Rivers rise again as rain batters flood-hit south BrazilNews
SourceMay 12, 2024
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Rivers rise again as rain batters flood-hit south Brazil
By Florian PLAUCHEUR Porto Alegre, Brazil - River levels were rising again Sunday as strong rains lashed waterlogged southern Brazil, where flooding has killed more…

Dogs, horses, rabbits: more than 10,000 animals rescued from Brazil floodsNews
SourceMay 12, 2024
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Dogs, horses, rabbits: more than 10,000 animals rescued from Brazil floods
By Mauricio RABUFFETTI Porto Alegre, Brazil - At a makeshift field hospital for pets rescued from Brazil's flooded south, a steady stream of volunteers arrives…

Brazil authorities warn of more floods, landslides as new rains hit southNews
SourceMay 12, 2024
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Brazil authorities warn of more floods, landslides as new rains hit south
By Mauricio RABUFFETTI | AFP Porto Alegre, Brazil - New rains in waterlogged southern Brazil are expected to be heaviest between Sunday and Monday, authorities…

Brazil’s catastrophic weather spawns spate of conspiracy theoriesNews
SourceMay 11, 2024
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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…

First ‘extreme’ solar storm in 20 years brings spectacular aurorasNews
SourceMay 11, 2024
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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…

US, China pledge joint methane action at climate talksNews
SourceMay 11, 2024
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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…

Powerful solar storm pummels Earth, threatening disruptionNews
SourceMay 11, 2024
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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…

Octogenarian Just Stop Oil protesters target Britain’s Magna CartaNews
SourceMay 10, 2024
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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…

Hotter, drier, sicker? How a changing planet drives diseaseNews
SourceMay 10, 2024
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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…

Iceland’s ‘Mammoth’ raises potential for carbon captureNews
SourceMay 10, 2024
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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…

Scientists win World Food Prize for work on Global Seed VaultNews
SourceMay 9, 2024
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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…

Australia, Tuvalu to launch climate and security pact this yearNews
SourceMay 9, 2024
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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…

School’s out: how climate change threatens educationNews
SourceMay 9, 2024
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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…

Greta Thunberg fined over Swedish parliament climate protestsNews
SourceMay 8, 2024
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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…

Floods misery reminder of climate’s role in supercharging rainFactsNews
SourceMay 8, 2024
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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…

Rubbish, climate change help boost Portugal’s white stork numbersNews
SourceMay 8, 2024
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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…

South Korea records hottest April in half a centuryNews
SourceMay 7, 2024
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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…

The EU’s new ecocide law may still let environmental criminals get away with itNews
SourceMay 7, 2024
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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 Conversation The EU recently passed a law that criminalises actions “comparable to ecocide”. It’s a…

China says top climate envoy heading to US for talksNews
SourceMay 7, 2024
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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…

Australia’s universities the gateway to regional climate cooperationNews
SourceMay 6, 2024
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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…

Mass fish die-off in Vietnam as heatwave roasts Southeast AsiaNews
SourceMay 1, 2024
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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…

G7 to phase out coal-fired power plants by mid-2030sNews
SourceMay 1, 2024
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G7 to phase out coal-fired power plants by mid-2030s
Turin, Italy | AFP G7 ministers agreed a timeframe Tuesday for phasing out coal-fired power plants, setting as a goal the mid-2030s, in a move…

From Billions to Trillions: Setting a new goal on climate financeNews
SourceApril 30, 2024
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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…

European Parliament votes in favor of exiting the Energy Charter TreatyNews
Adrian AlexandreApril 24, 2024
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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…
