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Nov 19, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Andrew Weaver
Negotiations at the 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are entering their second week after things got off to a rocky start. Even before the event started, many were stunned that COP29 would again be hosted by a petro state. Just last year, COP28 was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and this year it is Azerbaijan’s turn. Approximately 90 per cent of Azerbaijan’s exports are in the oil and gas sector.
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Apr 19, 2024 | 
outsideonline.com | Kristin Hostetter |Heather Hansman |Andrew Weaver |Tamara Y Jeffries
The massive global demonstrations planned for its 50th anniversary were canceled. Luckily, there's still plenty that environmentalists can do from home.
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Nov 9, 2023 | 
wasterecyclingmag.ca | Karin Kvale |Andrew Weaver |Natalia Gurgacz
The dual pressures of climate change and plastic pollution are frequently conflated in the media, in peer-reviewed research and other environmental reporting. This is understandable. Plastics are largely derived from fossil fuels and the burning of fossil fuels is the major driver of human-caused climate change.
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Oct 22, 2023 | 
phys.org | Karin Kvale |Andrew Weaver |Natalia Gurgacz
The dual pressures of climate change and plastic pollution are frequently conflated in the media, in peer-reviewed research and other environmental reporting. This is understandable.
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Oct 19, 2023 | 
theconversation.com | Karin Kvale |Andrew Weaver |Natalia Gurgacz
The dual pressures of climate change and plastic pollution are frequently conflated in the media, in peer-reviewed research and other environmental reporting. This is understandable. Plastics are largely derived from fossil fuels and the burning of fossil fuels is the major driver of human-caused climate change.
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Aug 18, 2023 | 
theconversation.com | Andrew Weaver
The devastating wildfire that destroyed the historic Maui town of Lahaina in Hawaii was still making headlines when the Northwest Territories issued an evacuation order for Yellowknife and British Columbia declared a provincewide state of emergency. All 22,000 residents of Yellowknife are being evacuated in advance of a wall of flame from out-of-control wildfires converging on the capital city. Yet this isn’t the first time an entire Canadian town has been cleared.
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Aug 9, 2023 | 
sasktoday.ca | Andrew Weaver
THE CONVERSATION — Those following the latest developments in climate science would have been stunned by the jaw-dropping headlines last week proclaiming the “Gulf Stream could collapse as early as 2025, study suggests” — which responded to a recent publication in Nature Communications.
“Be very worried: Gulf Stream collapse could spark global chaos by 2025” announced the New York Post.
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Aug 7, 2023 | 
theconversation.com | Andrew Weaver
Quiconque suit les derniers développements en matière de science du climat a sursauté en lisant les gros titres de la semaine dernière proclamant que « selon une étude, le Gulf Stream pourrait s’effondrer dès 2025 ». Cela faisait suite à une publication récente dans Nature Communications. « Craignez le pire : l’effondrement du Gulf Stream pourrait provoquer un chaos mondial d’ici 2025 », annonçait aussi le New York Post.
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Aug 5, 2023 | 
thehindu.com | Andrew Weaver
Those following the latest developments in climate science would have been stunned by the jaw-dropping headlines last week proclaiming the “Gulf Stream could collapse as early as 2025, study suggests” — which responded to a recent publication in Nature Communications. “Be very worried: Gulf Stream collapse could spark global chaos by 2025” announced the New York Post.
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Aug 4, 2023 | 
winnipegfreepress.com | Andrew Weaver
By: Andrew Weaver, Professor, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, The Conversation Print Email Read Later This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. Read this article for free: Email Address: Password: I agree to the Terms and Conditions, Cookie and Privacy Policies, and CASL agreement. Already have an...
