climate change is triggering earlier and faster snowmelt. In the Midwest, Lake Erie has the LEOFS (Lake Erie Operational Forecast System) to better manage water levels affected by seasonal variations and climate change.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 18, 2025

The fossil fuel industrys role in driving climate change is undeniable, yet corporate accountability remains a contested space. As the scientific evidence strengthens, courts around the world are increasingly considering the role of major fossil fuel companies in climate-related damages. Cases such as Milieudefensie et al.

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Sea Level Fossil Fuels Climate Change Ocean 162

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Some estimates suggest they could disappear by 2030 due to the climate change triggered by human fossil fuel use, which began less than 200 years ago. Glaciers, once thought of as static, timeless icons, have become a fleeting phenomenon, highlighting the urgent need for action on climate change.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Now, what’s desperately needed are new funding commitments from countries to help meet the significant and growing needs as the climate crisis worsens. Climate vulnerable countries need funding to start flowing quickly. C above pre-industrial levels, and underscoring how world leaders are failing their people. to 2.8 °C

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Electric vehicles (EVs) are a cleaner option than gasoline alternatives and are essential for reducing emissions that cause climate change and illnesses. Make decisionmaking in transportation and land use planning more democratic, accessible, and equitable. But how we get to fully electric matters.

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Recycling Electricity Climate Change Air Pollution 311

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 26, 2025

Increasing clean energy is affordable The two main drivers for recent electricity cost increases are Maine’s and New England’s over-dependence on imported methane gas for more than half of the region’s electricity and the increase in climate change-fueled extreme weather events.

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Electricity Clean Energy Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels 245

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 17, 2024

None of this should make you feel better, either about the election or climate change. Yes, your favored candidate could sweep the swing states, and yes, climate change could be more moderate than we now expect.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 15, 2025

The alleged scheme involved hacking into the email accounts of staff members at UCS and several other public interest organizations, all of whom were working to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for their role in climate change. The court filing alleges that the US government possesses evidence that a D.C.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 14, 2025

The last IPCC report stated that climate-related litigation has influenced the outcome and ambition of climate governance. It also highlighted that outside the formal climate policy processes, climate litigation is an important arena for various actors to confront and interact over how climate change should be governed.

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Fossil Fuels Climate Change Law Government 181

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 17, 2025

The IPCC compiles scientific insights on climate change, informing policymakers and the public about risks and possible actions. In essence, combined with climate models, they provide a way to envision the consequences of different actions or inactions. What Are Future Climate Scenarios?

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