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Extreme weather events-
Japan’s Tokyo Has Already Broken a Record for Severe Heat Days in a Year | Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-09/tokyo-has-already-broken-a-record-for-severe-heat-days-in-a-year?cmpid=BBD080922_GREENDAILY&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=220809&utm_campaign=greendaily
Wildfires rage in France, thousands evacuated from homes | Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/wildfires-rage-southwestern-france-amid-new-heatwave-2022-08-10/?utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220811&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter
Low Rhine water levels threaten Germany’s economic growth | Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/low-rhine-water-levels-another-drain-germanys-economy-2022-08-10/?utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220811&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter
Climate studies-
Fate of ‘sleeping giant’ East Antarctic ice sheet ‘in our hands’ - study | The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/10/east-antarctic-ice-sheet-in-our-hands-climate-action?utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220811&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter
The Arctic is heating up nearly four times faster than the whole planet, study finds | NPR: https://www.npr.org/2022/08/11/1116608415/the-arctic-is-heating-up-nearly-four-times-faster-than-the-rest-of-earth-study-f
A volcano is erupting again in Iceland. Is climate change causing more eruptions? | Phys.org: https://phys.org/news/2022-08-volcano-erupting-iceland-climate-eruptions.html
Climate victories-
China has world’s second largest number of nuclear power units | Xinhua: https://english.news.cn/20220810/6adb708ac03a466bb709488f2c9342c8/c.html?utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220811&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter
‘It’s a human rights issue’: young audlts take Portugal climate crisis to court | The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/11/its-a-human-rights-issue-young-adults-take-portugal-climate-crisis-to-court?utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220811&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter
US and DRC to work together on protection of rainforest and peatlands | The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/10/us-drc-democratic-republic-congo-protection-rainforest-peatlands-aoe?utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220811&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter
Cities are building “climate resilience hubs” | Axios: https://www.axios.com/2022/08/09/deadly-heat-waves-climate-resilience-hubs?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosgenerate&stream=top
Newsom outlines sweeping strategy to bolster water supplies | The LA Times: https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2022-08-11/newsom-outlines-sweeping-strategy-to-bolster-water-supplies
Climate fails-
‘The Sacrifice Zone’: Myanmar bears cost of green energy | AP News: https://apnews.com/article/technology-forests-myanmar-75df22e8d7431a6757ea4a426fbde94c?user_email=f52cf3d78a7d61214aa96a584c2a256826fc4f843ab25653aad14a1f8575964e%26utm_source=Sailthru%26utm_medium=email%26utm_campaign=Aug09_MorningWire%26utm_term=Morning Wire Subscribers