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London: Fronting up to a global pollution battle
ANALYSIS: Candidates for upcoming mayoral election appear to agree the environment will be a vote-winner in May’s election, with potentially global ramifications
DiCaprio warns of ‘climate threat’ in Oscars speech
NEWS: Actor ramps up call for tougher efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions, urges support for leaders who are not beholden to fossil fuel giants
India air pollution is now worse than China
NEWS: Greenpeace analysis of NASA satellite pictures reveals levels of airborne particles are soaring as a result of increase burning of coal, oil and waste
Uruguay pushes 100% renewables, just don’t mention the cows
NEWS: South America’s clean energy poster child is skewering its fossil fuel use, but reducing emissions from its meat industry is tough
Canadian rapper crowdfunds climate change hip-hop album
NEWS: Baba Brinkman, who performed a musical interpretation of Pope Francis’ encyclical at the Paris summit, is trying to raise US$10,000
Walmart CEO in Davos: Ignore climate sceptics
NEWS: Responding to climate issues is best for business, says head of US retail colossus Doug McMillon at World Economic Forum
Pollution levels in Delhi high despite odd-even traffic rule
COMMENT: Car use dropped and local politicians were praised for decisive action, but a partial driving ban did not lead to cleaner air as many had hoped
Climate warrior Pacific islands set eyes on Rugby World Cup
NEWS: Tournament gifts tiny Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga global platform as new documentary tells tale of hardy underdogs
Tunisia warns of tourism dive if planet overheats
NEWS: Holidaymakers could desert north-African state as temperatures jump and rising sea-levels eat away seafront hotels
Southern Ocean starts to absorb carbon again
NEWS: Great oceanic “lung” is again breathing in lots of CO2 from the atmosphere but scientists can’t say why or whether it will last
California feels the heat of record wildfires
NEWS: A state of emergency has been declared in two regions as long-running drought and heatwave combine to spark blazes
Burn all fossil fuels and New York drowns – study
NEWS: Exploiting global reserves would melt all Antarctica and jack up sea levels by 50m. Though it would take 10,000 years
Climatarianism: the low carb(on) diet you’ve never heard of
BLOG: Four stomachs bad, one stomach good. RTCC sheds pounds of CO2 as it tries green regime for a week
Small forest users can outcompete agribusiness – study
NEWS: Finance must flow to local enterprises to slow deforestation and internal displacement wrought by clearance for agriculture, report says
Greener cities deal better with urban heat
NEWS: As more people live in cities, researchers find denser settlements with more green spaces are best for wellbeing
Google lays bare overlooked deforestation ‘hotspots’
NEWS: Search giant and researchers map emerging clusters of tropical forest loss in Southeast Asia, South America and Africa
Paris climate agreement can’t leave behind the most vulnerable
COMMENT: If politics of pollution continue to trump rights of those most exposed to climate change, UN summit could be explosive
Middle East faces ‘extreme’ water stress by 2040
NEWS: Shifting rainfall patterns and rising populations could drive conflict in many countries, warns World Resources Institute
Farmers on four continents tell their climate change stories
BLOG: From Cuzco to Andhra Pradesh, crop growers and livestock owners are feeling the impacts of shifting weather patterns
8 ways to cut the carbon footprint of your dinner
BLOG: From farm to plate, food accounts for up to a third of global emissions – so how can you limit the impact?