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Brazil’s catastrophic weather spawns spate of conspiracy theories
Brazil’s catastrophic weather spawns spate of conspiracy theoriesNews

Brazil’s catastrophic weather spawns spate of conspiracy theories

By Maria-Eduarda JOIA | AFP Rio De Janeiro, Brazil - The climate catastrophe that has struck southern Brazil, killing more than a hundred people and…
SourceSourceMay 11, 2024 Full article
First ‘extreme’ solar storm in 20 years brings spectacular auroras
First ‘extreme’ solar storm in 20 years brings spectacular aurorasNews

First ‘extreme’ solar storm in 20 years brings spectacular auroras

By Issam AHMED | AFP Paris, France - Earth was set to be struck by more powerful solar storms on Saturday, a day after the…
SourceSourceMay 11, 2024 Full article
US, China pledge joint methane action at climate talks
US, China pledge joint methane action at climate talksNews

US, China pledge joint methane action at climate talks

By AFP Washington, United States - The United States and China promised Friday to work together on reduction of methane, the second most abundant greenhouse…
SourceSourceMay 11, 2024 Full article
Powerful solar storm pummels Earth, threatening disruption
Powerful solar storm pummels Earth, threatening disruptionNews

Powerful solar storm pummels Earth, threatening disruption

By Issam AHMED | AFP Washington, United States - A huge solar storm begun pummeling Earth on Friday, bringing possible disruptions to satellites and power…
SourceSourceMay 11, 2024 Full article
Octogenarian Just Stop Oil protesters target Britain’s Magna Carta
Octogenarian Just Stop Oil protesters target Britain’s Magna CartaNews

Octogenarian Just Stop Oil protesters target Britain’s Magna Carta

By AFP London, United Kingdom - Two environmental activists in their 80s on Friday targeted the historic Magna Carta document at the British Library in…
SourceSourceMay 10, 2024 Full article
Hotter, drier, sicker? How a changing planet drives disease
Hotter, drier, sicker? How a changing planet drives diseaseNews

Hotter, drier, sicker? How a changing planet drives disease

By Sara HUSSEIN | AFP Bangkok, Thailand - Humans have made our planet warmer, more polluted and ever less hospitable to many species, and these…
SourceSourceMay 10, 2024 Full article
Iceland’s ‘Mammoth’ raises potential for carbon capture
Iceland’s ‘Mammoth’ raises potential for carbon captureNews

Iceland’s ‘Mammoth’ raises potential for carbon capture

By Mathilde DUMAZET | AFP Hellisheidi, Iceland - With Mammoth's 72 industrial fans, Swiss start-up Climeworks intends to suck 36,000 tonnes of CO2 from the…
SourceSourceMay 10, 2024 Full article
Scientists win World Food Prize for work on Global Seed Vault
Scientists win World Food Prize for work on Global Seed VaultNews

Scientists win World Food Prize for work on Global Seed Vault

By Juliette MICHEL Paris, France - Scientists Geoffrey Hawtin and Cary Fowler, who on Thursday received the prestigious World Food Prize for "their work to…
SourceSourceMay 9, 2024 Full article
Australia, Tuvalu to launch climate and security pact this year
Australia, Tuvalu to launch climate and security pact this yearNews

Australia, Tuvalu to launch climate and security pact this year

by AFP Staff Writers Sydney, Australia - Australia and Tuvalu said Thursday they have agreed to launch a landmark climate and security pact this year, after…
SourceSourceMay 9, 2024 Full article
School’s out: how climate change threatens education
School’s out: how climate change threatens educationNews

School’s out: how climate change threatens education

By Sara HUSSEIN Bangkok, Thailand - Record-breaking heat last month that prompted governments in Asia to close schools offers fresh evidence of how climate change…
SourceSourceMay 9, 2024 Full article
Greta Thunberg fined over Swedish parliament climate protests
Greta Thunberg fined over Swedish parliament climate protestsNews

Greta Thunberg fined over Swedish parliament climate protests

by AFP Staff Writers Stockholm, Sweden - A Stockholm court fined climate activist Greta Thunberg on Wednesday for disobeying police orders after blocking access to…
SourceSourceMay 8, 2024 Full article
Floods misery reminder of climate’s role in supercharging rain
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Floods misery reminder of climate’s role in supercharging rain

By Nick Perry | AFP Paris, France - Floods have been tearing a path of destruction across the globe, hammering Kenya, submerging Dubai, and forcing…
SourceSourceMay 8, 2024 Full article
Rubbish, climate change help boost Portugal’s white stork numbers
Rubbish, climate change help boost Portugal’s white stork numbersNews

Rubbish, climate change help boost Portugal’s white stork numbers

By Levi FERNANDES Aljustrel, Portugal - Above a flowering meadow in southern Portugal, three white stork nestlings click their beaks, adding to the chorus of…
SourceSourceMay 8, 2024 Full article
South Korea records hottest April in half a century
South Korea records hottest April in half a centuryNews

South Korea records hottest April in half a century

By AFP - Agence France Presse Seoul - South Korea experienced its hottest April since comprehensive records began in 1973, the state weather agency said…
SourceSourceMay 7, 2024 Full article
The EU’s new ecocide law may still let environmental criminals get away with it
The EU’s new ecocide law may still let environmental criminals get away with itNews

The EU’s new ecocide law may still let environmental criminals get away with it

by Filippos Proedrou, University of South Wales and Maria Pournara, Swansea University The EU recently passed a law that criminalises actions “comparable to ecocide”. It’s a revolutionary legal development…
SourceSourceMay 7, 2024 Full article
China says top climate envoy heading to US for talks
China says top climate envoy heading to US for talksNews

China says top climate envoy heading to US for talks

Beijing, China - China's top climate envoy will head to the United States for talks with US counterpart John Podesta on Tuesday, Beijing said, as…
SourceSourceMay 7, 2024 Full article
Australia’s universities the gateway to regional climate cooperation
Australia’s universities the gateway to regional climate cooperationNews

Australia’s universities the gateway to regional climate cooperation

By Trang Nguyen and Luke Brown, Climateworks Centre, Melbourne Climate change remains the most urgent and complex challenge the Indo-Pacific region faces. Nowhere on Earth…
SourceSourceMay 6, 2024 Full article
Mass fish die-off in Vietnam as heatwave roasts Southeast Asia
Mass fish die-off in Vietnam as heatwave roasts Southeast AsiaNews

Mass fish die-off in Vietnam as heatwave roasts Southeast Asia

Dong Nai, Vietnam (AFP) - Hundreds of thousands of fish have died in a reservoir in southern Vietnam's Dong Nai province, with locals and media…
SourceSourceMay 1, 2024 Full article
G7 to phase out coal-fired power plants by mid-2030s
G7 to phase out coal-fired power plants by mid-2030sNews

G7 to phase out coal-fired power plants by mid-2030s

By Ella IDE Turin, Italy - G7 ministers agreed a timeframe Tuesday for phasing out coal-fired power plants, setting as a goal the mid-2030s, in…
SourceSourceMay 1, 2024 Full article
From Billions to Trillions: Setting a New Goal on Climate Finance
From Billions to Trillions: Setting a New Goal on Climate FinanceClimateNews

From Billions to Trillions: Setting a New Goal on Climate Finance

A new phase of work on one of the most important items currently on the global climate change agenda – setting a new goal on…
SourceSourceApril 30, 2024 Full article
European Parliament Votes in Favor of Exiting the Energy Charter Treaty
European Parliament Votes in Favor of Exiting the Energy Charter TreatyNews

European Parliament Votes in Favor of Exiting the Energy Charter Treaty

BRUSSELS – In a decisive move reflecting growing environmental concerns, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly to recommend the EU's withdrawal from the Energy Charter…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreApril 24, 2024 Full article
High air pollution in Denmark may impact children’s academic performance
High air pollution in Denmark may impact children’s academic performanceNewsScience

High air pollution in Denmark may impact children’s academic performance

Pollution from traffic, farming and wood stoves may have a negative effect on children’s cognitive development. So a new study of Danish students’ performance in…
SourceSourceApril 23, 2024 Full article
Climate change is killing us – in more ways than one
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Climate change is killing us – in more ways than one

By Grace Jennings-Edquist, Commissioning Editor, 360info We've all heard about climate change's effect on our planet — but do you know about the many ways…
SourceSourceApril 22, 2024 Full article