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We are on a highway to climate hell

Every fraction of a degree matters. Every day matters. Limiting global temperature rise is still possible. In 2025, countries must deliver bold, concrete & urgent

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Climate Investment Funds backs a $500 million plan for Ethiopia to restore degraded land, protect forests, and enhance food security in drought-prone areas.

Many of America's bridges were built generations ago, and climate change is exposing their vulnerabilities. Through the Biden-Harris infrastructure package, we're doing something about it, supporting over 10,000 bridge improvements. #climate www.nytimes.com/2024/09/02/c...

Climate Change Can Cause Bridges to ‘Fall Apart Like Tinkertoys,’ Experts Say

Extreme heat and flooding are accelerating the deterioration of bridges, engineers say, posing a quiet but growing threat.

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How climate change & global instability are challenging European monetary policy With the increase in climate-related extreme events, inflation through supply shocks threatens to become the norm. Experts recommend rethinking the distribution of roles between the ECB/governments tinyurl.com/28f4wxnz

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Air pollution from burning fossil fuels leads to at least 4 million premature deaths every year. Even if climate change wasn’t a thing, we still should switch to other forms of energy.

Air pollution from burning fossil fuels leads to at least 4 million premature deaths every year. 

Even if climate change wasn’t a thing, we still should switch to other forms of energy.

A study has found low and middle-income countries in Africa and Asia, that have made the least contribution to the global emission of greenhouse gasses, continue to experience the greatest burden from infectious diseases and the highest vulnerability towards climate change. Via Oxford

A study has found low and middle-income countries in Africa and Asia, that have made the least contribution to the global emission of greenhouse gasses, continue to experience the greatest burden from infectious diseases and the highest vulnerability towards climate change.

Here is the appropriate graphic from the think tank Climate Analytics: The black line is important. It shows the annual emissions of the past. The green line, in turn, shows what happens if we continue the current expansion rates of renewable energies. #climate #climatechange

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Heat wave blanketing Olympics ‘impossible’ without climate change Scientists said a heatwave that has stretched across Mediterranean countries would have been 3 degrees Celsius cooler were it not for years of fossil fuel emissions. #climate #climatechange #olympics www.politico.eu/article/scor...

Heat wave blanketing Olympics ‘impossible’ without climate change

Scientists said a heatwave that has stretched across Mediterranean countries would have been 3 degrees Celsius cooler were it not for years of fossil fuel emissions.

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As Harris brings in endorsements from climate groups, it’s a good time to re-post this excerpt from Saving Ourselves: collective and political action is absolutely necessary to address the climate crisis. Individual actions alone can’t get us where we need to go! tinyurl.com/2cmaxxox

Taking power as individuals (and why individual climate action can’t save us) | Brookings

Individual action can be effective in combating climate change, but broader changes in the systems which run industrialized societies are also needed.

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The climate crisis is hitting every nation's security, economy, and people with rising fury and spiraling costs. Governments need to treat bold climate plans as core business across all ministries, with G20 countries leading the way. #climate #climatechange