Позначка: climate change
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Gas: Locking Europe into a fossil-fuelled future
There is no such thing as a clean fossil fuel. Despite technological innovations, gas is a significant contributor to climate change, and in some cases emissions from shale gas can be comparable to or worse than coal. This briefing argues that gas will lock Europe into decades of fossil fuel use, blocking or slowing down…
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Society must change to address climate crisis, say scientists
Avoiding dangerous climate change will require not just rapid reductions in fossil fuel use but also a revolution in the structures of our economies and societies, according to a momentous UN scientific report on climate change to be released on April 13 in Berlin. [1] “Scientists tell us that to avoid a rapid deterioration of…
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Philippines: solidarity through climate justice
An estimated 2,000 people are feared to have been killed in the fierce typhoon that hit the Philippines on Friday. Hundreds of thousands have been displaced and as many as 10 million affected. As government negotiators meet in Poland for the international climate summit, members of Friends of the Earth from across the global federation…