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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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Preventable causes of death are driving early-life disparities in black and white young adults in the United States

External factors, including homicide, drive death rate disparity in US black-white young adults

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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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What is going on now, where Democrats and Republicans are coming from seemingly implacably opposed positions, could really be described as a ‘cold civil war’ – and a far bigger threat than there has been in 150 years

Expert Comment. American midterms: Is compromise possible amid the 'cold civil war'?

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Politicisation is a problem for climate policymakers

Expert Comment: European public opinion on climate change has become politicised

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In a series of powerful ‘hopes’ for Egypt, 20 leading researchers from across the university, have recorded wishes and warnings in videos and written messages for the delegates to COP27. Credit: Shutterstock

COP27 must deliver fast action, swift justice and protect nature – Oxford experts

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Pathways to get to clean energy systems depend a lot on how feasible they are in each African country

Africa needs country-specific narratives for a clean energy future - study

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Terracotta in the first emperor mausoleum china

Horse Power: €10 million for project in which Terracotta warriors meet the ancient Mongolian state

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