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Trouble brewing in Cavite town’s local coffee industry

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 26 08:08 AM

A myriad issues have put Amadeo's coffee farmers on edge, and a turbulent Taal has only served to heighten their worries. Read more »

Greta Thunberg says climate demands 'completely ignored' at Davos

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 24 07:40 PM

Thunberg was a highlight of the 50th edition of the conference, drawing massive attention including barbs by US Secretary Steven Mnuchin who on Thursday told the teen to go "study economics." Read more »

From ‘fortune tellers’ to undercover plumbers: 5 Davos highlights

Stuart Williams, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 22 03:10 AM

The big Davos buzzword this year is sustainability, with organizers keen to show that the event leaves a minimal environmental footprint. Read more »

Greta Thunberg calls on world leaders to listen to young activists

Dmitry Zhdannikov, Reuters
Posted at Jan 21 06:52 PM

Among the "climate heroes" being celebrated by the WEF are Irish teen scientist Fionn Ferreira, who created a solution for preventing microplastics from reaching oceans. Read more »

Expert: Countries with lower GDP per capita more vulnerable to extreme climate

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 20 08:03 PM

Jonathan Woetzel, Director of the Mckinsey Global Institute, says countries with lower GDP per capita are generally more vulnerable to extreme climate changes. Read more »

Climate change pushing Australia's platypus towards extinction: researchers

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 20 02:09 PM

SYDNEY - Prolonged drought and other effects of climate change are pushing Australia's unique platypus population towards extinction, scientists warned in a study published Monday. Read more »

World's oil, gas firms invest less than 1 percent in green energy: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 20 09:00 AM

Experts are increasingly worried that that target set in the 2015 Paris accord to limit global temperature rises to "well below" 2C is rapidly becoming unattainable, condemning the world to a cascade of costly droughts, superstorms, floods and wildfires as greenhouse gasses warm the atmosphere. Read more »

Children, young adults cannot sue US government over climate change - ruling

Sebastien Malo and Jonathan Stempel, Reuters
Posted at Jan 18 10:08 AM

A US federal appeals court on Friday threw out a lawsuit by children and young adults who claimed they had a constitutional right to be protected from climate change, in a major setback to efforts to spur the US government to address the issue.  Read more »

Microsoft to erase its carbon footprint from atmosphere for climate push

Stephen Nellis and Jeffrey Dastin, Reuters
Updated as of Jan 17 08:46 AM

Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it aims to remove more carbon from the atmosphere than it emits by 2030 and that by 2050, it hopes to have taken out enough to account for all the direct emissions the company has ever made. Read more »

YouTube steers viewers to climate denial videos: US activist group

Gleen Chapman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 17 02:30 AM

YouTube has driven millions of viewers to climate denial videos, a US activist group said Thursday as it called for stopping "free promotion of misinformation" at the platform. Read more »

Secret mission saves Australia's 'dinosaur trees' from bushfires

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 16 06:33 PM

SYDNEY, Australia - A secret operation by specialist firefighters has saved the world's last stand of Wollemi Pines, a pre-historic species known as "dinosaur trees", from Australia's unprecedented bushfires, officials said.   Read more »

Relief as rain falls over Australian bushfires

Thomas Lowe, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 16 06:32 PM

Heavy rain fell across parts of fire-ravaged eastern Australia on Thursday and more wet weather was forecast, giving some relief following months of catastrophic blazes fuelled by climate change. Read more »

YouTube steering viewers to climate denial videos: nonprofit

Glenn Chapman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 16 05:56 PM

YouTube has driven millions of viewers to climate denial videos, a US advocacy group charged Thursday as it called for stopping "free promotion of misinformation" at the platform. Read more »

UN warns more extreme weather ahead after hottest decade on record

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 16 03:33 AM

The past decade has been the hottest on record, the UN said Wednesday, warning that the higher temperatures were expected to fuel numerous extreme weather events in 2020 and beyond. Read more »

Climate crisis to reshape finance: BlackRock CEO

Andrew Ross Sorkin, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 15 08:41 AM

BlackRock is the world’s largest asset manager with nearly $7 trillion in investments, and this move will fundamentally shift its investing policy — and could reshape how corporate America does business and put pressure on other large money managers to follow suit. Read more »

Scientists paint Australia fires as red alert on climate change

Laurie Goering, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jan 11 09:59 AM

LONDON - With the sky outside a menacing red, Nerilie Abram's family is staying inside, with the windows shut and curtains drawn at their home in Canberra, Australia's smoke-choked capital. Read more »

Salty water in Bangkok is new 'reality' as sea pushes farther inland

Rina Chandran, Reuters
Posted at Jan 10 09:21 PM

Thai authorities are trucking drinking water to parts of Bangkok and urging residents to shower less as a worsening drought and rising sea levels have increased salinity, a growing risk faced by many Asian cities, climate researchers said. Read more »

Hundreds of rare turtles die on Mexican coast

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 10 06:08 PM

MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Close to 300 rare green turtles have been found dead on the beaches of southern Mexico, killed by a red tide of microalgae caused in part by climate change, authorities said.   Read more »

'Learn from Australia': Environment group urges PH to declare climate emergency

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 10 04:41 PM

MANILA - The Philippines can learn something from the ongoing bushfires in Australia that can help address the climate change challenges facing the country, a local environment group said on Friday. Read more »

Hell and ice water: Glacier melt threatens Pakistan's future

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 10 12:30 PM

SHISPER GLACIER, Pakistan - The villagers of Hassanabad live in constant fear.   Read more »