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Is the world ready for mass migration due to climate change?
With up to three billion people expected to be displaced by the effects of global warming by the end of the century, should it lead to a shift in the way we think about national borders?

bbc.com/future/article/2022111

As Evidence Mounts, New Concerns About Fracking and Health.
Two decades after the advent of , a growing number of studies are pointing to a link between gas wells and health problems, particularly among children and the elderly. Researchers are now calling for new regulations restricting where wells can be located.

e360.yale.edu/features/frackin

Five countries have cost the world $6 trillion in global warming losses.
Climate change is causing substantial economic damage, recent research finds.

yaleclimateconnections.org/202

New Study: People with neurologic diseases like headache, dementia, multiple sclerosis (MS) and Parkinson's disease may experience worsening symptoms due to climate change, according to a scoping review of research. The review also found that stroke may become more prevalent due to climate change.

sciencedaily.com/releases/2022

Brazil is back, president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has told rapturous crowds at the UN climate summit COP27 in Egypt.
Walking into a room of supporters singing his name, Lula promised to restore the rainforest and chase down criminals.
Huge numbers gathered to see him speak, making him one of the superstars of this summit.

bbc.com/news/science-environme

Can technology save us from the worst effects of climate change? Probably not, reports a new study, “Does Directed Innovation Mitigate Climate Damage? Evidence from US Agriculture,” published last month from Harvard.

news.harvard.edu/gazette/story

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A Portrait of Home: Natives Find Community While Facing Climate Change.
An Inupiat village of 600 residents near the Arctic Circle is vulnerable to change, but residents remain resilient.

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Vast amounts of bacteria could be released as the world's glaciers melt due to climate change, scientists have warned.
Potentially harmful pathogens are among the thousands of microbes that could leak into rivers and lakes.

bbc.com/news/uk-wales-63655140

The number of people who stand to bear the brunt from climate change just got bigger.

According to a new estimate from the United Nations, 8 billion people are living on the planet now, up from 7 billion in 2010. Most of that growth is happening in poorer nations that have contributed the least to the crisis — and yet are vulnerable to its impacts and lack the resources to adapt to a warming world.

Key to adaptation: sustainable, affordable energy.

politico.com/newsletters/power

Pakistan’s Farmers Are Already Bracing for the Next Disaster.
In Sindh province, the food insecurity that followed extreme flooding may be a harbinger for the climate future.

foreignpolicy.com/2022/11/16/p

Climate protesters in Austria have thrown a black substance over Gustav Klimt's painting "Death and Life," in the latest act targeting renowned works of art across the world.

Two belonging to a group called "Last Generation" launched their attack on the painting at the Leopold Museum in Vienna just after 11 a.m. local time (5 a.m. ET) Tuesday, according to a statement released by the museum.

cnn.com/style/amp/climate-prot

Is regenerative agriculture the future of farming or the next greenwashing fad?

To lower emissions, companies from Stonyfield Farms to Pepsi to Cargill are investing big money to change how farmers treat their soil. Can it succeed—or is it just an excuse to prevent more radical changes?

fastcompany.com/90796487/is-re

Small firms have a big role fighting climate change.

For the past two years, Nikhil Arora has been working hard to cut his organic gardening company's carbon footprint, taking small steps, like shifting away from plastic packaging, to make his business, Back to the Roots, the most environmentally efficient it has ever been.

bbc.com/news/business-63460919

Young people are a more powerful force than ever in the UN climate summit, the UN's youngest climate advisor tells BBC News in Egypt.
"Young people are definitely shaping outcomes here at COP27," Sophia Kianni says.

bbc.com/news/science-environme

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