future earth
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How Two Environmental Changes Took Down The Most Powerful League In Medieval Europe
Environmental change is big news these days, as is speculation on how that change will re-order, and possibly re-shape, the world powers. It has happened before: one of the great powers of medieval Europe collapsed when the environment changed around it.
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The Building Industry Could Cut Our Global Emissions By One Third, So Why Hasn’t It?
The building and construction industry is a massive source of global CO2 emissions — but it could easily reduce its impact with existing technology. At today’s climate talks in Paris, 18 countries and 60 organisations formed a new alliance aimed at doing just that.
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Millions Of Climate Refugees Have Already Lost Their Homes
When your town is continually threatened by floods or your village’s fields become too dry to grow crops, there are two options: move on, or stick around and at try to make things work. At the Paris climate talks, there’s a swell of opinion to encourage the latter.
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China’s New Carbon Pledge Puts The US Clean Power Plan To Shame
In the wake of yet another bout of devastating smog, China announced today that it plans cut its power sector carbon emissions 60 per cent by 2020, a promise that puts the US Clean Power Plan to shame. If fulfilled, the pledge would make a major dent in global carbon pollution.