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Biden announces modest climate actions, stops short of declaring emergency

President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced modest new steps to combat climate change and promised more robust action to come, saying, “This is an emergency and I will look at it that way.”

France 24

Joe Biden appears to say he has 'cancer' in puzzling gaffe during climate change speech

US President Joe Biden was speaking at the site of a former coal-fired power plant in Somerset, Massachusetts when he made the comment despite previous White House reports that he did not have cancer

Daily Mirror

Biden cites climate threat, stops short of declaring emergency

President Joe Biden called climate change an “existential threat” and unveiled new policies to fight its effects — including opening additional offshore areas to wind farms — after Sen. Joe Manchin’s objections halted broader legislation to curb rising temperatures.

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President Biden Asserts 'Climate Change Is An Emergency'

But does not declare that it is a "national emergency."

Reason

Farmers tackling climate change critical of State of the Environment Report

Farmers say a report outlining the deterioration of Australia's environment fails to acknowledge the millions being spent to address their industry's impact on the land.

ABC News

Nine numbers and charts from this week that should terrify you about the climate crisis

For the first time on record temperatures in the UK have exceeded 40°C

Wales Online

Natural systems in Australia are unravelling. If they collapse, human society could too

In the long-delayed State of the Environment report released this week, there is one terrifying sentence: “Environmental degradation is now considered a threat to humanity, which could bring about societal collapses.”

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How Cardiff council's leader plans to change the city over the next five years

Housing, education, and climate change play a big part in the strategy

Wales Online

Biden unveils steps on climate, but no ’emergency’ designation

The executive actions include new initiatives to bolster the offshore wind industry in the United States.

Al Jazeera

Leading environment group says Labor must include ratchet mechanism in climate change bill

Australian Conservation Foundation says legislation needs to ensure 43% emissions reduction target can be increased over time

The Guardian - AU

UK must learn to live with extreme weather, says cabinet minister

Kit Malthouse, chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, says ‘impacts of climate change are with us now’

The Guardian - UK

Heatwave firefighter describes 'brutal' day from hell and warns UK needs 'rethink'

Deputy Chief Fire Officer Dave Walton told the Mirror going forward we must as a society accept climate change and adapt to it because levels of emergency seen yesterday are a warning

Daily Mirror

What would happen if Biden declared a climate emergency?

President Biden seems to be waffling on taking matters into his own hands — but here’s what he could get done.

Mic

'Basket case' USA could shatter climate consensus

The Climate Change Minister worries American political breakdown will threaten the stability of the Paris Agreement framework.

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Dublin ranked among cleanest cities in Europe for air quality

High levels of pollution in the air space can cause health issues for people and will do more damage longer-term as well with climate change.

Dublin Live

Climate Council says Ireland not equipped to deal with catastrophic weather events

Temperatures were at an all time high in recent days

Irish Mirror

'Stop playing politics' while 'Europe burns', Stephen Donnelly tells opposition

'If not now, then when?'

Reuters

France's Macron pledges to step up fight against climate change as he visits wildfires

The shift in climate is leading to more wildfires and will force France and the European Union to take "structural decisions", President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday.

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Blazes a ‘wake-up call’ on climate change, firefighters warn after record heat

Temperatures climbed above 40C for the first time in the UK on Tuesday.

The Conversation

St. Lawrence shoreline erosion: We must work with, not against, nature

The St. Lawrence riverbanks are eroding. This has an impact on infrastructure, economy and inhabitants’ well-being. It exposes communities to flooding and can destroy local ecosystems.

The Independent UK

Extreme heat ‘wake-up call for everyone’ in UK, says Cop26 president Alok Sharma

The Cabinet Office minister said climate change had to be dealt with.

The Independent UK

Spanish worker's death shows need to adapt to climate change

The death of a street cleaner during a heat wave in Madrid is driving a debate in Spain about the need to adapt labor rules to the realities of climate change

France 24

Macron tours blaze devastation as firefighters battle French wildfires

French President Emmanuel Macron visited firefighters battling twin blazes near Bordeaux on Wednesday as Europe counted the cost of a record heatwave and climate change protesters pointed to the sizzling weather as a wake up call for the continent.

Daily Mirror

Fire chief makes grim warning for future after 'game-changing, brutal' day

Dave Walton, Deputy Chief Fire Officer (DCFO) for West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said Tuesday's unprecedented number of fires was a "wake-up" call and will not be a one off

The Independent UK

Climate change linked to civil unrest and eventual collapse of ancient Mayan city, study confirms

Findings provide lessons from past to understand how climate change may exacerbate political tensions, scientists say

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