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African climate summit seeks to showcase green power potential

Paris (AFP) – Kenya next week hosts a flagship climate conference designed to showcase Africa as a potential powerhouse for green energy, in the first...

African climate summit seeks to shift focus to finance from floods, famine

By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) - How to finance environmental priorities and shift the focus from Africa as victim of floods and famine will be...

Canada wildfires burn over 10 mn hectares this year

 Canadian wildfires have burned more than 10 million hectares (24.7 million acres) this year, a record-breaking figure which will continue to rise in the...

Transfer of oil from the dilapidated tanker Safer expected to start next week

Transfer of crude oil from the dilapidated tanker Safer stranded off the coast of Yemen, is expected to start early next week, a senior United Nations...

Last week the hottest worldwide on record: UN

Paris (AFP) – The beginning of July was the hottest week on record for the planet, according to early findings Monday from the World Meteorological...

World daily temperature records smashed — here’s how we know

Washington (AFP) – World daily temperature records have been smashed this week, according to preliminary data.       The modeling tools that produced these estimates can provide...

We may be underestimating the climate risk to crops: researchers

Paris (AFP) – The risks of harvest failures in multiple global breadbaskets have been underestimated, according to a study Tuesday that researchers said should...

World warming at record 0.2C per decade, top scientists warn

Record-high greenhouse gas emissions and diminishing air pollution have caused an unparalleled acceleration in global warming, 50 top scientists warned Thursday in a sweeping...

10 billion global population ‘unsustainable’: US climate envoy Kerry

Oslo (AFP) – US special climate envoy John Kerry told AFP that the world's population will not be tenable in 2050, when it is projected...

After rough start, UN plastic treaty talks end with mandate for first draft

By Valerie Volcovici (Reuters) - After a rocky start to a week of negotiations, around 170 countries agreed to develop a first draft by November...

UN aims to deliver draft plastics treaty by year’s end

Paris (AFP) – The world should see the first draft of a highly anticipated and much needed international treaty to combat plastic pollution by the...

Protecting India’s tigers also good for climate: study

Paris (AFP) – India's efforts to protect its endangered tigers have inadvertently helped avoid a large amount of climate change-causing carbon emissions by preventing deforestation,...

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