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Gabon, Costa Rica call for new UN protocol on wildlife trade
Presidents Bongo and Alvarado want an illegal wildlife trade protocol that's equal to existing UN measures on munitions or human trafficking.
To save coral reefs, we’ll need to cut global emissions fast
The good news is that 63% of all reefs in an emissions scenario will still be able to grow by 2100.
The future of Antarctica, and much of the planet, will hang in the balance in coming decades
"If the world warms up at the current rate we will see the Antarctic system start to get away from us around 2060.”
The 1.5℃ global warming limit is not impossible – but without political action it soon will be
The 1.5℃ limit wasn’t plucked from thin air – it was informed by the best available science.
The world’s glaciers are melting faster, scientists say
Between 2000 and 2004 glaciers lost 227 gigatons of ice a year; between 2015 and 2019 they lost 298 gigatons a year.
A newly rediscovered coffee plant could save our favorite cuppas from climate change
It will grow and crop under much warmer conditions than Arabica coffee and tastes just as fine.