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Climate change tops agenda of New Zealand insurance companies Climate Change

Climate change tops agenda of New Zealand insurance companies

Navigation for News Categories Climate change is increasingly threatening homes and infrastructure. Photo: RNZ / Supplied Flooding, droughts, and other climate disasters have dominated the agenda at the Insurance Council of New Zealand 2022 Conference. Keynote speaker Dr Lucy Hone, an expert on resilience, said change was overdue for the…
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November 8, 2022
Ghana: ‘Climate Change a Global Emergency -Addo to COP27 #AfricaClimateCrisis Climate Change

Ghana: ‘Climate Change a Global Emergency -Addo to COP27 #AfricaClimateCrisis

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has described Climate Change as a "global emergency", and has urged the developed world to redeem a thirteen (13) year old pledge to make available $100 billion annually to help developing countries fight the scourge of climate change. Delivering Ghana's national…
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November 8, 2022
Famous Beaver Dams May Help Lessen Climate Change Damage to Water Quality Climate Change

Famous Beaver Dams May Help Lessen Climate Change Damage to Water Quality

A new study finds that when it comes to water quality in mountain watersheds, beaver dams can have a far greater influence than climate-driven, seasonal extremes in precipitation. As U.S. West warms, beavers will become a bigger boon to river water quality. As climate change worsens water quality and threatens…
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November 8, 2022
Eco-activist attacks on museum artwork ask us to figure out what we value Climate Change

Eco-activist attacks on museum artwork ask us to figure out what we value

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In the last few weeks climate change activists have perpetrated various acts of reversible vandalism against famous works of art in public galleries. In the latest incident on Oct. 27, two men entered the Mauritshuis gallery in the Hague. After taking off their jackets to reveal…
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November 4, 2022
New book confronts the intersection between mobility and the climate crisis Climate Change

New book confronts the intersection between mobility and the climate crisis

Credit: McGill-Queen's University Press A new book by Stephanie Sodero of the HCRI explores the intersection between fossil fuel-powered mobility and climate change and how communities and mobility need to be revolutionized in Sodero's homeland of Canada and beyond in the context of climate change. "Under the Weather: Reimagining Mobility…
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November 4, 2022