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Climate change makes people too poor to migrate, say researchers

Climate change increases migration worldwide. Over the past 30 years, however, this effect has been considerably reduced as climate change weakens economic growth in...

US: Why climate risk insurance can effectively mitigate economic losses

Global warming is expected to lead to an accumulation of particularly intense hurricanes in the United States. This may substantially increase the economic losses...

Targeted reimbursement: A just price for CO2

A price for CO2 can be both highly effective and socially just - if it's well designed. This is the result of a new study...

Rapid changes in energy, food and equity required for prosperous future – Report

In a follow-up to the “Earth4all” report published by the Club of Rome, co-author of the report and Director of the Potsdam Institute for...

Unprecedented rise of heat and rainfall extremes in observational data

A 90-fold increase in the frequency of monthly heat extremes in the past 10 years compared to 1951-1980 has been found by scientists in...

Major Atlantic ocean current system might be approaching critical threshold – Study

The major Atlantic ocean current, to which also the Gulf stream belongs, may have been losing stability in the course of the last century. This...

How erratic weather slows down the economy, by experts

If temperature varies strongly from day to day, the economy grows less. Through these seemingly small variations climate change may have strong effects on...

Climate change triggers migration in middle-income, agricultural countries – Study

Environmental hazards affect populations worldwide and can drive migration under specific conditions. Changes in temperature levels, increased rainfall variability, and rapid-onset disasters, such as...

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Environmentalists urge tree planting to tackle heatwave

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Campaign tasks Nigerians on population crises, climate action, cultural reorientation

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Experts say upscaling organic, agroecology practices key to healthy living

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