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Standard Bank has come under fire for continuing to fund new fossil fuel projects.It has promised to do due diligence to limit harm.CEO Sim Tshabalala says the AGM has become a forum for policy advocacy and debate - which is not in the interests of the company. Standard Bank, which has come under fire for continuing…

By Adam Vaughan Fish are vulnerable to warming oceans, particularly as embryosjoebelanger/Getty Images Fish are at a far greater risk from climate change than previously thought, as researchers have shown that embryos and spawning adults are more susceptible to warming oceans. In a worst-case scenario of 5°C of  global warming, up to 60 per cent…

By New Scientist and Press Association The sun sets on London’s skylineDominic Lipinski/PA Images The risk of days with sweltering 40°C heat in the UK could rise significantly by the end of the century without action to drive down greenhouse gas emissions, the UK’s Met Office has warned. Climate change caused by human activity is…

By Adam Vaughan More realistic representation of clouds and aerosols seems to explain why a new generation of climate models indicate the world is more sensitive to rising CO2 levelsJohn Gilbey / Alamy Climate scientists have been trying to work out why new computer models have begun projecting a potentially much hotter future as CO2…

Climate|Climate Change Tied to Pregnancy Risks, Affecting Black Mothers MostJune 18, 2020Updated 1:33 p.m. ETWASHINGTON — Pregnant women exposed to high temperatures or air pollution are more likely to have children who are premature, underweight or stillborn, and African-American mothers and babies are harmed at a much higher rate than the population at large, according…