3 Australian cities will become uninhabitable unless change comes fast

In March, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that government inaction and corporate disinformation have the world on track for an average temperature increase of 2.7C by 2100. Now a new study published by science journal Nature Sustainability has defined what this means - Northwestern regions such as Darwin, Broome and Port Headland will join large swathes of Southeast Asia, India, the Middle East, Africa and South America that are at risk of becoming uninhabitable.

Researchers have documented an explosion of hate and misinformation on Twitter since the Tesla billionaire took over in October 2022 -- and now experts say communicating about climate science on the social network on which many of them rely is getting harder.

And France has banned all domestic short haul air travel where the same trip can be taken by train in under two and half hours. The new restriction aims to cut carbon emissions which are far higher from aeroplanes than trains.

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