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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 05: Young protestors attend the Fridays For Future COP26 Scotland March on November 5, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. Day Six of the 2021 climate summit in Glasgow will focus on youth and public empowerment. Outside the COP26 site, on the streets of Glasgow, the

We can't let short-term crises derail efforts to tame climate change

18 May 2022

Amid war, energy shortages and inflation spikes, nations are showing little sign of making good on the their emissions promises. That must change
TOPSHOT - Activists from the climate change group Extinction Rebellion (XR) take part in a protest in Glasgow on November 8, 2021, during the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference. - The COP26 climate talks resuming Monday have so far unfolded on parallel planes, with high-level announcements stage-managed by host country Britain during week one riding roughshod over a laborious UN process built on consensus among nearly 200 countries. (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN / AFP) (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)

COP26: No countries have delivered on promise to improve climate plans

16 May 2022

In Glasgow, 196 countries promised to "revisit and strengthen" their plans for curbing emissions, but there is little sign of this happening before the next talks in November
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Circular cities experience more rain than square or triangular ones

11 May 2022

The shape of a city can influence the amount of rainfall it gets, because circular cities are better at mixing air fronts together

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