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Extreme weather displaced more people than war in 2013
NEWS: Natural disasters created 22 million refugees in 2013, report finds, warning that climate change could worsen trend
Drought-hit California faces future trouble as warming reduces water
NEWS: Researchers warn that climate change could worsen California droughts by reducing water flow from Sierra Nevada mountains
Yeb Sano sails to the Arctic in “clarion call” for climate
INTERVIEW: Filipino climate commissioner undertakes seven-day trip across the fragile north, highlighting impacts of global warming
Amazon’s ‘flying rivers’ dry up as drought takes hold
NEWS: Scientists believe Amazon rainforest water loss is the result of continuing deforestation and climate change
Criminal deforestation poses growing climate threat
NEWS: Foreign demand for agricultural products worth an estimated $61 billion is driving rates of deforestation
Jonathon Porritt: I have not sold out to the palm oil sector
INTERVIEW: Veteran UK environmentalist defends industry-backed study that will endorse some forest clearance
Cocaine wars to climate crisis: can fortified crops save Colombia?
NEWS: The biggest threat to Colombian farmers used to be drug-related violence. Now it’s climate change – but biofortified crops offer hope
Indian billionaire Ratan Tata leads calls for UN ocean treaty
NEWS: Heavy pollution and climate change are threatening long term health and productivity of high seas
David Attenborough: UK must embrace climate migrants
NEWS: Britain must cater for wildlife moving northwards because of climate change, says veteran naturalist and broadcaster
UN and World Bank ‘inefficiency’ blocking forest aid efforts
NEWS: Report from leading REDD donors Norway warns of ‘growing perception’ countries are missing out on millions
Heavy consumption puts planet in overdraft
NEWS: Earth Overshoot Day arrives one day earlier than 2013, marking the date global consumption exceeds production
Tiny Indian village makes final stand against coal giants
NEWS: Vote in Madhya Pradesh village will decide whether ancient forest is cleared for mining project
Human impact on glacier melt increasing – study
NEWS: Scientific studies show increasing human impact on glaciers; Antarctic ice melt faster than thought
Low-cost climate adaptation can help African farmers – UN
NEWS: The UN’s environment body has set out practical ways African nations can protect their people against climate change effects
Brazil’s indigenous tribes: The low cost solution to climate change?
NEWS: Traditional communities living in harmony with nature need greater support from governments, says report
California drought threatens groundwater supplies – study
NEWS: NASA satellite data reveals record water level drop in the Colorado River Basin, as drought is linked to climate change
Scale of Amazon rainforest carbon loss revealed
NEWS: Forest conservation programmes must address logging and wildfires, large scale Amazon study shows
Indonesia deforestation now ‘worse than Brazil’
NEWS: Indonesia’s forest loss is accelerating each year, despite a moratorium on logging, study finds
India and China farmers back new climate adaptation alliance
NEWS: A network of 25 indigenous mountain communities is sharing information – and seeds – for a climate-proof future
WMO: 80% chance of El Niño by December 2014
NEWS: UN’s World Meteorological Association now more certain that El Niño will hit by end of year