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Image: This data visualisation, produced using C3S data, shows anomalies and extremes in surface air temperature across Europe during September 2026
ECB chief urges eurozone to adapt faster to climate changeNews

ECB chief urges eurozone to adapt faster to climate change

Frankfurt, Germany | AFP | Muser NewsDesk European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde on Wednesday urged the eurozone to adapt faster to climate change as the…
SourceSourceNovember 4, 2026 Full article
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3M agrees $7.35 billion ‘forever chemical’ settlementNews

3M agrees $7.35 billion ‘forever chemical’ settlement

Washington, United States | AFP | Muser NewsDesk US conglomerate 3M has committed $7.35 billion to settle injury claims linked to 'forever chemicals' in firefighting foam…
SourceSourceNovember 4, 2026 Full article
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WHO urged to review drinking water standards amid nitrate health fearsNews

WHO urged to review drinking water standards amid nitrate health fears

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Dozens of global health and environmental organisations called on the World Health Organization on Tuesday to revise decades-old standards…
SourceSourceNovember 3, 2026 Full article
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Winds of change: Laos looks up for renewables pushNews

Winds of change: Laos looks up for renewables push

SEKONG, LAOS | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Rising from verdant ridgelines of southern Laos, 133 Chinese-built wind turbines help power Vietnam's surging growth and represent…
SourceSourceNovember 2, 2026 Full article
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Bolivia declares state of emergency over El NiñoNews

Bolivia declares state of emergency over El Niño

La Paz, Bolivia | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz declared a state of emergency Saturday to free up resources for dealing with the…
SourceSourceNovember 1, 2026 Full article
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Brazil’s Lula to attend COP31 climate summit in TurkeyNews

Brazil’s Lula to attend COP31 climate summit in Turkey

Brasília, Brazil | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will attend the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 31), held November 9-20…
SourceSourceOctober 31, 2026 Full article
Image: Delegates attend a plenary session at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP17) in Yerevan, Armenia, on October 30, 2026
Nations commit to get nature goals back on trackNews

Nations commit to get nature goals back on track

Yerevan, Armenia | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Nearly 200 nations struck hard-fought agreements Friday at a UN biodiversity summit, but the outcome was accompanied by disappointment…
SourceSourceOctober 31, 2026 Full article
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Young Canadians focus on mental health at key climate trialNews

Young Canadians focus on mental health at key climate trial

Montreal, Canada | AFP | Muser NewsDesk At a landmark Canadian trial focused on the government's obligations to fight climate change, the young plaintiffs suing Ottawa…
SourceSourceOctober 31, 2026 Full article
Satellite Image: Satellite imagery captured on 1 September 2026 shows thick smoke plumes rising from fires across Borneo, Indonesia
Fire pollution killed 3,560 people in Indonesia in September: reportNews

Fire pollution killed 3,560 people in Indonesia in September: report

Jakarta, Indonesia | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Pollution from smoke emitted by months of wildfires across Indonesia caused an estimated 3,560 deaths in the vast Southeast…
SourceSourceOctober 30, 2026 Full article
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Denmark moves to end mink farming, considers ban on fast-growing chickensNews

Denmark moves to end mink farming, considers ban on fast-growing chickens

Denmark is preparing to close its remaining mink farms, while calls for a ban on fast-growing chickens are gaining political support. The two developments, announced…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskOctober 29, 2026 Full article
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World’s climate pledges would cut emissions a tenth of what’s needed: UNNews

World’s climate pledges would cut emissions a tenth of what’s needed: UN

Washington, United States | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The latest climate pledges put forth by nations will cut global greenhouse gas emissions just six percent by…
SourceSourceOctober 27, 2026 Full article
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Canadian youth seek climate action in landmark trialNews

Canadian youth seek climate action in landmark trial

Vancouver, Canada | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Fifteen young Canadians will try to prove the federal government has breached their rights through insufficient action on climate…
SourceSourceOctober 26, 2026 Full article
Satellite Image: Typhoon Champi east of Taiwan on 22 October 2026
Taiwan shuts down as Typhoon Champi approachesNews

Taiwan shuts down as Typhoon Champi approaches

Taipei, Taiwan | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Most shops and schools were shut across Taiwan on Friday as Typhoon Champi neared the island, forcing hundreds of…
SourceSourceOctober 23, 2026 Full article
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UK government approves drilling in controversial Jackdaw gas fieldNews

UK government approves drilling in controversial Jackdaw gas field

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Britain's government announced Wednesday it had approved plans to begin drilling in a controversial gas field in the…
SourceSourceOctober 21, 2026 Full article
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World on track for 2.6 °C warming this century: UN reportNews

World on track for 2.6 °C warming this century: UN report

Credit: Beverley McDonald | UNEP | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Global greenhouse gas emissions remained at record levels in…
SourceSourceOctober 21, 2026 Full article
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El Niño Watch: the impacts around the world this weekNews

El Niño Watch: the impacts around the world this week

Washington, United States | AFP | Muser NewsDesk From starving cattle in parched El Salvador to a "terrifying" threat to the world's coral reefs, this year's…
SourceSourceOctober 20, 2026 Full article
Image: Hambardzum Matevosyan, Armenia's Minister of Environment and COP17 President, alongside Astrid Schomaker, Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, at a press conference in Yerevan
Nations urged to curb harmful subsidies at UN nature summitNews

Nations urged to curb harmful subsidies at UN nature summit

Yerevan, Armenia | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The UN biodiversity summit kicked off Monday with calls to overhaul subsidies for extractive industries that harm the planet,…
SourceSourceOctober 19, 2026 Full article
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Nations seek reset at UN talks as nature goals off trackNews

Nations seek reset at UN talks as nature goals off track

Yerevan, Armenia | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Nearly 200 nations are gathering in Armenia on Monday for critical negotiations as governments come under pressure to salvage…
SourceSourceOctober 19, 2026 Full article
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Dozens of orangutans saved from Indonesia blazesNews

Dozens of orangutans saved from Indonesia blazes

Jakarta, Indonesia | AFP | Muser NewsDeskUpdated: 18 October 2026 @ 17:49 CET Dozens of critically endangered orangutans have been rescued in recent weeks from rampant…
SourceSourceOctober 18, 2026 Full article
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Greenland takes a step towards banning deep-sea miningNews

Greenland takes a step towards banning deep-sea mining

Copenhagen, Denmark | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Greenland's parliament on Thursday unanimously adopted a proposal asking the government to draft legislation banning deep-sea mining and exploration…
SourceSourceOctober 16, 2026 Full article
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Behind AI’s carbon footprint, a potential climate toolNews

Behind AI’s carbon footprint, a potential climate tool

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a lightning rod in climate debates over concerns about the growing carbon footprint of…
SourceSourceOctober 15, 2026 Full article
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Healthy corals help bleached neighbors regain color: studyScience

Healthy corals help bleached neighbors regain color: study

Washington, United States | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The world's coral reefs face an existential threat from rising seawater temperatures that trigger widespread bleaching, a problem…
SourceSourceOctober 14, 2026 Full article
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Mont Blanc nearly two metres taller than in 2023: French surveyorsNews

Mont Blanc nearly two metres taller than in 2023: French surveyors

Saint-Gervais Les Bains, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk France's tallest mountain was nearly two metres higher last month than its last reported measurement in 2023,…
SourceSourceOctober 14, 2026 Full article
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Global forest damage continues despite decline in deforestationNews

Global forest damage continues despite decline in deforestation

Aarhus, Denmark | Muser NewsDeskThe Forest Declaration Assessment 2026 documents uneven progress in efforts to halt and reverse deforestation and forest degradation by 2030, with…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskOctober 14, 2026 Full article