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Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 20, 2022
U.K. breaches 40 C for first time as heat records tumble in France
Experts have blamed climate change for the soaring temperatures — and warned that worse is yet to come.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 19, 2022
Why Europe is becoming a heat wave hot spot
Heat waves in Europe are increasing in frequency and intensity at a faster rate than almost any other part of the planet, including the Western United States.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 19, 2022
'Shocking' report lists devastation to Australia wildlife
Australia's 2019-2020 'Black Summer' bush fires burned more than 8 million hectares of native vegetation and killed or displaced 1 billion to 3 billion animals.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 19, 2022
Climate change's fingerprints on ever hotter heat waves
The India-Pakistan heat wave in March was calculated to have been 30 times more likely with the more than 1.1 C of warming that human activity has caused since the mid-19th century.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 19, 2022
Europe burns as heat wave breaks temperature records
Expectations are now high that the current British record of 38.7 C could be broken and 40 C breached for the first time, with experts blaming climate change.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 18, 2022
As the planet cooks, climate stalls as a political issue
Climate change remains an issue with little political power as voters and politicians put a higher premium on immediate issues, such as inflation and the economy.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 18, 2022
'Water police' patrol drought-hit Los Angeles streets looking for waste
Authorities have noted a reduction in residential water demand, but as the drought worsens, more permanent changes to the city's landscape could become necessary.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 18, 2022
Forest fires rage in scorching southwest Europe
Firefighters battled to contain wildfires sweeping across southwest Europe on Sunday as a heat wave showed no sign of abating, with Britain poised to set new temperature records this week.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jul 17, 2022
Ocean acidification threatens some of Japan’s favorite seafood
The process driven by climate change poses a threat to the future of the fishery and aquaculture industries, researchers say.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 16, 2022
Scorching summer heat wave throws Britain into more chaos
Britain issued its most severe warning for next week, with temperatures set to rise above 35 degrees in parts of England and possibly threatening national records exceeding 40 degrees.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 16, 2022
God's will or ecological disaster? Mexico takes aim at Mennonite deforestation
In Campeche, the Mennonites say that expanding farms to provide a simple life for their families is the will of God. In the eyes of ecologists, the farms are an environmental disaster.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 16, 2022
Chinese artist stirs climate action with toxic soup and rock music
Meet Nut Brother, a performance artist who has been stirring up public opinion over pollution in China in the belief that environmental activism that is humorous can have a powerful effect.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 16, 2022
China's surging hydropower a boon for its climate goals and energy bills
Plentiful rainfall and fast-growing new capacity for other renewable sources have cut needs for fossil fuel.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 15, 2022
Pacific countries declare ‘climate emergency’ and pledge closer security coordination
Small islands in the region, as well as coastal mega-cities in China and South and Southeast Asia, have a particular vulnerability to the effects of climate change, namely rising sea levels.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 15, 2022
Amid devastating heat, Europe's climate change impacts make adaptation harder
Heat waves and droughts are expected to overwhelm swaths of the continent this summer, causing fires, halting power plants and cutting crop output.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 14, 2022
Companies need to get real about climate risk
To ensure the planet's future, the SEC is looking at the idea of having businesses calculate and disclosure climate-related costs and risks.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 14, 2022
Scorching heat wave sparks wildfires in Europe
Firefighters have battled numerous blazes raging across Portugal and western Spain, with the fires menacing villages and disrupting tourists' holidays amid an intense heat wave.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 13, 2022
Pacific looks to international court for help on climate
Vanuatu is spearheading a campaign to ask the Hague-based tribunal 'to protect the rights of present and future generations against the effects of climate change.'
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jul 13, 2022
Tour de France's environmental protest an 'anecdote' for riders
The presence of protesters with road flares caused the race to halt for 15 minutes, with 38 kilometers to go to the finish line at the Alpine town of Megeve.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 13, 2022
India preparing to submit new climate targets to U.N. in September
The official commitment would come close to a year after countries were told to submit updated targets by the U.N. before a summit last November.

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