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Is climate change reversible, is it the same as global warming and is it caused by humans?

Is climate change reversible, is it the same as global warming and is it caused by humans?

Climate change has been a touchy topic of conversation more than ever before, and unless tackled quickly, it can destroy the planet we live on. But is climate change reversible and is it caused by humans?

Fighting climate change: Three snapshots of building resilience - Somalia
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Fighting climate change: Three snapshots of building resilience - Somalia

Would you be surprised to discover that climate change is one of the biggest threats in the fight to end global poverty?

Less rain and snowfall in Afghanistan: high level of food assistance needed until early 2019
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Less rain and snowfall in Afghanistan: high level of food assistance needed until early 2019

The Famine Early Warning System (FEWS) has reported that in 22 of Afghanistan's provinces, cumulative rain and snowfall during the 'wet season' – October 2017 to May 2018 – was 30 to 60 per cent below average.

Nigeria herders, farmers conflict highlights squeeze on arable land
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Nigeria herders, farmers conflict highlights squeeze on arable land

Fertile land is dwindling due to climate change combined with a population boom and is fueling conflicts across the continent

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New projects to boost renewable energy and improve climate resilience in Marshall Islands
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New projects to boost renewable energy and improve climate resilience in Marshall Islands

The World Bank and the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands this week launched two climate change related projects that will increase investments in renewable energy, promote energy efficiency, and enhance the country's resilience to the impacts of climate change

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Zambia is stepping up efforts for a climate-resilient future
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Zambia is stepping up efforts for a climate-resilient future

Zambia is highly vulnerable to climate change mainly because the livelihoods of its people are very dependent on natural resources.

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Experts meet to scale up efforts to tackle climate change displacement
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Experts meet to scale up efforts to tackle climate change displacement

Stakeholders from all over the world are gathered in Switzerland this week to contribute to the work of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Task Force on Displacement.

ORIGINAL REPORTING
aerial view of Louisiana Delta

Vanishing Bayous: On a boat at ground zero for sea level rise

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Department of Energy allocates $134 million for fusion funding

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Study finds Indigenous territories of Amazon rainforest can protect humans from disease

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New EPA proposal aims to strike down landmark climate "endangerment finding"

Wildfire burns historic Grand Canyon lodge as toxic gas leak complicates response

Trump administration redirects clean energy funds in defiance of Congress

CLIMATE
Smiling people with signs marching in support of science.

Judge allows Trump to cut more than $1bn in National Science Foundation grants

A blue and white ship at sea with LNG written on the side of it.

Wright and Burgum urge Europe to rethink methane curbs