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News Articles: climate

People wade through a section of a road destroyed by floods in Mandera County, Kenya, Wednesday.

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  • Africa

With a rising death toll, Kenya's military evacuates people from flood-hit areas

The floods have killed at least 170 and displaced more than 600,000 since the onset of heavy rains in November.

December 14, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Sultan al-Jaber of the United Arab Emirates, right, celebrates the end of the COP28 climate meeting with United Nations Climate Chief Simon Stiell, left, and COP28 CEO Adnan Amin on Dec. 13, 2023, in Dubai. The final deal included a modest reference to transitioning away from fossil fuels, which scientists say is crucial to avoid catastrophic warming.

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  • Climate

Climate talks end on a first-ever call for the world to move away from fossil fuels

Leaders from nearly 200 countries agreed on the need to transition away from fossil fuels. But representatives of nations most vulnerable to climate impacts were not happy with the final deal.

December 13, 2023
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By:
  • Nathan Rott,
  • Rebecca Hersher,
  • and 4 more
Large icebergs and smaller pieces of ice melt in the ocean waters near Ilulissat, Greenland on Sept. 7, 2023. The icebergs broke free from Sermeq Kujalleq, one of the largest and fastest moving Greenland outlet glaciers. Ice loss from Greenland has increased substantially during the 21st century and continued in 2023.

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  • Climate

Arctic "report card" points to rapid and dramatic impacts of climate change

This past summer in the Arctic was the warmest since 1900, leading to early snowmelt and diminished sea ice.

December 12, 2023
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By:
  • Barbara Moran / WBUR
Umesh Balal, an activist and member of the Indigenous Magar people of Nepal, says people with disabilities need to be part of the climate conversation.

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  • Global Health

This 28-year-old from Nepal is telling COP28: Don't forget people with disabilities

Umesh Balal is determined to make the voices of people with disabilities, young people and Indigenous people heard at the world's largest meeting on climate change.

December 12, 2023
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By:
  • Ruchi Kumar
Demonstrators hold a sign reading "end fossil fuels" at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

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  • Climate

Climate activists struggle to be heard at this year's U.N. climate talks

Protests are a common part of global climate meetings, but activists say they're facing restrictions at this year's U.N. climate meeting hosted in the UAE

December 12, 2023
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By:
  • Aya Batrawy and
  • Rebecca Hersher
An oil pump jack stands near a field of wind turbines in Nolan, Texas, on Oct. 4. Oil companies are under pressure to pivot more swiftly toward renewable energy. Here's one reason why that's not happening so quickly: It's still incredibly lucrative to sell oil.

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  • Climate

Making oil is more profitable than saving the planet. These numbers tell the story

Major oil companies are under pressure to invest more money in clean energy — but there's a big hurdle: It's still a hell of a lot more profitable to produce fossil fuels.

December 12, 2023
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
Lead claimant Rikki Held, 22, confers with members of Our Children's Trust legal team before the start of the nation's first youth climate change trial at Montana's First Judicial District Court on June 12, 2023 in Helena, Montana.

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  • Climate

18 California children are suing the EPA over climate change

A new climate lawsuit file against the EPA claims the agency violated the rights of 18 California children by allowing greenhouse gas emissions.

December 11, 2023
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By:
  • Jeff Brady
Demonstrators hold a sign reading "end fossil fuels" at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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  • Climate

Why protests at UN climate talks in UAE are not easy to find

The UAE, site of this year's UN climate talks, forbids protests, something that has happened at previous summits. In Dubai, protests are happened but they are highly restricted.

December 10, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Detrow and
  • Aya Batrawy
Haze obscures the Dubai skyline including Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building. The United Arab Emirates is choking under "alarmingly high" air pollution levels fed by its fossil fuel industry, Human Rights Watch warned on December 4. The oil-rich country hosts the UN's COP28 climate talks in Dubai.

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  • Climate

What it means for an oil producing country, the UAE, to host U.N. climate talks

The United Arab Emirates is a major oil producing nation, and that's drawing attention to the role oil and gas has at this year's COP28 climate negotiations.

December 09, 2023
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By:
  • Aya Batrawy
More than 2,400 fossil fuel representatives and lobbyists have been accredited for the U.N. climate talks in Dubai — a record. Meanwhile, negotiators are wrestling with calls to end all new oil, gas and coal projects to curb climate change.

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  • Climate

A record number of fossil fuel representatives are at this year's COP28 climate talks

With a record number of oil, gas and coal representatives at this year's COP28 climate talks, climate scientists worry industry influence could water down language on fossil fuels.

December 07, 2023
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By:
  • Julia Simon
GPB News NPR

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  • Energy

The young industry of wind energy has hit economic headwinds in the U.S.

At UN climate talks, the global community is looking at tripling the amount of renewables coming online. In the U.S., that's meant a push into offshore wind — but it's been met with fits and starts.

December 06, 2023
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By:
  • David Boraks and
  • Miriam Wasser - WBUR
Sultan al-Jaber is the president of this year's climate talks and the head of the UAE's state-run oil company. Oil companies have a big platform at the climate conference, and experts say their language is important because it can make it into policy.

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  • Climate

Oil firms are out in force at the climate talks. Here's how to decode their language

The oil industry has a huge voice in this year's climate talks. But what are oil companies actually saying? And why does it matter? We break down their pledges and statements into plain English.

December 05, 2023
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske and
  • Julia Simon
GPB News NPR

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  • Climate

What the fossil fuel industry is saying in this year's climate talks

The fossil fuel industry has a huge voice in this year's climate talks. But what are oil companies actually saying? And why does it matter? We break down their statements into plain English.

December 04, 2023
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske and
  • Julia Simon
An Apalachicola Red Horse “Sucker” stunned in the shock boat as it is caught by Dr. Steve Sammons near the Waveshaper in Columbus, Ga. on Nov. 29, 2023.

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  • Climate

Dozens of ‘suckers’ but no Shoal Bass. What fish tell us about the Chattahoochee River

Fish sampling is essential to understanding the health of the river but is seldom done in this stretch of the Chattahoochee near Columbus, Ga.

December 04, 2023
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By:
  • Kala Hunter
Sultan al-Jaber, who is leading the COP28 United Nations climate talks underway in the United Arab Emirates, speaks during a news conference on December 4, 2023. In a meeting shortly before talks began, he incorrectly insisted that it is not necessary to phase out fossil fuels in order to avoid catastrophic global warming.

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  • Climate

U.N. climate talks head says "no science" backs ending fossil fuels. That's incorrect

The comments came shortly before talks kicked off in Dubai. In reality, scientists warn that further fossil fuel development is driving global warming.

December 04, 2023
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By:
  • Rebecca Hersher
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