The U.N.’s cultural agency warns that ice sheets on Kilimanjaro, in the Dolomites and in Yosemite and Yellowstone may disappear by 2050, highlighting travel’s impact on climate change.
Tag: Global Warming
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Countries Made Bold Climate Promises Last Year. How Are They Doing?
At last year’s U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, world leaders pledged to halt deforestation, phase out fossil fuel subsidies and offer up more climate aid. Following through has been tough.
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A Climate Change Skeptic’s Change of Heart
Responses to Bret Stephens’s column about his new views after a visit to Greenland. Also: Homelessness in L.A.; political extremists; divorce and politics.
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At COP27, Developing Nations Have a Message for Polluters: Pay Up
Poor countries facing climate hazards want the United States and other industrialized nations to compensate them for the harm caused by greenhouse gases.
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The World’s Peatlands Are Climate Bombs Waiting to Detonate
They face threats around the world and must be protected.