20 hours ago LA was sitting on a powder keg ripe for a fire after months of drought. Then it was lit

EXCLUSIVE: Author John Vaillant tells The Independent that human-driven climate change has created dangerous wildfire conditions and thousands of ‘climate refugees’ in the city of Los Angeles

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18 hours ago Stop playing politics with the LA fires and address the key cause: man

Editorial: With uncontrolled blazes still raging around Los Angeles, on the day it was confirmed that last year was the hottest in human history, it would be a good time for global leaders to finally take climate change seriously. But the signs are that no such Damascene conversion is about to be witnessed

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28 hours ago Hottest year on record sent planet past key global warming limit of 1.5C for first time in 2024

‘This is a rude awakening to politicians to get their act together’

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35 hours ago Hottest year on record sent planet past 1.5C of heating for first time in 2024

Highest recorded temperatures supercharged extreme weather – with worse to come, EU data shows Climate breakdown drove the annual global temperature above the internationally agreed 1.5C target for the first time last year, supercharging extreme weather and causing “misery to millions of people”.The average temperature in 2024 was 1.6C above preindustrial levels, data from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) shows. That is a jump of 0.1C from 2023, which was also a record hot year and represents levels of heat never experienced by modern humans. Continue reading...

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29 hours ago The LA wildfires will cause chaos for California’s home insurance market

New rules allowed climate change consideration in premiums

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29 hours ago 2024 was hottest year on record and first to break 1.5C warming threshold, scientists warn

Climate datasets confirm highest recorded temperatures amid extreme weather – with worse to come

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32 hours ago It’s climate change, stupid: Director Jim Jarmusch bashes deniers amid raging Los Angeles fires

‘I would just like to say it’s time we wake the f*** up!’ Jarmusch said at a New York awards event

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34 hours ago LA fires live updates: at least seven deaths as California wildfires rage and crews battle new fire

Palisades, Kenneth and Eaton fires remain uncontrolled as Los Angeles officials say ‘historic winds’ and extensive droughts have created the ‘perfect storm’Full report: Los Angeles fires burn through city as death toll expected to riseVisual explainer: why are the LA wildfires so bad?As wildfires spread across Los Angeles in the middle of winter, the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service confirms global temperatures eclipsed the 1.5C warming barrier for the first time.As Damian Carrington explains:The average temperature in 2024 was 1.6C above preindustrial levels, data from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) shows. That is a jump of 0.1C from 2023, which was also a record hot year and represents levels of heat never experienced by modern humans. Continue reading...

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34 hours ago LA fires: US citizens' bizarre conspiracy theory links devastating blazes to drone attacks

Although scientists say evidence shows climate change is partly responsible for the Los Angeles wildfires, conspiracy theories are rife across US about the blazes

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