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1.9 billion people at risk from mountain water shortages, study shows
Rising demand and climate crisis threaten entire mountain ecosystem, say scientists
Lees meerMorning mail: climate crisis accelerates, children strip-searched, family massacred
Wednesday: More than 11,000 scientists warn of ‘untold suffering’ due to global heating. Plus, revelations NSW police strip-searched girls as young as 12
Lees meerGreen party pledges to spend £100bn on tackling climate crisis
Exclusive: plans for ‘the climate election’ also include tax system overhaul and ending airport expansion
Lees meerMost countries’ climate plans ’totally inadequate’ – experts
US and Brazil unlikely to meet Paris agreement pledges – while Russia has not even made one
Lees meerMystic river: Canoeing a living entity in New Zealand
The Whanganui is so important in Maori culture it has the legal rights of a person. A canoe trip along its forested valley proves a great way of getting to know it
Lees meerLawyers argue Happy the elephant should have the same rights as humans
Lawyers representing an elephant say she is being detained by the Bronx Zoo ‘illegally’ due to her personhood
Lees meerRising sea levels pose threat to homes of 300m people – study
Figure based on new analysis of coastlines is more than three times previous estimate
Lees meerClimate change is melting the French Alps, say mountaineers
Permafrost ‘cement’ is evaporating, making rocks unstable and prone to collapse with many trails now deemed too dangerous to use
Lees meer‘Tipping points’ could exacerbate climate crisis, scientists fear
IPCC report ‘underestimates potential of these key dangers to send Earth into spiral of runaway climate change’
Lees meerClimate change has turned Peru’s glacial lake into a deadly flood timebomb
Lake Palcacocha is swollen with water from melting ice caps in the Cordillera Blanca mountains. Below, 50,000 people live directly in the flood path
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