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What would Hannah Arendt have seen on a beach covered in plastic bottles?
Only banal good can defeat banal evil. Kerrie Foxwell-Norton writes from the rubbish-strewn beaches of the southern Maldives
How did we end up with a 2C climate limit?
The global temperature goal started life as a back-of-the-envelope guess but become a powerful principle for political organising
Marine reserves are helping ecosystems cope with climate change: study
International review finds that protected areas are good for adaptation to global warming as well as preventing overfishing and pollution
India and China ‘on track to exceed Paris climate pledges’
Coal plant cancellations mean the world’s two largest countries are cutting emissions faster than predicted a year ago, outweighing the effect of US policy rollbacks
Ocean acidification is global warming’s forgotten crisis
We have the tools to barricade ecosystems against some impacts of warmer, more acidic oceans. But do we have the political will to use them?
It’s time for honesty about climate uncertainty
New York Times columnist Bret Stephens is right to embrace uncertainty, but not as an argument for inaction on climate change
To save communities from rising seas, we must open our ears
As modernity creeps into Tanna, Vanuatu, climate change is just one of many new challenges. We cannot fight the former without understanding the whole
Weekly wrap: China cements low carbon plans
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2016: the year climate change came home
During the hottest year on record, Karl Mathiesen travelled to Tasmania and found his home irreparably changed
Fish farms offer test ground for acidifying oceans – study
While rising CO2 levels have been shown to harm wild fish, shellfish and corals at sea, farmed fish can thrive in similar conditions
Paris climate target slips away as Donald Trump rises
Faint hopes for a 1.5C global warming limit to rescue low-lying island states from rising seas have been shattered by the US election result, say scientists
Chinese-backed coal plant jeopardises Kenya climate target
Local communities are fighting the 1,050MW Lamu coal-fired power station, but government says it is needed to meet energy demand
Ocean heatwave destroys Tasmania’s unique underwater jungle
The last giant kelp forest on the east coast of Tasmania has been lost, report divers and scientists
Existing coal, oil and gas fields will blow carbon budget – study
Expansion of fossil fuel extraction amounts to “climate denial”, says think tank Oil Change International, but observers argue some additional oil and gas could be safe
Climate change now has a start date
Researchers have pinpointed the beginning of global warming to a couple of decades in mid-1800s, showing earth’s sensitivity to small atmospheric changes
Adaptation takes centre stage as IPCC prepares 1.5C study
New report by world’s foremost authority on global warming likely to major on how countries can adjust to rising temperatures and weather extremes
UN science panel debates 1.5C as climate records fall
Scientists to explore emission pathways that could lead to lower levels of global warming with IPCC study due in 2018
UN asked Australia to cover up Great Barrier Reef lobbying
Email exchanges between Australian government and Paris-based UNESCO indicate officials colluded in keeping lobbying over key climate report secret
Scientists: 1.5C Paris climate goal needs more research
Science underpinning the global treaty aiming to stop average temperatures rising more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels needs more research
Scientists: Window for avoiding 1.5C global warming ‘closed’
World is almost certain to breach danger threshold for millions of vulnerable people, study finds