Articles on or after 3/24/2024: Climate Change News - Science
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Cancellation of UN climate weeks removes platform for worst-hit communities - Climate Change News - Science  (Mar 28) |
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Mar 28 · Comment: The UNFCCC has said it will not hold regional climate weeks in 2024 due to a funding shortfall – which means less inclusion for developing-country voices A woman of the Turkana tribe waits with plastic containers to get water from a well, amid the worst drought in East Africa's history, February 17, 2023. (Photo: Simone Boccaccio / SOPA Images/Sipa USA) If the world’s most vulnerable are not at the table, then UN climate talks are no longer fit for purpose. This week, the UN climate change body (UNFCCC) confirmed that this year’s Regional Climate Weeks will be cancelled until further notice due to lack of funding. The update comes shortly after ... | By Dulce Marrumbe Read more ... |
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What will it take to protect India’s angry farmers from climate threats? - Climate Change News - Science  (Mar 27) |
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Mar 27 · Indebted farmers, facing falling yields and water scarcity, want legally guaranteed price support for more crops – but that may not fix their climate woes Deedar Singh (middle) sits with colleagues by the side of the road at the Shambhu border, between Punjab and Haryana, protesting the government's inaction in providing legal MSP guarantees on crops, February 27 2024 (Photo: Kanika Gupta) Indian farmers – struggling with erratic weather, shrinking water supplies and falling incomes – have quit their fields in a major new wave of protest, and plan to keep up the pressure on the government ahead of national elections starting on April ... | By Kanika Gupta Read more ... |
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