Eloise Gibson
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Climate and energy communicator, NZ
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Some news... I am happy and also sad to let you know I have a new job outside journalism. I finish at RNZ on August 28. It's been an incredible 18 years in journalism - it really can be the best job in the world. The BEST is talking to incredible scientists and researchers, national treasures.
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This feels like a blast from the distant past already. Thrilled with how All The Journalists especially my mates at RNZ have taken the climate baton and sprinted with it. Feeling superfluous has never felt so good. HNY!
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Movie youâve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
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28 days ago
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D.
29 days ago
One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. âStg this real fishâ took me out. Good work, neighbor.
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Elizabeth Kolbert
about 2 months ago
Another year, another record for carbon emissions:
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Carbon Dioxide Emissions Head for Another Record in 2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/climate/greenhouse-gas-emissions-china.html?unlocked_article_code=1.008.33SN.ikWpFx6izq4D&smid=bs-share
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Chris Knox
2 months ago
BusinessDesk has a fantastic (and rare) for a data journalist in New Zealand. The Herald and BusinessDesk are separate publications, but whoever is in this role will work with me on projects like Budget day visualisations 1/2
careers.nzme.co.nz/jobs/6697721...
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Data Journalist - BusinessDesk - NZME
Join BusinessDesk as a Data Journalistâbreak market-moving stories, visualise insights, and set the global benchmark for data-driven reporting.
https://careers.nzme.co.nz/jobs/6697721-data-journalist-businessdesk
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You can listen here to my last audio piece for Morning Report. Heartfelt thanks to Tui Warmenhoven for sharing her story, and the excellent Belinda Storey
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Ageing bridges must be replaced to withstand next big cyclone
Thirty-nine bridges on the state highway network are already older than 100 - by 2030, that number will be 260.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/571765/ageing-bridges-must-be-replaced-to-withstand-next-big-cyclone
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Robert McLachlan
4 months ago
I talked to
@eloisegibson.bsky.social
about universal Road User Charges. Govt says (a) carbon charge, ETS will sort it; (b) cutting petrol carbon charge from $450/t to $50/t -> negligible effect. They can't both be true, I don't think either of them are true.
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$200 extra to drive a RAV4: Will RUC changes help or hurt the climate?
Universal road user charges are proposed to start in 2027, changing the way drivers of the country's more than 3 million petrol vehicles contribute to the cost of roads.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/571173/200-extra-to-drive-a-rav4-will-ruc-changes-help-or-hurt-the-climate
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Catherine Woulfe
4 months ago
Completely stoked that this miracle of a snail found Giselle Clarkson, a person who a) would never squish it and b) knew all about left-spirals and c) deeply deserved a Ned in her life.
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Well played, my eternal frenemy
@marcdaalder.bsky.social
The climate reading public is in good hands.
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The climate advice they didn't want you to see. [finally, six days before I finish up, I get to use that headline formula đ ]
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Officials warn of damage to diplomatic relations in secret climate change memo
Officials raise concerns on government's climate change stance in mistakenly released advice.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/570686/officials-warn-of-damage-to-diplomatic-relations-in-secret-climate-change-memo
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Ketan Joshi
5 months ago
years ago, an outlet used this image (or something very close to it) on an article I wrote on steel decarbonisation, and someone replied "THE FORBIDDEN HALOUMI" and weirdly my brain hasn't let me ever forget it
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Nawwww! These kids â¤ď¸â¤ď¸đ
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Some news... I am happy and also sad to let you know I have a new job outside journalism. I finish at RNZ on August 28. It's been an incredible 18 years in journalism - it really can be the best job in the world. The BEST is talking to incredible scientists and researchers, national treasures.
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John Morales
5 months ago
And now the attribution analysis results: climate change strengthened
#Erin
âs peak intensity by about 9 mph đ, resulting in it becoming a Category 5ď¸âŁ storm. If not for human-caused climate change, Erin would have been a Category 4 storm at its peak.
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@kirstyjohnston.bsky.social
patiently going through the list of climate policies repealed, and what's still standing.
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How Jacinda Ardernâs âgroundbreakingâ climate law has become âa shellâ
The Zero Carbon Act promised to lock climate ambition into law. But with key policies repealed, delayed or watered down, the once 'world-leading' legislation has become a husk of its former self.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/570336/how-jacinda-ardern-s-groundbreaking-climate-law-has-become-a-shell
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Mary Argue doing the good mahi for RNZ on science funding cuts....
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Juliet Gerrard
5 months ago
Data on the cuts to the Marsden Fund reported by RNZ this morning
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Kathleen Bachynski
5 months ago
A NYT comment: âHumans ate organic, whole foods for millennia. They got plenty of exercise, lived without plastics. Until the mid-1800s, life expectancy at birth was 39. Food may be good medicine, but itâs not a panacea. Medical advancesâlike vaccinesâhave doubled the human lifespan, not superfoodsâ
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Thereâs Money to Be Made From âMAHA.â Food Companies Want In.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/dining/maha-health-food-marketing.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Marc Daalder
5 months ago
Paywall now lifted: My special report this morning is about how we spent generations strangling our rivers to make room for our homes and farms, only to find we've ended up supercharging their flows. What do we do when we realise we've built a society in a riverbed?
newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/13/l...
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We strangled our rivers; now they're fighting back
Special report: We forced NZ's braided rivers into tiny channels so we could build our homes and farms in their riverbeds â now we're seeing the consequences. Marc Daalder investigates.
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/13/long-read-we-strangled-our-rivers-now-theyre-fighting-back/
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Agricultural companies never had to pay for their methane emissions in NZ, but they used to be required to report the totals to the EPA. No longer. For some companies, it was the only way to get even a crude estimate.
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Three of New Zealand's biggest emitters no longer have to reveal their climate impact
It comes after the government ended compulsory reporting for the farming sector.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/570034/three-of-new-zealand-s-biggest-emitters-no-longer-have-to-reveal-their-climate-impact
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"My message to conservatives both in Australia and abroad is when it comes to taking action on climate change, if you do it in an economically rational way there is also a political dividend to be gained." - Australia's Matt Kean,noting NZ's target is "largely static"
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Australia could be about to leapfrog NZ on climate targets
A conservative Australian politician turned climate leader has told New Zealand ministers it is in their interests to do more on climate change.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/569793/australia-could-be-about-to-leapfrog-nz-on-climate-targets
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Kirsty Johnston
5 months ago
"Without significantly investing in alternative modes, and then investing the revenue in frequent buses, protected bike lanes, or better train services, this isn't a congestion charge, it's just a tax on those who can't afford itâ - Tim Welch
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Why congestion charging might not lower Auckland's air pollution
Congestion charges can lower emissions and travel times by putting cordons around the central city and spending the revenue on public transport, but proposals for Auckland could end up doing neither.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/569603/why-congestion-charging-might-not-lower-auckland-s-air-pollution
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RNZ News Feeds
5 months ago
Why congestion charging might not lower Auckland's air pollution
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Why congestion charging might not lower Auckland's air pollution
Congestion charges can lower emissions and travel times by putting cordons around the central city and spending the revenue on public transport, but proposals for Auckland could end up doing neither.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/environment/569603/why-congestion-charging-might-not-lower-auckland-s-air-pollution
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Laurie Winkless
5 months ago
Just got a đ§Şpitch from a PR claiming to work with Colossal (de-extinction chancers). It was a pre-written article claiming the science sector is carrying out "coordinated attacks" on the co. Spy the headline. They asked if I'd publish it on my Forbes column. Not enough eye rolls on Earth for this đ
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I feel like there was a book about this kind of thing.
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"The most relevant take home for New Zealand is that the amount of extreme rainfall coming out of these storms will increase in the future and this increase will be dependent on future temperature increases"
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Devastating cyclones to get 20-35 percent wetter with fossil fuel emissions
Researchers have used more precise climate modelling to reveal how fossil fuel emissions could affect cyclone behaviour.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/569228/devastating-cyclones-to-get-20-35-percent-wetter-with-fossil-fuel-emissions
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"The most relevant take home for New Zealand is that the amount of extreme rainfall coming out of these storms will increase in the future and this increase will be dependent on future temperature increases"
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Devastating cyclones to get 20-35 percent wetter with fossil fuel emissions
Researchers have used more precise climate modelling to reveal how fossil fuel emissions could affect cyclone behaviour.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/569228/devastating-cyclones-to-get-20-35-percent-wetter-with-fossil-fuel-emissions
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Peter Gleick
5 months ago
There are many ways of destroying the integrity of
#science
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www.npr.org/2025/08/04/n...
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Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose
The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/04/nx-s1-5453731/nasa-carbon-dioxide-satellite-mission-threatened
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Seems like a good time to reshare this 2022 piece. Every New Zealander whoâs ever had dengue caught it overseas. We have all the ingredients to start our own outbreak â bar one.
www.stuff.co.nz/environment/...
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Aotearoa's biggest tropical disease threat
The only thing missing for an outbreak of dengue fever in New Zealand is a hotter climate, and weâre doing our darnedest to change that.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/climate-news/300539202/aotearoas-biggest-tropical-disease-threat-the-tiny-killers-you-can-dispatch-with-a-finger
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What if the low-carbon commuters of the future are bus passengers? These researchers reckon buses have a lot going for them - they don't worsen congestion or motor accidents like EVs, and they can go places quickly and easily that rail can't But they need bus lanes
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Buses, not EVs, could be the real solution to health and climate change
Transport and climate researchers say there are other ways to get both health and climate benefits than switching one type of car for another.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/568407/buses-not-evs-could-be-the-real-solution-to-health-and-climate-change
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What if the low-carbon commuters of the future are bus passengers? These researchers reckon buses have a lot going for them - they don't worsen congestion or motor accidents like EVs, and they can go places quickly and easily that rail can't But they need bus lanes
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Buses, not EVs, could be the real solution to health and climate change
Transport and climate researchers say there are other ways to get both health and climate benefits than switching one type of car for another.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/568407/buses-not-evs-could-be-the-real-solution-to-health-and-climate-change
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Kirsty Johnston
5 months ago
NZâs gas supply is collapsing â and the govtâs big fix? More drilling. But experts (including Shane Jonesâ advisors) say it likely wonât work, and thereâs no backup plan if it fails. My story here
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Why drilling for fossil fuels is not expected to fix our energy crisis
The government is touting oil and gas exploration as the answer. But there are grave doubts it will work.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/568869/why-drilling-for-fossil-fuels-is-not-expected-to-fix-our-energy-crisis
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David Roberts
5 months ago
Vatican to become the world's first carbon-neutral state.
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Vatican strikes solar farm deal to become the worldâs first carbon-neutral state
Italy has agreed to a Vatican plan to turn a plot of land north of Rome into a solar farm that will generate enough electricity to meet the needs of Vatican City.
https://apnews.com/article/vatican-solar-farm-108aa7efecf0d094a5b00e25b6a7c737
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Jay Rosen
5 months ago
"Even as fact-checking surged in the past decade, so had the wave of false claims and narratives swamping the world." Washington Post fact checker takes the buyout. Reflects on what he saw, what he did. Difficult to read without rage formation of some kind. Gift link:
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Analysis | The Fact Checker rose in an era of false claims. Falsehoods are now winning.
Longtime Fact Checker Glenn Kessler takes stock as he departs The Washington Post.
https://wapo.st/41kFq2G
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Emily Atkin
5 months ago
"It's really beautiful to imagine relying on a power source that you can't hoard." If you feel yourself slipping into climate doomerism like I have lately, I implore you to read/listen to this convo with
@billmckibben.bsky.social
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Where does the climate movement go from here?
In the face of Trump's climate assault, Bill McKibben proposes a sun-soaked path forward.
https://heated.world/p/where-does-the-climate-movement-go
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Ariel Edwards-Levy
5 months ago
a troubling sign for international Norms
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Newsroom NZ
5 months ago
Five years after the taxpayers got left with a $300m clean-up bill for an oil field, Shane Jones is weakening the rules put in place to prevent a repeat.
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Govt rolls back clean-up liabilities for offshore drillers
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/30/govt-rolls-back-clean-up-liabilities-for-offshore-drillers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1753823763-3
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"And in terms of providing a MÄori dimension, I interviewed myself."
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Last-minute change puts oil and gas cleanup decisions in ministers' hands
A significant 11th-hour change will hand new powers to two ministers, and gave the opposition less than 23 hours to prepare.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/568388/last-minute-change-puts-oil-and-gas-cleanup-decisions-in-ministers-hands
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Moose Allain
5 months ago
Disgusted to see this beautiful landscape ruined by wind turbines.
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Checkpoint received exactly one, gushing text about this segment, specifically asking for more like this, more Eloise. Am now seriously considering that it might be my mum, but if I ask her it could shatter my hopes of having a mysterious and dedicated fan.
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NZ at significant risk of misisng 2050 climate target
New Zealand is at significant risk of missing its 2050 climate target, and the government's actions have increased the risk, according to independent monitoring. But the Climate Change Commission said...
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018997178/nz-at-significant-risk-of-misisng-2050-climate-target
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Adam Morton
6 months ago
Significant court decision 1
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Australia warned it could face legal action over âwrongfulâ fossil fuel actions after landmark climate ruling from worldâs top court
Vanuatu climate change minister says ICJ opinion gives Pacific island nations âmuch greater leverageâ in dealing with partners such as Australia
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/24/australia-warned-it-could-face-legal-action-over-fossil-fuels-after-icj-landmark-climate-ruling
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A first take on today's emissions monitoring report. More to come.
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New Zealand at 'significant risk' of missing 2050 climate target
The government's actions have made it more likely the country won't meet its goals, a major report has found.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/568004/new-zealand-at-significant-risk-of-missing-2050-climate-target
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RNZ News Feeds
6 months ago
'A ray of sunshine': NZ litigants spurred on by international climate ruling
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'A ray of sunshine': NZ litigants spurred on by international climate ruling
A group of climate lawyers says a landmark ruling by the United Nations' highest court puts further pressure on the New Zealand government over a large hole in its climate plans.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/567932/a-ray-of-sunshine-nz-litigants-spurred-on-by-international-climate-ruling
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Huge. UN's highest court finds countries can be held legally responsible for emissions
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UN's highest court finds countries can be held legally responsible for emissions
The landmark decision is the culmination of six years of advocacy and diplomatic manoeuvring which started with a group of Pacific university students in 2019.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/567833/un-s-highest-court-finds-countries-can-be-held-legally-responsible-for-emissions
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"People have been really devastated off the back of summer, and a lot of people are talking about how they were crying in the water, coming out of the ocean just really upset"
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Ningaloo: Australia's coral reefs bleached by marine heatwave
Divers at one of Australia's world-famous reefs said their experience was "like swimming on a corpse".
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly82glepwyo
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Farah
6 months ago
Philip Morris allegedly pitched draft legislation to NZ First as part of a lobbying campaign for its Heated Tobacco Products (HTPs), according to documents released in litigation against a US vaping company.
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Nicotine lobbyists said Winston Peters was 'very powerful' and 'very industry friendly'
Lobbyists for heated tobacco products identified the NZ First leader as "friendly". His party later delivered huge tax cuts for their products.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/567711/nicotine-lobbyists-said-winston-peters-was-very-powerful-and-very-industry-friendly
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To whoever was on the socials for the New Zealand Climate Change Commission two weeks ago, I am here for this.
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Aucklanders, we're back! And we didn't even have to do anything since a report said the opposite four days ago!
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The world's most liveable cities for 2025 - and what it's really like to live there
Copenhagen has overtaken Vienna as the world's most liveable city in 2025. But what makes these places tick? Locals in five top-ranking cities share what life is really like there.
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20250710-the-worlds-most-liveable-cities-for-2025
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Michael E. Mann
6 months ago
"How climate change could force FIFA to rethink the World Cup calendar" | Article by
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How climate change could force FIFA to rethink the World Cup calendar
Soccer faces growing challenges from extreme heat, as seen during the FIFA Club World Cup in the U.S. this summer.
https://apnews.com/article/soccer-extreme-heat-fifa-world-cup-99e16d6f504224c27bbe659dd881c284
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