AGU Fall Meeting: filmmaker discusses human tectonics
James Balog’s documentary The Human Element will be shown this evening
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Carbon emissions set to hit record high
CO2 output rose strongly in 2018, the second year of increase in a row, finds 2018 Global Carbon Budget
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Egypt looks likely to fail on wheat self-sufficiency
Demand will outstrip supply despite proposed near-doubling of irrigation
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Nobel Prize for Economics shared by William Nordhaus
Yale University inventor of integrated assessment model for climate and economy wins honour
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Traffic flow – physics models steered by free will
Brian Wolshon on the challenges of traffic management during evacuations
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South America’s cities are not expanding most
Human infrastructure growing fastest in towns of less than 50,000 and remote rural areas
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US customers prepared to pay 40% more for cleaner electricity
Survey indicates most support for price rises when bill includes information on both carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide emissions
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Investing in the climate
“Sustainable investing” is a valuable way for climate scientists to have an influence on financial markets, claim Quintin Rayer and Richard Millar
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What’s the best way to encourage electric vehicle adoption?
Exemption from rules on high-occupancy lanes appears most cost-effective
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Climate strategy needs tailoring to poorest
Climate change presents a dilemma. Inaction means ultimate catastrophe. But before then an ill-considered climate strategy could harm the poorest even more
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