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Changing climate influences London’s Chelsea Flower Show

London (AFP) – Early springs, droughts and floods are influencing this year's Chelsea Flower Show, which is keener than ever to reflect the changing climate...

In Darwin’s footsteps: scientists recreate historic 1830s expedition

Puerto Ayora (Ecuador) (AFP) – Like Charles Darwin did in 1831, a group of scientists and environmentalists last year set sail from the English port...

Two charged in UK over ‘Robin Hood tree’ cut down

London (AFP) – Two men have been charged with criminal damage over the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree, one of the country's most photographed...

Climate change is slowing heat waves, prolonging misery

Washington (AFP) – Climate change is causing heat waves to slow to a crawl, exposing humans to extreme temperatures for longer than ever before, a...

Houthi attacks must ease for salvage of two vessels, UN shipping agency says

LONDON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Efforts to limit environmental damage from a cargo vessel that sank after a Houthi missile strike and another abandoned during a...

Planet ‘on the brink’ as UN agency warns new heat records are likely in 2024

Global temperatures "smashed" heat records last year, as heatwaves stalked oceans and glaciers suffered record ice loss, the United Nations said Tuesday – warning...

Europe must do more against ‘catastrophic’ climate risks, warns study

Europe could suffer "catastrophic" consequences from climate change if it fails to take urgent and decisive action to adapt to risks, a new EU...

Big firms with $7 tn exit climate investment pressure group

New York (AFP) – A pair of large investment companies with nearly $7 trillion in assets, said Thursday they exited a climate change investor initiative...

IOM chief warns of ‘normalization’ with migrant deaths in Mediterranean

Amy Pope, the new Director-General of the International Organization for Migration, wants to fight mindsets and mentalities that consider deaths in the Mediterranean "normal"....

ICC prosecutor wants court to try ‘environmental crimes’

Paris (AFP) – The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor told AFP on Wednesday that he wants the tribunal to start trying suspects for "environmental crimes"...

Tractors converge on Rome as farmers protest across Europe

Rome (AFP) – A convoy of tractors was poised Saturday to descend on Rome as farmers' protests caused disruptions across Europe, though they wound down...

Climate activists hurl soup at the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum in Paris

Two protesters from a climate and agricultural NGO hurled soup onto the bulletproof glass protecting Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" painting in Paris, demanding...

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