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South Sudan shuts schools as extreme heat overwhelms students

South Sudan shuts schools as extreme heat overwhelms students

In South Sudan, a relentless heatwave is forcing the government to shut down schools for the second year in a row, with a temperature as high as 42 degree Celsius posing a real threat. The South Sudanese government has closed all schools for a period of two weeks after dozens of students collapsed due to extreme heat. The announcement came after reports that an average of 12 students fainted...

By Nairobi, Kenya
UK’s first climate justice degree launched in Sussex

UK’s first climate justice degree launched in Sussex

Sussex University has announced it will be bringing the first climate justice BA to the UK. Could this take the study of climate change nationwide? Breaking news: young people care a fair bit about the climate. That revelation, which is perhaps the least surprising you’ll hear this month, has finally culminated in the UK prepping its first climate justice course for undergraduates. The BA, which will be obtainable at the University of...

By London, UK
£81 million given to new climate tipping point warning system

£81 million given to new climate tipping point warning system

The UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (Aria) has given 27 teams a total of £81 million to determine signals that would warn us of imminent climate collapse and catastrophes.  A new, ambitious climate change project has received a sizeable sum of cash to get the ball rolling. The UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (Aria) financially backs high-risk, high-reward projects. It has just awarded £81 million to 27 teams that...

By Bristol, UK
Trump announces order to bring plastic straws back

Trump announces order to bring plastic straws back

President Donald Trump has just announced he is banning the federal mandate of producing paper straws throughout the US. In-fact, he wants the nation to move exclusively back to plastic. ‘Drill baby drill’ was just the tip of the iceberg re Trump’s ecological unravelling, it would seem. The newly inaugurated president is still going down his list of pet peeves, binning off federal orders and drafting new ones as they pop...

By London, UK