Climate Change
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LIVE: World leaders approve new declaration to tackle rising sea levels
Sea level rise is among the most visible consequences of global warming, but for some countries, it is an imminent…
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How El Niño offers a test of whether the world can adapt to a changing climate
El Niño is strengthening in a world that is already hotter, raising the risk of drought, floods and crop losses…
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‘The water comes up to our knees’: Climate hazards shut millions of children out of school in 2025
When the creek beside Taudibura Garo’s school in Papua New Guinea floods, the water doesn’t stop at the gate. It…
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Flood-ravaged Nepal calls for climate justice
Nepal’s call for financial compensation following recent deadly floods underlines the need to help countries that contribute the least to…
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Coordinated action on clean air and climate change can net $15 for every dollar spent
Tackling air pollution and climate change together can save millions of lives, reduce global warming and generate roughly $15 in…
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‘The lake is our life’: Protecting a shared lifeline in Uganda
On the shores of Nkondo, in Uganda’s Kikuube district, the day begins before sunrise. Fishers enter the lake to fish,…
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Rising seas, rising stakes: What increasing sea levels mean to humanity
The ocean is rising faster now than at any point in recorded history. The impacts are already being felt and…
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As the Himalayas melt, deadly floods become the new normal
A day before a wall of ice, rock and muddy water tore through Himalayan valleys along the Nepal-China border, Dipesh…
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Land models sprout as degradation threatens billions of livelihoods
Promising efforts to restore degraded land are now in the spotlight at a time when 40 per cent of the…
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Land degradation is costing far more than restoring: UN deputy chief
Countries are spending too little to restore degraded land even as the economic cost of doing nothing climbs towards $1…
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