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Compelling fossil fuel producers to pay for carbon clean-up could end these fuels’ contribution to global warming without pitting climate action against meeting society’s energy needs - at a relatively affordable cost. Credit: Shutterstock

Climate goals can be achieved at affordable cost, if fossil fuel producers pay for carbon clear up - Oxford-led study

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Altogether, our study shows ports are at the forefront of climate impacts. It underlines adaptation of ports is urgently needed, and quantified risk analysis, as presented in our paper, can help in prioritising investments - Jasper Verschuur. Credit: Shut

International trade and world economies exposed to multi-billion-dollar climate risk to ports - Oxford study

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water level in Yangtze river - Photo by Zhonghui Yao.

Compound extreme heat and drought will hit 90% of world population – Oxford study

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University of Oxford Student Ambassador Litter Picking Kayak Project

Oxford leads Nature Positive Universities Alliance to reverse biodiversity decline

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have made no meaningful progress whatsoever on limiting the climate impacts themselves going forward, despite being tilted as the “implementation COP”. This inaction is incompatible with reaching the 1.5-degree target

Expert Comment - Climate justice and credible targets..or will COP27 be remembered as a 'lame duck'?

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Rising pollution on the Delhi-Jaipur expressway. Credit: Sudarshan Jha/Shutterstock

Expert Comment: Air pollution cools climate more than expected – making cutting carbon emissions more urgent

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Think of the woman fetching water for her family or cooking over a woodstove…she suffers more from the degradation of our natural biomass and water resources than anyone else

Expert comments: COP27 Gender Day

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These new guidelines mean when we see products and labels that say ‘net zero’ or ‘carbon neutral’ we now have a rubric against which to question whether these organisations are actually doing what it takes to get there

COP27: Net Zero guidelines aim to drive higher standards and counter 'greenwashing' accusations

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Professor Myles Allen: Speaking last weekend on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Professor Allen used lumps of coal to illustrate how much fossil fuel the world has already burned – and continues to burn, despite efforts to reduce emissions. He said, ‘Calls

We must stop fossil fuels causing global warming, before the world stops using fossil fuels - Prof Myles Allen

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today’s data from Oxford’s Net Zero Tracker shows, in the 25 highest emitting regions: 60% of companies and over 80% of cities and regions still do not have a net zero target

UN report calls for non-state emissions action: as new data shows 60% of top businesses have no net zero target

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