Tag: Climate change
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A global shift to 100% renewables is not just cleaner – it’s about equality
Communities in Germany, Canada and Uganda are already reaping the benefits of moving away from fossil fuels to more decentralised energy systems
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Green news roundup: Extreme heatwaves, the cooling problem and puffins in peril
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How humans are driving the sixth mass extinction
Scientists have been warning for decades that human actions are pushing life on our shared planet toward mass extinction. Such extinction events have occurred five times in the past, but a bold new paper finds that this time would be fundamentally different. Fortunately, there’s still time to stop it.
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Marine food chains at risk of collapse, extensive study of world’s oceans finds
Important ecosystems could be massively damaged by 2050 unless greenhouse gas emissions and localised pollution is drastically reduced, researchers say
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Green news roundup: coral die-off, wildlife in Chernobyl and Africa’s largest windfarm
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Mirror The World: Vivienne Westwood puts Venice centre stage on the Paris catwalk
This collection was named ‘Mirror the World‘ and it’s about saving Venice (and the rest of the world) from the effects of climate change. Describing Venice as an ’emporium of culture’ Vivienne Westwood’s Spring Summer 2016 show references its ‘carnivals’, the dressing up, the disguises and how anything can seem possible; the poor can become…