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• Why water will be the next battleground in the fight against climate change

  28-11-2018 21:06 via theguardian.com
  In the third part of our series looking at the climate report Trump tried to bury over Thanksgiving, we look at its alarming projections for our water suppliesPart 2: why some pollution action is far better than none
  Part 1: how air pollution killsThe Trump administration published a major report on climate change the day after Thanksgiving. We will explore the key findings each day this week.Donald Trump doesn’t believe his own government’s major report on climate change – whi
  
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• The climate report Trump tried to bury – key findings No 3: water is the next battleground

  28-11-2018 21:06 via theguardian.com
  Critical water supplies will become harder to manage, as droughts and flooding continue to intensifyKey findings No 2: some pollution action is far better than none
  Key findings No 1: air pollution killsThe Trump administration published a major report on climate change the day after Thanksgiving. We will explore the key findings each day this week.Donald Trump doesn’t believe his own government’s major report on climate change – which the administration tried to bury over the
  
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• Global food system is broken, say world’s science academies

  28-11-2018 20:01 via theguardian.com
  Radical overhaul in farming and consumption, with less meat eating, needed to avoid hunger and climate catastropheThe global food system is broken, leaving billions of people either underfed or overweight and driving the planet towards climate catastrophe, according to 130 national academies of science and medicine across the world.Providing a healthy, affordable, and environmentally friendly diet for all people will require a radical transformation of the system, says the report by the InterAca
  
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• Coastal flooding and peat bogs | Letters

  28-11-2018 18:34 via theguardian.com
  More than 15,000 buildings were built in coastal areas at significant risk of coastal flooding in the UK between 2005 and 2014, write Tom Spencer and Gerd Masselink. Meanwhile Alastair Edwards says the Irish shouldn’t be bashed too much over their carbon emissions, but Dr John Doherty warns against erecting wind turbines on boglandThe UK Climate Projections 2018 study predicts significant sea level rise around the UK coastline by 2100 (Climate change ‘may force people to quit flood a
  
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• Great Barrier Reef: record heatwave may cause another coral bleaching event

  28-11-2018 18:00 via theguardian.com
  42.6C temperature in Cairns broke a November record that has stood since 1900 by 5.4CA record-breaking heatwave in north Queensland will further increase above-average marine temperatures, heightening the risk of another coral bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef next year, scientists say.Dozens of record November temperatures have been recorded in the region, most along the reef coastline, this week. Continue reading...
  
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• Canada: mother and baby killed by grizzly bear in Yukon

  28-11-2018 17:22 via theguardian.com
  Valérie Théorêt, 37, and her 10-month-old daughter were killed outside their cabin in a remote areaA young mother and her 10-month-old daughter have been killed by a grizzly bear meters from their cabin in Canada’s Yukon territory. Related: How to survive a bear encounter (and what to do if it all goes wrong)Continue reading...
  
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• Canada: a mother and her baby killed by grizzly bear in Yukon

  28-11-2018 17:22 via theguardian.com
  Valérie Théorêt, 37, and her 10-month-old daughter were killed outside their cabin in a remote areaA young mother and her 10-month-old daughter have been killed by a grizzly bear meters from their cabin in Canada’s Yukon territory.Valérie Théorêt, 37, and her daughter Adele Roesholt, were killed on Monday near Einarson Lake, a remote area 400km from territory’s capital of Whitehorse. Continue reading...
  
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• Grab your Geiger counter: a trip to Chernobyl's first rave

  28-11-2018 15:59 via theguardian.com
  The nuclear disaster site is being marketed as a tourist destination with novelty gas masks, radioactive ice cream and - now - a multimedia art show with the militaryIt is a two-hour drive from the centre of Kiev, following the banks of the Dnieper river into the woods. It is minus six degrees outside. Wild dogs scavenge at the side of the road.Our bus comes to a stop and military men in uniform tell us to disembark and ready our passports. We’re at the main check point of the Chernobyl ex
  
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• Costa launches reusable coffee cup with contactless payment technology

  28-11-2018 15:21
  On-the-go food and drink giant Costa Coffee is stocking a reusable coffee cup with a contactless payment chip across its UK stores, in a bid to incentivise customers to reduce their takeaway cup consumption.
  
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• Diving force: experts join forces to save the world's coral reefs

  28-11-2018 14:06 via theguardian.com
  Specialist diving group teams up with British conservation charity to lower impact of scuba tourism on threatened reefsThe threat posed to coral reefs by scuba diving in Egypt and Thailand is so serious that officials have banned certain operators or suspended the sport altogether, but now moves are afoot to make diving tourism more sustainable.A partnership between the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (Padi), the world’s largest training group, and the UN-backed Reef-World F
  
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• ASOS boss: The circular economy is the only way forward for fashion retailers

  28-11-2018 13:16
  Fashion retailers that fail to adopt circular economy principles and encourage consumers to make their clothes last longer will fail to survive in a new era of consumer awareness, ASOS's chief executive Nick Beighton has argued.
  
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• Business leadership in 2019: Calling on edie readers to take annual sustainability survey

  28-11-2018 12:59
  CSR, resource and energy professionals are invited to take a new annual survey developed by edie, which will help inform a major new report investigating the state of business leadership in 2019.
  
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• Climate change: EU aims to be 'climate neutral' by 2050

  28-11-2018 11:44 via bbc.co.uk
  The European Union says it wants to become the first major economy to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
  
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• Canary Wharf Group, Ball and PwC complete speaker line up for edie's sustainability leadership webinar

  28-11-2018 11:17
  Sustainability experts from manufacturing firm Ball Beverage Packaging Europe, property giant Canary Wharf Group and professional services firm PwC will appear on a free sustainability leadership webinar, taking place next week.
  
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• BEIS wants major carbon capture project delivered by mid-2020s

  28-11-2018 11:09
  The UK Government has today (28 November) unveiled plans to "make carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS) technologies a reality", including an aim to bring the nation's first large-scale CCUS facility online by the mid-2020s.
  
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• UN: World must triple efforts or face catastrophic climate change

  28-11-2018 10:23
  Countries are failing to take the action needed to stave off the worst effects of climate change, a UN report has found, and the commitments made in the 2015 Paris agreement will not be met unless governments introduce additional measures as a matter of urgency.
  
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• Seal colony in Norfolk expects more than 2,700 pups

  28-11-2018 10:17 via bbc.co.uk
  England's largest grey seal colony, in Norfolk, could see record numbers this pupping season.
  
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• Business leadership in 2019: edie readers invited to take annual sustainability survey

  28-11-2018 09:49
  CSR, resource and energy professionals are invited to take a new annual survey developed by edie, which will help inform a major new report investigating the state of business leadership in 2019.
  
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• Australian populations of threatened bird species halves in 30 years

  28-11-2018 08:27 via theguardian.com
  Migratory shorebirds populations down by average of 70% from 1985 to 2015Populations of threatened bird species in Australia halved in the past 30 years, according to a new national Threatened Bird Index.The index is the first part of a large data consolidation project being undertaken by the Threatened Species Recovery Hub, along with the University of Queensland and Birdlife Australia. Continue reading...
  
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• One in six pints of milk thrown away each year, study shows

  28-11-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Analysis suggests 116m tonnes of dairy products are wasted globally, with almost half lost before they even reach a storeOne in six pints of milk produced around the world is lost or wasted, according to research conducted at Edinburgh University for the Guardian.Sixteen percent of dairy products – 116m tonnes – is lost or discarded globally each year, according to Prof Peter Alexander, a member of the newly formed Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security. He calculated that r
  
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• Scott Morrison backs away from support for national energy guarantee

  28-11-2018 07:45 via theguardian.com
  Prime minister says the Coalition never supported the Neg with an emissions reduction target of 45%Scott Morrison has attempted to back away from his previous voluble support for the national energy guarantee by suggesting the Neg is not a Coalition measure if it has an emissions reduction target of 45%.The prime minister was asked by Labor in question time on Wednesday whether he agreed with his own previous assessments that the Neg achieved lower electricity prices. Continue reading...
  
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• Carbon capture and storage gets £20m 'sensible reboot'

  28-11-2018 07:01 via theguardian.com
  Government scrapped £1bn plan in 2015 but now aims to build project within a decadeThe UK wants to build its first project to capture and store carbon emissions from industry within the next decade, as part of a rebooted push by ministers to support the technology.The government scrapped a £1bn carbon capture and storage (CCS) competition in 2015, with the then-chancellor George Osborne saying it was too costly. Earlier efforts had also collapsed. Continue reading...
  
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• From burping cows and food miles to greenhouse gasses

  28-11-2018 04:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Why gases produced by livestock, along with the carbon footprint of many of the foods we eat, are a major factor in global warming.
  
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• Australia isn't on track to meet its 2030 emissions target, UN report says

  28-11-2018 02:51 via theguardian.com
  About half of the G20 countries will fall short of their Paris agreement pledges, scientists warn • Hundreds of students striking over climate change descend on parliament Australia is not on track to meet its 2030 emissions reduction targets and global greenhouse gas emissions are showing no signs of peaking, a new UN report has warned.In its annual emissions gap report, which looks at the gap between carbon reduction policies countries have in place and what is required to keep global war
  
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• Hundreds of students striking over climate change descend on parliament

  28-11-2018 01:49 via theguardian.com
  Students miss school to call on MPs to take emergency action ‘because this is our future’School students protesting climate change have arrived in Canberra after the prime minister told them to be less activist and go back to school.Hundreds of students lined up outside Parliament House on Wednesday wanting to speak to Scott Morrison and government ministers about taking emergency action against climate change. Continue reading...
  
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• The two Swedish mums who want people to give up flying for a year

  28-11-2018 01:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Two climate-conscious Swedish mums have launched a campaign urging people not to fly in 2019.
  
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• UK's first carbon capture and storage project 'operational by mid 2020s'

  28-11-2018 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Ministers give a timeline for the UK's first carbon capture and storage project, as research funding is announced.
  
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• Report urges Network Rail to rethink scale of line-side tree felling

  28-11-2018 01:01 via theguardian.com
  Management of UK rail lines fails to take environmental best practice into account An independent review into the scale of tree felling by Network Rail is calling for a complete cultural change by the company to focus on valuing nature and the environment.The review, published on Wednesday, was sparked after Guardian articles highlighted a threat to millions of line-side trees from Network Rail’s approach to managing the environment around its tracks and the scale of tree felling taking pl
  
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• Microplastic toxins leave shellfish at mercy of predators - research

  28-11-2018 01:01 via theguardian.com
  Chemical cocktail suppresses periwinkles’ ability to avoid crabs and disrupts food chainToxins leaching from microplastics leave shellfish at the mercy of predators, research has found. The chemicals completely suppress the ability of the periwinkles to detect and avoid the crabs that eat them.Microplastics plague the world’s rivers and oceans and absorb poisonous chemicals from the water. Previous work has shown mussels are harmed by these toxins when they eat microplastics, but the
  
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