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Climate change reporting lies with us
9Nov By Climate 360 NewsNo Comments
Community, Loyola Marymount University, Opinion

Climate change reporting lies with us

By Ashley Buschhorn Climate change is ravaging our planet, killing crops, driving animals to extinction and, yes, killing people, yet the mainstream media's coverage of the issue is woefully lacking. “The state of coverage does not meet the state of emergency,” CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Bill Weir told Climate360 News. A new report shows that 85% of the world population has experienced a weather event that has been worsened by climate change. The report also showed that global warming has affected 80% of the world’s land area. When you consider these events one by one you discover the human-impact of them. Whether it is Texans freezing to death in the 2021 winter storm or refugee camps in South Sudan being swept away by flash floods, there is a toll on human life br...
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What is COP26?
29Oct By Climate 360 NewsNo Comments
Economy, Loyola Marymount University, Policy

What is COP26?

By Ashley Buschhorn Image ©No10 Crown Copyright . 04/02/2020. London, United Kingdom. Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson with Sir David Attenborough talk to school children at the Science Museum for Launch of the UK hosting of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26). Picture by Andrew Parsons / No10 Downing Street COP26 is the 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference taking place in Glasgow, Scotland, from Sunday, Oct. 31, through Friday, Nov. 12. This could be a pivotal event for the future of climate change. The Conference of Parties, the COP, consists of world superpowers such as the U.S., U.K., China and Russia. Two of the world’s largest pollutants, Russia and Brazil, will participate in COP, but their presidents will not be in attendance. China, ...
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