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100 US local leaders will attend COP30 in ‘show of force’

Washington (AFP) – More than a hundred American state and local leaders will attend next month's COP30 climate talks in Brazil, including governors, state officials...

Scrapped by Trump, revived US climate-disaster database reveals record losses

Washington (AFP) – A flagship US climate-disaster database killed by President Donald Trump's administration has been brought back to life by its former lead scientist...

World’s coral reefs crossing survival limit: global experts

Paris (AFP) – The world's tropical coral reefs have almost certainly crossed a point of no return as oceans warm beyond a level most can...

Brazil’s climate wins ahead of COP30

Brasília (AFP) – Brazil's president has slashed deforestation in the Amazon and worked to better protect Indigenous people, giving him a generally positive environmental record...

Trees, targets and trillions: what’s on the agenda at COP30?

Brasília (AFP) – This year's United Nations climate summit promises to be symbolic, marking a decade since the Paris Agreement and taking place in the...

Plastic pollution treaty not dead in the water: UN environment chief

Geneva (AFP) – The UN's environment chief insists that a landmark global treaty tackling plastic pollution remains achievable, despite talks twice imploding without agreement, and...

Antarctic sea ice hits its third-lowest winter peak on record

Washington (AFP) – Antarctica's winter sea ice has hit its third-lowest peak in nearly half a century of satellite monitoring, researchers said Tuesday, highlighting the...

Europe must step up efforts to protect environment: report

Copenhagen (AFP) – Europe is a world leader in the fight against climate change but must do more to protect its environment and improve its...

Planetary health check warns risk of ‘destabilising’ Earth systems

Paris (AFP) – Humans are gambling the very stability of Earth's life support systems, scientists said Wednesday, warning that ocean acidity was yet another key...

EU proposes new delay to anti-deforestation rules

Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) – The EU said Tuesday it will seek a new one-year delay to sweeping anti-deforestation rules cheered by green groups but assailed...

Brazil’s Amazon lost area the size of Spain in 40 years: study

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (AFP) – Brazil's Amazon rainforest has shrunk by an area as big as Spain over four decades and is nearing a...

UK’s largest lake ‘dying’ as algae blooms worsen

Ballyronan (United Kingdom) (AFP) – For the third year running toxic blue-green algae blooms that look like pea soup and smell like rotten eggs have...

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