Climate Change
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Arab region pushed to limits by climate extremes as 2024 smashes heat records
The Arab region is heating at nearly twice the global average, UN weather experts warned on Thursday, after 2024 saw…
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Belém COP30 delivers climate finance boost and a pledge to plan fossil fuel transition
In a pivotal outcome at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, countries agreed on a sweeping package to scale up climate finance…
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From waste pickers to courtrooms: Women demand a gender focus at COP30
On the scheduled final day of COP30 in Belém, tense negotiations are stretching into Friday afternoon as divisions persist. Amid…
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‘The world is watching’: Guterres and Lula urge unity as COP30 talks near deadline
With the clock ticking on climate negotiations in Belém, UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da…
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What’s at stake in the COP30 negotiations?
Talks at the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, were suspended on Thursday after a fire broke out in the…
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In the Amazon, a school becomes a beacon of climate resilience
The boat ride from Belém to Barcarena is a journey through shimmering waterways and emerald forest, where the Amazon meets…
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‘Decisive battle’: Guterres calls for youth power in fight to phase out fossil fuels
A page feels like it’s turning. After years of debate, the long-awaited roadmap for phasing out fossil fuels may finally…
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COP30 enters its final stretch: urgency, ambition, and voices from the streets
The last week of COP30 has begun in Belém with a palpable sense of urgency. Ministers and senior officials are…
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On Brazil’s Combu Island, chocolate makers hold clues to climate action
Combu Island – Ilha do Combu in Portuguese – rises like a wall of living green from Brazil’s Guamá River.…
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Stand your ground: How one community in Brazil is coping with rising tides
For more than 40 years Ivanil lived in a house raised on stilts just 20 metres from the water’s edge,…
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