New York (AFP) – A pair of large investment companies with nearly $7 trillion in assets, said Thursday they exited a climate change investor initiative that aims to pressure companies to quickly cut carbon emissions. Smog is pictured over Lake Geneva…
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”. She also spoke on Monday 2 October in Geneva about the need to help countries directly…
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” without having to modify its founding statutes. Karim Khan said chemical attacks or assaults on nuclear…
Rome (AFP) – A convoy of tractors was poised Saturday to descend on Rome as farmers’ protests caused disruptions across Europe, though they wound down in France following government concessions. Farmers have expressed anger at what they say are excessively restrictive…
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 the right to “healthy and sustainable food”. In a video posted on social media, two women…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Some European Union lawmakers are pushing to strengthen a planned law on microplastics pollution, after millions of plastic pellets washed up on the coast of Spain’s northwestern Galicia region. Tiny plastic pellets are used to manufacture everyday…
The flamboyantly plumed Secretary Bird and the serpent-catching Snake Eagle are among dozens of Africa’s large birds of prey facing a human-driven “extinction crisis” researchers said on Thursday. Previous research has shown that rapid human and agricultural expansion has had…
France’s moves to limit climate damage came late but were sufficient, a French court ruled on Friday, in a blow to attempts by environmental campaigners to impose a 1.1 billion euro ($1.21 billion) penalty on the state for alleged failings.…
DUBAI (Reuters) – A deal for the world to transition away from fossil fuels was hailed as a historic achievement on Wednesday at the U.N. climate summit in Dubai, but there’s a good chance it won’t achieve its ultimate goal…
Dubai (AFP) – The world’s climate negotiators meeting in Dubai have spent sleepless nights in an elusive quest for consensus, but there is no consensus on what consensus means. The United Arab Emirates, citing the need in the UN process for…
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