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Global network of young people writes poems to cope with climate crisis

July 09, 2020

Updated

08/07/2020 - 3:00pm

In the last 10 years, there’s been a surge of literature about climate change, including poetry. The World’s climate solutions segment The Big Fix is featuring some young poets and their words on the topic in a series starting this week.

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Author Kim Nicholas on the five stages of 'radical climate acceptance'

The World

March 25, 2021

Kim Nicholas, a climate scientist at Lund University in Sweden, has a new book out this week, "Under the Sky We Make: How to be a Human in a Warming World," to help people understand where they fit into solving the climate crisis.

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Climate divestment activists draw inspiration from South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle

The World

March 18, 2021

The global boycott against South Africa’s apartheid regime is credited, in part, for helping to end it. Now, climate change activists are borrowing from the same playbook — pulling dollars from those who fund the fossil-fuel industry.

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Climate change scientist trades in the halls of Oxford for YouTube

The World

March 11, 2021

Adam Levy, who goes by "Climate Adam" on YouTube, often uses humor to debunk climate change myths.

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Danish window company confronts its historic carbon emissions through forest conservation

The World

March 04, 2021

The multibillion-dollar Danish company Velux is pledging to address its legacy emissions dating back to 1941 through forest conservation projects in places like Myanmar.

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Vienna's green mini-city offers a model for sustainable, urban living

The World

March 01, 2021

Aspern Seestadt — home to various industries, researchers and small businesses — demonstrates the possibilities for building an entirely green mini-city.

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China launches world’s largest carbon market

The World

February 11, 2021

Can it help China reach its net-zero goals?

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Can carbon offsets preserve Canadian woodlands?

The World

February 11, 2021

Carbon offsets have been gaining popularity and attention as a solution to climate change. While many offsets projects have major pitfalls, some forestry experts in Canada’s Maritimes Provinces see carbon offsets as a powerful way to change forest management.

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Global demand for carbon offsets to combat emissions is growing — but the supply is unreliable

The World

January 29, 2021

As countries and companies set net-zero carbon emissions goals, investing in carbon-offset projects is a popular but controversial solution.

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Enormous wind turbines may be coming to a coast near you

The World

January 14, 2021

Haliade-X wind turbines — nearly the size of the Eiffel Tower — are a game changer for the global offshore wind industry. A single turbine can power about 16,000 homes at competitive rates.

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‘Connecting with God by caring for the environment’: Franciscan monk in Kenya shares Christmas message

The World

December 24, 2020

Pope Francis's teachings about the moral urgency of the climate crisis are being spread from the Vatican all around the world by the Global Catholic Climate Movement.

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