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Rapid transition to beat the heatCan we respond to extreme heat to protect human health and shore up infrastructure in such a way that actually accelerates a rapid, low carbon transition to...
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Rapid transition to beat the heatCan we respond to extreme heat to protect human health and shore up infrastructure in such a way that actually accelerates a rapid, low carbon transition to...
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Rapid transition is possible, if we put local authorities at the heart of our net zero strategyThe IPCC report published on 9 August made for gloomy reading on the true scale of the climate crisis now facing humanity. But the report made clear that...
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Rapid Transition #2 – An online exhibitionThe Rapid Transition Alliance invited British artist and former winner of the Jerwood National Sculpture Prize, Judith Dean to curate a online exhibition...
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Olympic athletes raise hands to make a climate standIf during this year’s Tokyo Olympics you see athletes making a circular symbol with their hands, it will mean more than just that they are feeling okay....
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Norway and the climate debate in the electionCould a country that has built its whole identity and welfare on oil, start winding up its searching and drilling for oil? The answer might be bubbling in...
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Nobel laureates’ statement: Keep fossil fuels in the groundA hundred and one Nobel laureates released a statement calling on all world leaders to sign up to the fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty to keep fossil...
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New report finds world has enough renewable energy potential to replace fossil fuels and meet 1.5ºC targetA new report published by the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative has found that winding down fossil fuels is non-negotiable to limit warming...
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New poll reveals a climate ‘awareness – action gap’ – but big behaviour changes under way in food, travel, consumerism & family lifeA new poll of scientists – many working in fields related to the climate emergency – reveals a current gap between awareness of international climate...
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New economic stories are needed to unblock the political embrace of rapid transitionThe breakdown of the climate will only be averted by rapid and radical action, but political courage and imagination are blunted blocked by narrow...