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08.01.2021 - Pandemic delays leave many nations facing climate action catch-up in 2021
Less than half of countries that committed to strengthening their climate action targets in 2020 did so by the end of last year, as the pandemic slowed climate diplomacy and efforts to update national plans, a developing-nation group said on Friday.
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07.01.2021 - ANALYSIS-Thin Democratic control of Senate offers Biden chance for steps on climate
Democratic control of the Senate offers President-elect Joe Biden an opportunity to advance parts of his climate agenda, but the paper-thin majority likely puts sweeping global warming legislation beyond reach.
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06.01.2021 - Climate-smart farming for western Nepal villages eases migration pressure
Ram Bahadur Rayamajhi worked in a furniture shop in India for nearly 15 years but returned to his home village in western Nepal's Pyuthan district several years ago, after suffering from a nerve problem.
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27.12.2020 - Hungry for change: Faulty food systems laid bare by COVID-19 and climate crises
From wildfires in California and locust attacks in Ethiopia to job losses caused by pandemic lockdowns in Italy and Myanmar, climate change and COVID-19 disrupted food production and tipped millions more people into hunger in 2020.
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23.12.2020 - ANALYSIS-Climate could pay the price as Europe's nuclear plants age
Nuclear power capacity able to supply roughly 60 million homes is scheduled to close this decade as utilities struggle to replace northwest Europe's ageing reactors, raising the risk of higher carbon emissions as fossil fuels plug the gap.
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23.12.2020 - 2020 in review: Covid delayed climate action, but raised hopes of a green recovery
As 2020 draws to a close, we look back at Climate Home News’ reporting of a year defined by the coronavirus pandemic

21.12.2020 - U.S. federal spending bill includes funding to combat climate change
The bill providing coronavirus aid and funding the U.S. government that is expected to be approved on Monday contains measures to address climate change, including limiting the use of a potent greenhouse gas in refrigerants and extending tax incentives for wind and solar energy.
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18.12.2020 - Climate change could create 63 million migrants in South Asia by 2050
The growing impacts of climate change have already pushed more than 18 million people to migrate within South Asian countries, but that could more than triple in three decades if global warming continues on its current path, researchers warned on Friday.
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16.12.2020 - Record climate disasters in Asia-Pacific push millions to 'breaking point'
Asia-Pacific has faced a record number of climate-related disasters in 2020, affecting tens of millions of vulnerable people already hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Red Cross said on Wednesday.
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10.12.2020 - Fight climate change like we battle COVID-19, says Paris Accord's chief negotiator
Laurent Fabius, the Frenchman who brought down the gavel to seal the Paris Accord on climate change five years ago, said he wished world powers had fought global warming as resolutely as they have confronted the coronavirus pandemic.
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