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Activists warn against EU ‘tearing up’ green policies
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Activists warn against EU ‘tearing up’ green policies

Paris, France | AFP (UPDATED) - Over 100 civil society groups on Monday expressed alarm at attacks on green policies in Europe as key elections loom,…
SourceSourceMay 14, 2024 Full article
US, Japanese banks lead fossil fuel financing
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US, Japanese banks lead fossil fuel financingNews

US, Japanese banks lead fossil fuel financing

Paris, France (AFP) (UPDATED) - The world's biggest banks financed fossil fuels to the tune of $705 billion in 2023, with US and Japanese lenders…
SourceSourceMay 13, 2024 Full article
Chinese firms exit Romania solar tender after EU probe
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Chinese firms exit Romania solar tender after EU probeNews

Chinese firms exit Romania solar tender after EU probe

Brussels, Belgium (AFP) - Two Chinese-owned solar panel manufacturers have withdrawn from a public procurement tender in Romania after the EU launched an anti-subsidy probe,…
SourceSourceMay 13, 2024 Full article
Parks and restoration: Climate change forces US policy shift
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Parks and restoration: Climate change forces US policy shiftNews

Parks and restoration: Climate change forces US policy shift

By Lucie AUBOURG | AFP Washington, United States - Can America's national parks remain "unimpaired" forever, with their majestic scenery and wildlife unaltered? Global warming…
SourceSourceMay 13, 2024 Full article
Rivers rise again as rain batters flood-hit south Brazil
Rivers rise again as rain batters flood-hit south BrazilNews

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…
SourceSourceMay 12, 2024 Full article
Brazil authorities warn of more floods, landslides as new rains hit south
Brazil authorities warn of more floods, landslides as new rains hit southNews

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…
SourceSourceMay 12, 2024 Full article
Brazil’s catastrophic weather spawns spate of conspiracy theories
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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
US, China pledge joint methane action at climate talks
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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…
SourceSourceMay 11, 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
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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…
SourceSourceMay 10, 2024 Full article
Scientists win World Food Prize for work on Global Seed Vault
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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…
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
A Vaccine for Climate Misinformation
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A Vaccine for Climate Misinformation

By Stella Levantesi | DeSmog Facts aren’t enough to combat false and misleading messaging. Experts suggest an additional strategy. “The climate crisis is a hoax,”…
SourceSourceMay 9, 2024 Full article
Greta Thunberg fined over Swedish parliament climate protests
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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…
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
South Korea records hottest April in half a century
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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…
SourceSourceMay 7, 2024 Full article
Sister cities can help communities better navigate the climate crisis, research suggests
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Sister cities can help communities better navigate the climate crisis, research suggests

by Rice University Anthropologists at Rice University suggest in a new study that establishing networks of 'sister cities' dedicated to addressing the impact of natural…
SourceSourceMay 3, 2024 Full article
A clock in the rocks: what cosmic rays tell us about Earth’s changing surface and climate
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A clock in the rocks: what cosmic rays tell us about Earth’s changing surface and climateScience

A clock in the rocks: what cosmic rays tell us about Earth’s changing surface and climate

by Shaun Eaves, Jamey Stutz, Kevin Norton and Pedro Doll, The Conversation How often do mountains collapse, volcanoes erupt or ice sheets melt? For Earth…
SourceSourceMay 2, 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
Warming Arctic reduces dust levels in parts of the planet
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Warming Arctic reduces dust levels in parts of the planet

by Leah Burrows, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Climate change is a global phenomenon, but its impacts are felt at…
SourceSourceApril 26, 2024 Full article
The UK’s Climate Change Act, once the envy of the world, faces a stress test
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The UK’s Climate Change Act, once the envy of the world, faces a stress test

By Rebecca Willis | The Conversation The Scottish government’s decision to row back on its 2030 climate pledge illustrates the crux of any target: it’s…
SourceSourceApril 25, 2024 Full article
How much do rich countries owe in climate aid? That’s the trillion-dollar question.
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How much do rich countries owe in climate aid? That’s the trillion-dollar question.

By Jake Bittle | GristLast year’s United Nations climate conference in the United Arab Emirates ended on a surprising high note as the world’s countries…
SourceSourceApril 13, 2024 Full article