New IPCC climate report stresses Indigenous & local land rights 58 times: let’s respond with a concrete tenure plan.

The latest IPCC climate report mentions tenure security a whopping 58 times. This is a welcome shift in emphasis from the UN – strengthening land rights is a just and sustainable way to protect vulnerable landscapes in the climate fight, and one that works. By the report’s own estimate, time is almost up. As we […]

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20 September

Organic beef has a larger carbon footprint than feedlot beef

No matter the way it’s raised, beef comes with a steep climate cost.

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20 September

Tribes hit hard by wildfires face health effects, cultural losses

Tribal leaders across Washington and Oregon say this year’s record-breaking wildfires burned timber that they rely on for income, threatened food sources and waterways, and harmed the health of their communities.

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20 September

Rooftop rainwater sprinkler systems could help cool warming cities, study says

Researchers have designed a model to simulate how widely distributed rooftop rainwater collection tanks combined with smart rooftop sprinkler systems could help moderate urban heat island effects.

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20 September

Judge says EPA illegally canceled $7B solar program

A federal judge in Rhode Island has ruled that the Trump administration illegally terminated a $7 billion Solar for All program intended to make solar power accessible to more than 900,000 lower-income Americans.

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20 September

Scientists developing new soybean to store carbon, withstand drought

Researchers are engineering soybeans with deeper, larger root systems that could help crops withstand drought while storing more carbon underground.

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18 September

How climate change worsened Nepal's deadly mountain collapse

A glacier and rock collapse in Nepal killed nearly 1,400 people and left thousands missing. Scientists say decades of warming helped set the disaster in motion.

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18 September

‘Forcing a reckoning’: How Asia is preparing for a ‘supersized’ El Niño

From Sri Lanka to South Korea, governments are preparing for droughts, wildfires, typhoons and floods – with climate plans facing their biggest challenge to date.

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