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When a country goes underwater: Island States fight for their future (opens the publisher's site)
Rising sea levels and ever-more-powerful storms are eroding shorelines, submerging land and threatening to evict millions of people from their homes worldwide.
Why climate action now comes down to speed, finance and cooperation (opens the publisher's site)
Temporarily exceeding the 1.5°C global warming goal set in Paris is widely considered inevitable. The challenge now is to keep that overshoot as small and short as possible by cutting emissions faster, unlocking finance and strengthening international cooperation.
In Tanzania, the sea is moving inland – and taking livelihoods with it (opens the publisher's site)
Along the coast of Tanzania, in East Africa, the Indian Ocean is pushing saltwater ever farther inland, shrinking coconut harvests, driving fish away and leaving some residents wondering how much longer they can stay.