Instead of ‘doomsday’ approach, India’s climate activists should centre people and their emotions When climate messaging frames climate change as a universal concern without considering local realities, it can backfire Here are some steps campaigners can take as they reassess their communication strategies 1. Understand your audience 2. Craft messages that resonate with your audience 3. Give people the power and pathways to act

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Instead of ‘doomsday’ approach, India’s climate activists should centre people and their emotions

When climate messaging frames climate change as a universal concern without considering local realities, it can backfire.

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New York’s governor signs climate superfund bill into law The law would raise $75 billion over 25 years from major carbon polluters, requiring them to pay for climate damage caused by increasingly severe weather https://archive.ph/wip/YjfTR #NY #USA #US #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

Orcas moved into the Arctic. It could be bad news for other whales, and humans too Killer whales are expanding their territory and have moved into Arctic waters as climate change melts sea ice, with two genetically distinct populations being identified by Canadian scientists

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Orcas moved into the Arctic. It could be bad news for other whales, and humans too

Killer whales are expanding their territory and have moved into Arctic waters as climate change melts sea ice, with two genetically distinct popula...

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experts are increasingly concerned about the potential emergence of Category 6 hurricanes. Rising ocean temperatures are contributing to storms that are not only occurring less often but are also becoming significantly stronger, raising questions about whether the current Saffir-Simpson scale is equipped to handle these extreme cases. Researchers are now advocating for a new category to better communicate the risks associated with these unprecedented storms

First Category 6 hurricane a threat to America: Experts are terrified about this

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Christmas Eve 2024 has become the warmest on record for Northern Ireland Temperatures provisionally reached 14.3C at Magilligan on the north coast on Tuesday afternoon That surpasses the 13.9C record set in Armagh 82 years ago, in 1942 The unseasonably mild conditions are striking given that the average temperature for Christmas Eve is normally about 7.5C

Christmas Eve warmest on record in Northern Ireland

Temperatures provisionally reached 14.3C at Magilligan on the north coast on Tuesday afternoon.

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Though waterway transport is promoted as lowering emissions, in fact proposed new shipping channels on the Tocantins and Madeira rivers increase carbon emissions and deforestation

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Brazil's shipping channel plans in Amazonian rivers will worsen climate change, experts warn

Brazil is poised to invest tens of billions reais to build more than 2,000 km (1,240 miles) of new shipping channels in shrinking rivers – a dram...

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World is far from halting deforestation, urgent government action required Calls for a 2030 emissions reduction target of at least 65 per cent, matched with halving of energy consumption by 2040 and phasing out fossil fuels by 2030. Ambitious or impossible?

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World is far from halting deforestation, urgent government action required | Euractiv

Calls for a 2030 emissions reduction target of at least 65 per cent, matched with halving of energy consumption by 2040 and phasing out fossil fuel...

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Undocumented people are among most vulnerable to climate-fueled disasters Many undocumented people are not eligible for federal financial disaster aid and several remain fearful even when help is offered

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Undocumented people are among most vulnerable to climate-fueled disasters

Many undocumented people are not eligible for federal financial disaster aid and several remain fearful even when help is offered.

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While Montpellier may be the largest city to introduce free public transport it’s far from the first place in Europe to do so. Tallinn in Estonia paved the way back in 2013. Since then, multiple other cities & towns have set up their own schemes, while two European countries got in on the act. Luxembourg made all public transport free in 2020, and Malta followed its lead in 2022

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Public transport use soars in Montpellier a year after becoming free

Montpellier introduced free public transport to combat the climate crisis and to ease the cost of living for its residents.

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Climate change is pushing some governments to the breaking point One country offers a glimpse into the future of warming and unrest

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Climate change is pushing some governments to the breaking point

One country offers a glimpse into the future of warming and unrest.

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