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From drought to deluge: Kenyan villagers reel from floods

Garissa (Kenya) (AFP) – Days after floodwaters swallowed her home in eastern Kenya, Fatuma Hassan Gumo waded through thigh-deep murky water to collect her only...

France, US to propose ban on private finance to coal-fired plants at COP28 – Reuters

NEW DELHI/BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - France, backed by the United States, plans to seek a halt to private financing for coal-based power plants during the...

‘Broken promises, broken lives, and broken records’: UN chief calls for ‘dramatic’ climate action

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for crucial COP28 talks in Dubai to outline "dramatic climate action," warning that "we're out of road" on global...

Earth to warm up to 2.9C even with current climate pledges: UN

Paris (AFP) – Countries' greenhouse gas-cutting pledges put Earth on track for warming far beyond key limits, potentially up to a catastrophic 2.9 degrees Celsius...

Frustration as latest talks on global plastic treaty close

Nairobi (AFP) – The latest negotiations toward a global plastic treaty concluded late Sunday with disagreement about how the pact should work and frustration from...

Greenhouse gases hit record high in 2022: UN

Geneva (AFP) – Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere hit new record highs in 2022, with no end in sight to the rising trend, the...

Forests could absorb much more carbon, but does it matter?

Bangkok (AFP) – Protecting forests globally could vastly increase the amount of carbon they sequester, a new study finds, but given our current emissions track,...

Record temperatures in October indicate 2023 will be warmest year in history

Last month was the hottest October on record globally, Europe's climate monitor said Wednesday, as months of exceptional heat likely to make 2023 the...

Over 40% of Antarctica’s ice shelves lost mass in 25 years: study

Paris (AFP) – More than 40 percent of Antarctica's ice shelves lost volume in 25 years, increasing the risk of sea levels rising and with...

Recycling plastic not enough, warns UN environment chief

United Nations (United States) (AFP) – With the production of plastic on the rise worldwide and creating ever more pollution, the UN environment chief warned...

King Charles III highlights climate issues on visit to Bordeaux

After pageantry and politics in Paris, King Charles III concluded his three-day state visit to France with a trip down south to Bordeaux on...

Small islands take ocean protection case to UN court

Hamburg (AFP) – Leaders of nine small island states turned to the UN maritime court on Monday to seek protection of the world's oceans from...

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