Will hotter temperatures reduce urban heat island intensity?
Rural areas may need more heat mitigation efforts in future
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Ambitious climate targets could protect millions from heat waves
Fraction of world population exposed to severe heat waves every five years becomes three times larger under 2 °C warming
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Cost of fossil fuel investment is too high
Fossil fuel investment is not just bad for the global climate. It could also be dangerous for investors, and for national economies.
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Can geoengineering ever be low risk?
Scientists debate pros and cons of climate intervention
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World’s great cities hold key to fossil fuel cuts
The great cities, hotspots of global wealth creation, are great emitters of greenhouse gases. Civic leaders could be among those best placed to save the planet
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Battery electric-powered vehicles should be high priority
Japanese team simulates best ways to cut transport-related greenhouse emissions
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Prices of houses at higher elevation in Florida are rising faster
Case study in Miami-Dade County indicates possible onset of climate gentrification
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US renewables struggle under Trump
In line with his electoral promises, US president Donald Trump has tried to revamp much of the US energy system. So what's the outlook?
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Meeting Paris 1.5 °C goal could save tens of trillions of dollars
Savings from damage avoidance estimated at 30 times higher than costs of meeting target
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Learning from the ozone solution
Nobel laureate Mario Molina and Lorraine Whitmarsh discuss climate politics
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