Companies in Asia Need to Wake Up to New Normal of Climate Change

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Global Warming, Local Resistance

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Oceans Warming Faster Than Expected, Set Heat Record in 2018: Scientists

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To Halt Deforestation, Researchers Say We Must Listen to the Forests

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'Silent Emergency' as Heat Risks Rise in Hong Kong and Globally

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Climate Talks Pass Baton in Race to Stop Global Warming

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Failure to Slow Climate Change Threatens 'Every Country,' UN Talks Told

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Climate Policies Put World on Track for 3.3°C Warming: Study

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Fossil Fuel Tax Proposed to Cover Rising Costs of Wild Weather

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Developing Nations Say Swifter Climate Action Depends on Cash to Pay for It

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