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14/06/21
Author: 
Mark HertsGaard and Kyle Pope
A Global Climate Strike march makes its way through Durban, South Africa, October 2020. (Darren Stewart / Gallo Images via Getty Images)

June 3, 2021

13/06/21
Author: 
Jake Johnson
Activists wearing giant heads of the G7 leaders tussle over a giant COVID-19 vaccine syringe during an action of NGO's on Swanpool Beach in Falmouth, Cornwall, England, Friday, June 11, 2021. Leaders of the G7 begin their first of three days of meetings on Friday in Carbis Bay, in which they will discuss COVID-19, climate, foreign policy and the economy. Depicted from left to right, Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, German Cha
June 11, 2021

Public health campaigners estimate that promised donations from rich countries would be enough to cover just 11% of the world's unvaccinated population.

13/06/21
Author: 
Georgina Gustin
Farmers harvest watermelons in a field on March 26, 2021 in Wanning, Hainan Province of China. Credit: Yuan Chen/VCG via Getty Images

June 10, 2021

A new study finds that if all parts of the food system are included, food production is responsible for as much as 40 percent of global emissions.

Emissions from food production, already considered one of the biggest contributors to climate change, have been underestimated for decades, potentially skewing the pledges that countries have made under the Paris climate agreement to cut their greenhouse gas emissions, according to new research.

11/06/21
Author: 
Oxfam
Right to Live Without a Blockade

The impact of US sanctions on the Cuban population and women's lives

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10/06/21
Author: 
Jorge Martin

10 June 2021

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09/06/21
Author: 
Peter Ewart

Every year, much of North America and the world is drenched in the weedkiller glyphosate (the key ingredient in Roundup).  Is this safe?  Or are we living in a giant test tube? 

Since 1974, in the U.S., 1.8 million tons have been sprayed on crops, forests, road sides, waterways, golf courses, lawns and school grounds. Worldwide, 9.4 millions tons have been applied (1).  In British Columbia, hundreds of thousands of hectares of forests have been sprayed, with research showing that the residue can linger in some forest plants for up to 12 years (2).

09/06/21
Author: 
Fiona Harvey
Flooding on Montreal's Rue Cousineau in May 2017. Direct impacts of climate breakdown, including extreme weather, could cost rich economies around the world twice as much as the COVID-19 pandemic already has. Photo by Cold, Indrid / Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)

June 8th 2021

This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

 

28/05/21
Author: 
David Shukman Science editor
Boats on dry beach - REUTERS

May 27, 2021

It's becoming more likely that a key global temperature limit will be reached in one of the next five years.

A major study says by 2025 there's a 40% chance of at least one year being 1.5C hotter than the pre-industrial level.

That's the lower of two temperature limits set by the Paris Agreement on climate change.

27/05/21
Author: 
Aaron Saad
Photo: Abandoned oil drilling platform near the coast of Namibia. (fiverlocker / Flickr

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