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title: World on track for a “hellish” 3C of global heating
description: The world is on track for a “hellish” 3C of global heating, the UN has warned before the crucial Cop28 climate summit that begins next week in the United Arab Emirates.
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# World on track for a “hellish” 3C of global heating
Tuesday, 21 November 2023
The world is on track for a “hellish” 3C of global heating, the UN has warned before the crucial Cop28 climate summit that begins next week in the United Arab Emirates.
The richest 1% of humanity is responsible for more carbon emissions than the poorest 66%, with dire consequences for vulnerable communities and global efforts to tackle the climate emergency, according to the most comprehensive study of global climate inequality ever undertaken.
WA climate activist Joana Partyka has been convicted and fined for failing to allow police to access her mobile phone and laptop, pleading not guilty in the Perth magistrates court to two charges of failing to obey a data access order.\\
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The UN report says that current global efforts are so inadequate that 3C of heating is likely to be reached this century.
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The richest one percent of the global population is responsible for the same amount of carbon emissions as the world's poorest two-thirds, or five billion people, according to an analysis published Sunday by the nonprofit Oxfam International.
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Joana Partyka, of Disrupt Burrup Hub group, has pleaded not guilty to two charges of failing to obey a data access order
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The global average temperature on Friday was more than two degrees Celsius hotter than pre-industrial levels for the first time on record, Europe's Copernicus climate monitor said Monday, adding Saturday likely continued the unprecedented warming streak.
[North East Forest Alliance laments Land and Environment Court loss, says koalas will suffer](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-20/nefa-court-challenge-nsw-forestry-corporation-dismissed/103127218)
The Braemar and Myrtle state forests were both damaged in the Black Summer bushfires, with koala numbers in the area dropping by 70 per cent as a result, but an attempt to stop logging in the area has been rejected by the Land and Environment Court.
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