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The Associate Professor of Climate, Columbia Climate School, Kristina G. Douglass (pictured) was one of three panellists on a webinar: "Climate Change and Societal Impacts" organised by the "Columbia Climate School". "People working on climate solutions are facing a big obstacle: conspiracy theories"; "Individual actions you can take to address climate change"; "The Philippines' capital is running out of water. Is building a dam the solution?"; "How did Uruguay cut carbon emissions? The answer is blowing in the wind"; "Climate solutions are necessary. So we're dedicating a week to highlight them"; "Victoria’s EV tax outlawed, but we’re on the road to new charges"; "Greta Thunberg goes on ANOTHER climate change protest a day after Swedish eco-activist, 20, was charged with public order offence over London hotel demo"; "Amazon drought chokes river traffic, threatens northern corn exports"; "Nine ‘planetary boundaries’ set the limits of global economic freedom"; "Melbourne’s dams are chock-a-block. But El Nino is coming to dry things up"; "IMF should give poor countries $300bn a year to fight climate crisis, says Joseph Stiglitz"; "Rochester residents battle depression, displacement a year on from floods"; "Scientists Disagree About Drivers of September’s Global Temperature Spike, but It Has Most of Them Worried"; "As gas-guzzlers dominate our roads, the queue to buy an EV in Oz just gets longer"; "People working on climate solutions are facing a big obstacle: conspiracy theories"; "The EU must take the driver’s seat in fossil fuel-free transport"; "The climate threat to California’s stored nuclear waste"; "War in the Middle East jeopardizes climate talks"; "6 books to help talk to your child about climate change"; "Company invents first-of-its-kind system for powering cars: ‘Like having a gas station with your own oil well’"; "Where did all the cars go? How heavier, costlier SUVs and utes took over Australia's roads"; "High court strikes down Victoria’s electric vehicle tax in ruling that could threaten other state levies"; "Australia must urgently adapt to extreme weather or face soaring premiums, insurers warn"; "Think you need another car? Consider an e-bike instead."; "We landed a camera on Venus before seeing parts of our own oceans – it’s time to ramp up observations closer to home"; "The next front in the climate fight: U.S. exports of natural gas"; "Climate Misinformation Persists in New Middle School Textbooks"; "‘Climate Gentrification’ Will Displace One Million People in Miami Alone"; "Farmers are bearing the brunt of big food companies’ decarbonisation efforts – here’s why"; "A Secretive Network Is Fighting Indigenous Rights in Australia and Canada, Expert Says"; "Europe Just Launched the World’s First Carbon Tariff. Will the United States Follow Suit?"; "Australia is already an energy superpower. We should be using that to drive the world towards renewables"; "Red warning issued with Storm Babet posing ‘risk to life’ in parts of Scotland"; "We don’t need a nuclear renaissance. We need a solid plan on renewables"; "Atlas Network"; "Will the Earth breach its 1.5C guardrail sooner than we thought?"; "Climate Disinformation Database"; "The human factor: why Australia’s net zero transition risks failing unless it is fair"; "People Deserve to Know Their Houses Are Going to Burn"; "To Teach Students about Climate Change, ‘Just the Facts’ Isn’t Enough"; "How Do We Dismantle Offshore Oil Structures Without Making the Public Pay?"; "How new investments and innovation in green tech are addressing climate change"; "How a ‘mosaic forest’ is helping France adapt to rapid climate change"; "Does Venture Global’s Louisiana LNG plant profit from pollution?"; "Fear of reprisals prevent people calling out employers on climate, says charity"; "COP28: EU to push for deal on phasing out 'unabated' fossil fuels at UN climate conference"; "Major Port in Amazon River Drops to Lowest Water Level in 121 Years";