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Environment

When water runs short, how do you get people to use their fair share?

Droughts are expected to become more common and more severe due to climate change, affecting the water supply we all rely on. Making sure there's enough to go around will require significant changes – including to our individual habits

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Environment

US midterms produce mixed results for environmental action

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Tackling population growth is key to fighting climate change

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Tackling population growth is key to fighting climate change

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Humans

What will a population of 8 billion people mean for us and the planet?

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A man pulls his animals while others go to salvage their belongings amid rising flood water, following rains and floods during the monsoon season on the outskirts of Bhan Syedabad, Pakistan

Environment

COP27 climate summit will discuss reparations for affected countries

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Society

What US midterm elections mean for climate policy and public health

Analysis

Shunli methanol plant

Environment

World’s largest plant for making methanol fuel from CO2 opens in China

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Environment

Climate warnings highlight the urgent need for action ahead of COP27

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Environment

COP27 must deliver on existing promises, says Egypt's climate diplomat

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Egyptian families walk in the streets of Alexandria on their way to a beach in Alexandria amid a heatwave

Environment

Low-income countries lose almost 7 per cent of their GDP to heatwaves

Short spells of extreme heat can be enough to lower a region’s economic output for an entire year, according to a new analysis showing the unequal impact of global warming

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Environment

What is causing the megadroughts in North and South America?

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Environment

Countries' carbon emission plans still fall far short of 1.5°C goal

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Fossil fuel demand expected to peak within 15 years

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Environment

COP27: Causes for concern, and hope, ahead of the big climate summit

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