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CLIMATE CHANGE

Climate activists call for action in Latin America

27-05-2019 15:43 Climate change activists in Latin America rallied for action on global warming this weekend, heeding a call by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg to hold demonstrations across the world.

CLIMATE CHANGE

The knife-edge path our world is on could lead to disaster in just 11 years

20-10-2018 08:43 The story is not the same this time around. Let’s just say: this is serious.

by Andrew Graham-Yooll

GLOBAL WARMING

Report: Greenhouse gases hit new highs in 2017

04-08-2018 07:52 New study cites how temperatures reached 43.4 Celsius, or 110.1 degrees Fahrenheit, in Puerto Madryn back in January, branding it ‘the highest temperature ever recorded so far south anywhere in the world.’

Global economy 'to grow 3.9%' this year

IMF's Lagarde: Trade tensions, protectionism threaten global economy

19-04-2018 13:46 IMF chief warns that the healthiest global economy in years is threatened by rising debt levels, volatile financial markets and a simmering trade dispute between the world's two biggest economies.