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Climate change could intensify Sahel conflicts

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SAHEL

It will increase rainfall variability and extreme events such as droughts and floods, as well as raising temperatures. These effects may trigger cascading risks to economic…

Turkish government may continue neglecting environment

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TURKEY

Long droughts and longer summers due to climate change are lengthening the wildfire season. Yet wildfires are just one in a series of environmental crises that highlight the…

Extreme weather events will hit insurance industry

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INTERNATIONAL

The political and economic implications of greater scientific understanding of extreme weather events.

Domestic concerns will drive China’s climate action

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CHINA

China's climate change policies.

Brazil's Amazon drought poses environmental challenges

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BRAZIL

Since late September rains have failed in the Amazon region, causing the most severe drought in over a century. Factors including El Nino, climate change and ongoing fires are…

Jordan’s coming climate crisis will hit youth hard

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JORDAN

Young people, who will be most affected in their lifetimes, are disadvantaged by a lack of relevant education and information provision. They are also more preoccupied by…

Report to boost climate action calls globally

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INTERNATIONAL

Drawing on more than 14,000 peer-reviewed studies, the report summarises contemporary science on climate change and finds that it is unequivocal that human influence has warmed…

Climate change to hit Central America unevenly

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CENTRAL AMERICA

Climate change and Central America.

Argentine Mendoza drought requires regulatory rethink

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ARGENTINA

Decade-long drought in Mendoza.

Hurricane fallout to compound Central America poverty

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CENTRAL AMERICA

Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama were also affected, as were the Colombian islands of San Andres and Providencia, the latter reporting damage to 98% of its infrastructure. The crisis…