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A Deck by  Michiel Curfs 
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To shed light on the manifold and interconnected issues related to our climate.
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Climate paper calls for fossil fuel giants to be charged with homicide
By Michiel Curfs - March 25, 2023
Should fossil fuel companies face homicide charges for their contributions to...

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We need the right kind of climate optimism
By Michiel Curfs - March 23, 2023
Climate pessimism dooms us to a terrible future. Complacent optimism is no be...

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How art inspired by peatlands can help us confront the climate crisis
By Michiel Curfs - March 17, 2023
The place of peatlands in our cultural consciousness is hardly new: think of ...

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La Niña is finishing an extremely unusual three-year cycle – here’s how it affected weather around the world
By Michiel Curfs - March 01, 2023
It was anchovy fishermen in Peru who first noticed and named El Niño events i...

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Fungi is being used to help capture CO2 under this new offset scheme
By Michiel Curfs - February 20, 2023
Rewilding forests with fungi is the latest way that companies will be able to...

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The good and the bad news from Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’
By Michiel Curfs - February 18, 2023
Scientists have got their first close look at what’s eating away at the world...

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Study: Don’t blame climate change for South American drought
By Michiel Curfs - February 17, 2023
Climate change isn’t causing the multi-year drought that is devastating parts...

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Climate extremes are having an impact on mental health, research warns
By Michiel Curfs - February 08, 2023
Climate-related events have been confirmed to have a negative effect on menta...

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Are European cities equipped to deal with climate change?
By Michiel Curfs - February 05, 2023
Extreme weather events have wreaked havoc across Europe at an alarming rate i...

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An El Niño is forecast for 2023. How much coral will bleach this time?
By Michiel Curfs - February 04, 2023
If an El Niño develops and it becomes a moderate to severe event, it could ra...

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Climate change is altering the chemistry of wine
By Michiel Curfs - February 02, 2023
Climate change can take its toll on grapes without directly destroying them. ...

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How much CO2 is actually being removed from the air every year?
By Michiel Curfs - January 21, 2023
About two billion tonnes of carbon dioxide are being removed from the atmosph...

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El Niño Will Push Global Temperatures ‘Off the Chart’ in 2023, Scientists Warn | Earth.Org
By Michiel Curfs - January 20, 2023
The return of El Niño will result in unprecedented heatwaves, making this yea...

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Four ways winter heatwaves affect humans and nature
By Michiel Curfs - January 11, 2023
An extreme winter heatwave meant countries across Europe experienced a record...

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What is your climate shadow? Learn the new climate lingo for 2023
By Michiel Curfs - December 20, 2022
How will we talk about the climate crisis in 2023? The news is filled with t...

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NGOs sue in French court over oil project in Africa – DW – 12/08/2022
By Michiel Curfs - December 08, 2022
A civilian court case in France hopes to block an oil exploration project in ...

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Things we lost in the wildfires: images of the devastating personal cost of a warming world
By Michiel Curfs - December 04, 2022
A camera, a lamp, a child’s tricycle … Photographer Gideon Mendel’s latest pr...

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Using technology to make it rain
By Michiel Curfs - November 25, 2022
Cloud seeding is a weather modification technique that improves a cloud's abi...

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‘Not enough for people and planet’: Critics denounce COP27 deal
By Michiel Curfs - November 20, 2022
For the first time, the nations of the world decided to help pay for the dama...

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What is and isn’t in the UN’s draft COP27 climate deal
By Michiel Curfs - November 18, 2022
The UN has published the first draft of what could be the final deal to come ...

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‘We’re on highway to climate hell with our foot on accelerator’
By Michiel Curfs - November 08, 2022
“Greenhouse gas emissions keep growing. Global temperatures keep rising. And ...

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The Climate Injustices—and Solutions—Shared by Puerto Rico and Jackson, Mississippi
By Michiel Curfs - October 25, 2022
Within the anxiety-inducing maelstrom, a clear theme stood out to me: Climate...

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New Zealand farmers protest plan to tax cow burps – DW – 10/20/2022
By Michiel Curfs - October 20, 2022
Farmers have criticized a plan that could see them pay for greenhouse gas emi...

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Environmental Impact of Bitcoin Mining Rivals Beef Production and Natural Gas Extraction: Study | Earth.Org
By Michiel Curfs - October 05, 2022
Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s most controversial cryptocurrency, has an impact o...

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Residents are a City’s Best Source of Climate Change Data
By Michiel Curfs - October 05, 2022
Scientists have long sought public participation to monitor weather and biodi...

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Residents are a City’s Best Source of Climate Change Data
By Michiel Curfs - October 05, 2022
As the planet continues to heat up, government agencies and advocacy groups a...

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Insects will struggle to keep pace with global temperature rise – which could be bad news for humans
By Michiel Curfs - October 04, 2022
The impact of climate change on insects could have profound consequences for ...

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King Charles abandons plans to attend Cop27 ‘following Liz Truss’s advice’
By Michiel Curfs - October 03, 2022
King Charles III has reportedly abandoned plans to attend and deliver a speec...

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Dengue in France: tropical diseases in Europe may not be that rare for much longer
By Michiel Curfs - September 26, 2022
Climate change is having, and will continue to have, a significant effect on ...

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5 Great Urban Solutions to Tackle Climate Change in Cities | Earth.Org
By Michiel Curfs - September 09, 2022
Given that 56% of Earth’s population lives in urban areas, it is about time w...

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Temperature rises may be fuelling online hate speech, study finds
By Michiel Curfs - September 08, 2022
Temperatures outside of our comfort zone may lead to an increase in online ha...

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G7 firms failing on Paris climate goals, despite EU lead
By Michiel Curfs - September 07, 2022
Climate goals adopted by businesses in G7 countries show the 1.5C warming tar...

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Shocking photos show impact of drought on Europe’s life-giving rivers
By Michiel Curfs - August 12, 2022
Europe’s major rivers are shrinking under the most severe climate-driven drou...

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Shortage of Male Sea Turtles in Florida as Temperatures Reach Record High | Earth.Org
By Michiel Curfs - August 10, 2022
Florida’s Turtle Hospital says that almost none of the sea turtles born in th...

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Climate change: Will naming heatwaves save lives?
By Michiel Curfs - July 30, 2022
Advocates of the system believe it could save lives amid fears that human-ind...

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Indonesian islanders sue cement producer for climate damages
By Michiel Curfs - July 21, 2022
The claim for compensation, filed in Switzerland by three men and one woman, ...

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Five countries owe €6 trillion in climate reparations, new study shows
By Michiel Curfs - July 13, 2022
"This research provides legally valuable estimates of the financial damages i...

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Crypto Carbon Credits Are Providing a Solution to the Wrong Problem | Earth.Org
By Michiel Curfs - July 12, 2022
Industry leaders have entered the carbon trading market with claims that taki...

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Hummus supplies at risk as chickpeas fall victim to climate change
By Michiel Curfs - July 08, 2022
Weather and war have hurt supplies of the protein-packed bean, driving up foo...

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I led the US lawsuit against big tobacco for its harmful lies. Big oil is next | Sharon Y Eubanks
By Michiel Curfs - July 08, 2022
We may be approaching a legal tipping point for fossil fuel companies and the...

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Methane emissions reach new highs despite pandemic – they are four times more sensitive to climate change than first thought
By Michiel Curfs - July 06, 2022
Eliminating emissions of CO₂ is high up the environmental agenda – but the wo...

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Climate activists get into a sticky situation in a London art gallery
By Michiel Curfs - July 02, 2022
Environmental activists got themselves into a sticky situation on Thursday du...

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Climate change: “My generation is responsible”, António Guterres
By Michiel Curfs - June 29, 2022
VIDEO The war in Ukraine is not only creating global economic turmoil but is ...

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These are the 10 ways climate change affects our bodies every day
By Michiel Curfs - June 19, 2022
Human pressures on the global environment are wreaking havoc on our planet, b...

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UN climate talks end in stalemate and ‘hypocrisy’ allegation
By Michiel Curfs - June 17, 2022
European governments have been accused of seeking to exploit the fossil fuel ...

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Death toll rises after Brazil landslides
By Michiel Curfs - May 30, 2022
VIDEO Landslides caused by heavy rains have killed at least 79 people in the ...

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Water is key to our economic future so why aren’t we investing in it?
By Michiel Curfs - May 30, 2022
Water ripples through many sectors of the global economy. Whether companies a...

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German judges visit Peru glacial lake in unprecedented climate crisis lawsuit
By Michiel Curfs - May 29, 2022
In a global first for climate breakdown litigation, judges from Germany have ...

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BBC CLASS CLIPS VIDEO
Drought’s devastating toll on Somalia’s children
By Michiel Curfs - May 28, 2022
East Africa is in the middle of a years-long drought after four consecutive f...

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How do wind farms manage climate change variability?
By Michiel Curfs - May 18, 2022
VIDEO Last year winds were at historic lows in some parts of Europe and unusu...

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We need optimism – but Disneyfied climate predictions are just dangerous | George Monbiot
By Michiel Curfs - May 15, 2022
We need optimism, and there could be some grounds for it, but it must be root...

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