Impacts
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Climate threats could cost Alaska billions. After October's storm, advocates say it’s time to act

Following a powerful storm that displaced entire Indigenous villages, advocates say Alaska must move beyond studies and reports to fund real protections against worsening climate threats.

alaskabeacon.com
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COP30: Could Brazil’s ambitious new ‘Tropical Forests Forever’ fund help curb deforestation?

With over $5.5 billion in initial pledges and a goal of $125 billion, the Tropical Forests Forever Facility initiative aims to reshape global forest economics while drawing both praise and criticism.

www.euronews.com
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The ocean has been hoarding heat. Now it is building up a massive 'burp'

Even if humans cut emissions enough to reduce global temperatures, new research shows the Southern Ocean could kick warming back into gear.
grist.org
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Firefighters wear wristbands to track harmful exposures

As wildfires increasingly burn through urban areas, researchers are equipping firefighters with silicone wristbands to measure their exposure to hazardous chemicals released from burning buildings and vehicles.

cen.acs.org
A bobblehead of President Donald Trump on the floor of the Arizona House of Representatives

‘Trump is against humankind’: World leaders at climate summit take swipes at absent president

Some of Thursday's speeches reflected anger and dismay at U.S. policies but could not hide the ambivalence that many countries feel about this year's climate talks.
www.politico.com
Large crowd gathered at the Place de la République, Paris, France for climate protest

10 years after the Paris Climate Agreement, here's where we are

Has anything really changed in the decade since the Paris Agreement was reached? Actually, quite a lot.
www.nytimes.com
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Planet in peril: 30 years of climate talks in six charts

As leaders gather for the U.N. climate summit in Brazil this month - three decades after the world's first annual climate conference - the data charting progress in the fight against global warming tells a sobering story.
www.reuters.com
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Disasters like Hurricane Melissa put pressure on immigrants

After Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica, Canada’s Caribbean communities are mobilizing to send money and supplies back home — a reminder that those least responsible for climate change often shoulder its heaviest costs.

thenarwhal.ca
A burned ear of corn in a burned corn field

Karen community fighting corn and coal for clean air in northern Thailand

Northern Thailand’s annual haze crisis is fueled by maize field burning tied to the animal feed industry, compounded by looming coal projects. In Omkoi, Karen villagers have banned maize and rotated crops to cut smoke, only to face a proposed lignite mine that threatens to undo hard-won gains.

news.mongabay.com
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Ethanol plant spills harmful wastewater into Philippine marine reserve

A collapsed wastewater pond at a Philippine ethanol distillery released millions of gallons of chemical-laden water into Bais Bay, endangering marine life in the Tañon Strait Protected Seascape and disrupting livelihoods across nearby fishing communities.

news.mongabay.com
Typhoon victims wade through floodwaters in storm aftermath

Typhoon Kalmaegi leaves dozens dead in central Philippines

Typhoon Kalmaegi has left at least 66 people dead and 26 missing in the central Philippines. Many were trapped on roofs or swept away by floods in Cebu, which was hit hard on Tuesday.
apnews.com
Penguins gather on Antarctic ice floes against a rocky coast

A record-breaking glacier could alter predictions about sea-level rise

Antarctica’s Hektoria Glacier retreated five miles in two months, 10 times faster than the previous record, with possible implications for the pace of sea-level rise.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Beach erosion and rising sea levels threaten Senegalese communities

Rising sea levels are eroding Senegal’s shorelines, leaving communities and the country’s government scrambling to cope with the implications.
www.csmonitor.com
An illustration of the globe with people migrating toward the U.S.

Flooding and droughts drove them from their homes. Now they’re seeking a safe haven in New York

Data analysis found higher than average migration growth to the US from areas in Guatemala, Bangladesh and Senegal hit by repeated climate disasters.
floodlightnews.org
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What happens when your insurance company goes bankrupt after a hurricane?

Hurricane Ida revealed a fragile insurance industry ill-prepared for the consequences of climate change. More than four years later, what's changed?
grist.org
The devastating effects of Super Typhoon Odette (International name "Rai) in Lapu-Lap City, Cebu, Philippines.

Only 3% of international climate aid going to transitioning communities: ‘This is absurd’

New report on funding to slash carbon emissions finds startlingly low engagement with the people affected.

www.theguardian.com
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In western Alaska, compounding climate crises threaten Indigenous families

As Typhoon Halong swept through western Alaska, it laid bare how centuries-old policies made Native villages particularly vulnerable to climate change.
grist.org
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Why fracking firms should pay for a $100-million water pipeline

As drought-stricken Dawson Creek seeks to pipe drinking water from the Peace River, critics say oil and gas companies should fund the project rather than local taxpayers.

thetyee.ca
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