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At COP27, leaders put loss and damage funding in focus
“The deadly impacts of climate change are here and now. Loss and damage can no longer be swept under the rug," says UN chief António Guterres.
Greenland’s ice sheets are being melted by both rising air and ocean temperatures
Photo: Pixabay/JChristophe_Andre Scientists have been warning that as a result of warming atmospheric temperatures the ice sheets in Greenland are melting fast and that they might soon even reach a point of no return. Now new research suggests that the
What happens to rainbows as the planet’s climate changes?
Rain, cloud cover and other factors make rainbows possible. Climate impacts may mean more of them in some places, fewer in others.
Insurance finds its place at the heart of international climate action
In the build-up to November’s COP27 in the Egyptian coastal resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Germany is spearheading an agenda set to dominate the UN’s annual climate change conference. With climate change fuelling increasingly frequent and severe natural disasters around the
Physicians call for justice on environmental health impacts
The American College of Physicians (ACP) calls for action on environmental health threats that disproportionately affect the marginalized.
Extreme weather events pose a threat to our skin
"We were astounded by the shear breadth of impacts that extreme weather events have on skin disease."