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Climate change
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Murder of activist Berta Cáceres sparks violent clashes in HondurasStudents clashed with riot police on Thursday amid anger over failure to protect a high-profile campaigner who had repeatedly received threats on her life
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Germany and Austria call for higher EU 2030 climate ambitionClimate Home: Environment ministers criticise ‘very weak’ European commission response to Paris climate pact – but other states defend existing target
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When it comes to a shift to low-carbon energy, key players need a history lessonAndrew Simms: From railway rollouts to post-war ‘homes for heroes’, history shows us that societies are capable of great and rapid transition in response to a known challenge with clear targets
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Why is 2016 smashing heat records?January and February have both broken temperature records. Karl Mathiesen examines how much is down to El Niño versus manmade climate change
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Greenland's ice melt accelerating as surface darkens, raising sea levelsWinnowing away of the ice, exacerbated by soot blown on to the ice from wildfires, means Greenland’s ice sheet is stuck in a ‘feedback loop’
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Ted Cruz's favorite temperature data just got a lot hotterDana Nuccitelli: A new paper makes Ted Cruz’s favorite chart obsolete, as atmospheric temperatures set a new record
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Climate change is a potent element in the deadly brew of disaster riskBy tackling the environment we can also mitigate the impact of disasters, as heatwaves, droughts and floods threaten the lives of millions
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More than half a million could die as climate change impacts diet – reportNew research shows global warming’s effect on the quality of food available could kill more than 500,000 people a year around the world by 2050
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Green Investment Bank could be snapped up by foreign buyersInstitution set up to power UK’s green energy revolution could switch to funding more lucrative schemes abroad, say critics
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Warren Buffett to shareholders: climate change is nothing to worry aboutCritics take the billionaire investor to task for saying, in an annual shareholder letter, that fears about the negative impact of climate change on Berkshire Hathaway’s insurance business are unfounded
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Syria’s drought 'has likely been its worst in 900 years'New findings show a ‘convergence of evidence’ that climate change has influenced the Syrian drought, Climate Central reports
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Climate scientists worry about the costs of sea level riseJohn Abraham: New research addresses the economic costs of damages associated with sea level rise
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Natural disasters costing Australia 50% more than estimatedReports find increases in family violence and mental health problems due to stress of natural disasters outweighs cost of rebuilding infrastructure
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Climate activists threaten to shut down world's major coal sitesReclaim the Power says it will use direct action at a dozen international sites in May, including the UK’s largest opencast coal mine in south Wales
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How Leonardo DiCaprio became one of the world's top climate change championsThe Oscar-winning actor’s environmental activism may not quite stretch back to What’s Eating Gilbert Grape but he has steadily schooled himself on the oceans and climate change since the 1990s
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EU set to emit 2bn tonnes more CO2 than Paris climate pledgeNote from the European commission reveals emissions trading system allowance numbers are not in line with global 2C target
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Leonardo DiCaprio leads political charge at 2016 OscarsThe Academy Award ceremony saw a plethora of principled statements from the winners’ podium – with more than #OscarsSoWhite in their sights
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China coal consumption drops againCoal use fell 3.7% in 2015, following 2.9% drop in 2014, as China tries to wean itself off fuel that causes local air pollution problems and global warming
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EU's ban on inefficient toasters delayed to avoid pro-Brexit press attackMeasures to save 10m tonnes of CO2 emissions per year have been delayed amid concerns highlighted by ‘toastergate’
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Clive James: ‘None of us realised that the bushfires and floods were climate change’At our weatherboard infants’ school in the bush, the memorably severe Miss Cashman had to get us to safety when the bushfire came
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Tasmania's bushfires: a human-made calamity on par with the razing of Palmyra's templesAs 1,000-year-old trees turn to ash and dried-out peat bogs burn, the devastation of these precious plains is a harbinger of a warmer, far less wonderful world
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Heathrow 13 climate change protesters: 'We'll be back' – videoBefore receiving suspended sentences on Thursday, the Heathrow 13 climate change activists explain why they they occupied the airport
EU open to increasing 2030 carbon target, says top climate negotiator