
Why Did World Leaders Choose Glasgow For Climate Conference?
Glasgow's facilities and dedication to COP26's cause made it a prime spot for the global summit.
| Scripps News Staff
Glasgow's facilities and dedication to COP26's cause made it a prime spot for the global summit.
| Scripps News Staff
Sixty percent of Christians polled said it was a top priority or important for Congress to pass a bill addressing climate change.
Friday was the day the U.N. conference said it was dedicating to youth. But the schedule didn't reflect that, at times.
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The national gap between the rich and the poor is already growing. But that the disparity may be worse in the Keys because of climate change.
More than 70% of the world's cobalt is produced in the DRC. A mining law prohibiting children from engaging in artisanal mining is not being enforced.
| Chris Ocamringa
Critics say the vision is still obscured by a lot of smoke because several major economies have yet to set a date to end their dependence on the fuel.
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Coal factories predominantly used to power electricity grids produced 37% of the world's electricity in 2019.
| Luke Hanrahan
Local climate experts are hoping new software that can predict typhoon activity can help them prevent further sinking.
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Tanzania's capital city could lose up to $5.3 billion in public and private assets because of the threat of rising sea levels and flooding.
| Daniel Kijo
One technology is an air bubble that promotes the growth of algae, which are organisms that eat carbon dioxide.
| Luke Hanrahan
It's being called the first major achievement of the climate summit in Glasgow.
| Luke Hanrahan
Leaders gathered in Glasgow, Scotland, for the COP26 climate conference.
| Philip Crowther
You might consider monastic life to be based on tradition, but when it comes to sustainability, these religious orders are looking to the future.
One of the United Nations' biggest concerns is that some countries are more focused on amorphous long-term net-zero goals.
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Oil industry executives refused to pledge that their companies would not spend money to oppose efforts that reduce emissions.
| John Mone
The ship will set out to research how the Earth's atmosphere and oceans are warming.
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Scientists say that the country's climate change targets are among the weakest in the developed world.
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U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said Glasgow "is not the end of the road" and countries must keep raising their targets over the coming years.
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India's environment minister says wealthier countries like the U.S. and China have a bigger responsibility to act on climate change.
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Countries participating in an upcoming climate summit in Scotland are being called on to fulfill their Paris Accord pledges.
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Lawmakers are investigating what they call a long-term industry campaign to mislead the public about the role of fossil fuels in global warming.
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Using photos from the past, experts are piecing together wildfire history to look for clues that can be used in the future.
The package includes refundable tax credits to help encourage people to use renewable energy sources.
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Greenhouse gas concentrations increased at a faster rate than the annual average for the last decade despite a temporary reduction in the pandemic.
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A new intelligence report casts doubt, saying nations that rely heavily on fossil fuel exports will try to slow the transition.
Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese has built massive tanks that store manure, capture its methane, and burn it to produce electricity.
Kernza is a perennial crop that's essentially a cousin of wheat, but its roots store carbon in the ground to help prevent soil erosion and runoff.
One cattle rancher says the cattle industry can be a solution to the climate crisis.
The governor's order frees up additional state funding to address the crisis as Newsom urges Californians to bolster water conservation efforts.
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A new study from Cornell found that more than 99.9% of scientific writings on climate change since 2012 agree that humans impact the climate.
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