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2024 ACM Gordon Bell Prize for Climate ModellingNews

2024 ACM Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modelling

Association for Computing Machinery - ACM, today, presented a 12-member team with the ACM Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modelling for their project “Boosting Earth…
SourceSourceNovember 22, 2024 Full article
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COP29 in extra time as poor nations reject $250 bn offerNews

COP29 in extra time as poor nations reject $250 bn offer

Baku, Azerbaijan | AFP Heated negotiations on a global climate deal were set to spill into Saturday after developing nations rejected an initial $250 billion…
SourceSourceNovember 22, 2024 Full article
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Image of the day: Tropical Storm Sara causes severe flooding in HondurasNews

Image of the day: Tropical Storm Sara causes severe flooding in Honduras

On 15 November 2024, Tropical Storm Sara made landfall in Honduras, causing extensive damage and bringing over 50 centimetres of rain to the northern region…
SourceSourceNovember 21, 2024 Full article
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World still split over money as clock ticks on COP29News

World still split over money as clock ticks on COP29

Baku, Azerbaijan | AFP - A fresh draft deal published Thursday at the deadlocked COP29 climate talks shows rich and poor countries still divided as…
SourceSourceNovember 21, 2024 Full article
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Image of the day: The EU Space Days live in BudapestNews

Image of the day: The EU Space Days live in Budapest

Budapest, Hungary’s capital and largest city, is situated along the banks of the Danube River, dividing the city into Buda and Pest. The western side,…
SourceSourceNovember 20, 2024 Full article
New supercomputer advances sustainable researchNews

New supercomputer advances sustainable research

EPFL’s new Kuma supercomputer, which ranks 23rd in the Green500 ranking, illustrates EPFL’s efforts to support cutting-edge research with a low environmental impact. With Kuma,…
SourceSourceNovember 20, 2024 Full article
A challenging future for children in a changing worldNews

A challenging future for children in a changing world

The future of childhood could face significant upheaval unless urgent measures are implemented to address global challenges, UNICEF warned in its The State of the…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskNovember 20, 2024 Full article
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Net zero needs womenNews

Net zero needs women

Recognising the leadership role of women is essential to addressing climate change across the Indo-Pacific.Women’s vital role in just transitionsGender Action Plan at COP28From commitments…
SourceSourceNovember 19, 2024 Full article
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Image of the day: Wildfires on the East Coast, USANews

Image of the day: Wildfires on the East Coast, USA

In November 2024, the northeastern US was hit by numerous wildfires, intensified by drought conditions and high winds. The Jennings Creek Fire on the New…
SourceSourceNovember 19, 2024 Full article
COP29 negotiators strive for deal after G20 ‘marching orders’News

COP29 negotiators strive for deal after G20 ‘marching orders’

By Nick Perry, Benjamin Legendre and Laurent Thomet | AFP Baku, Azerbaijan - Negotiators toiled Tuesday to break a deadlock at UN climate talks after…
SourceSourceNovember 19, 2024 Full article
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Illegal farm fires fuel Indian capital’s smog miseryNews

Illegal farm fires fuel Indian capital’s smog misery

New Delhi, India | AFP - The illegal burning of farm fields in northern India reached a record high this season, fuelling a toxic smog…
SourceSourceNovember 19, 2024 Full article
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Image of the day: Eruption of the Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano, IndonesiaNews

Image of the day: Eruption of the Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano, Indonesia

n 4 November 2024, the Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted, impacting seven villages and killing at least ten people. Officials declared a…
SourceSourceNovember 18, 2024 Full article
UN climate chief at deadlocked COP29: ‘Cut the theatrics’News

UN climate chief at deadlocked COP29: ‘Cut the theatrics’

By Nick Perry, Benjamin Legendre and Julien Mivielle | AFP Baku, Azerbaijan (Updated) - The UN's climate chief told countries at the deadlocked COP29 summit…
SourceSourceNovember 18, 2024 Full article
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Denmark’s major parties agree on carbon tax on livestock: governmentNews

Denmark’s major parties agree on carbon tax on livestock: government

Copenhagen, Denmark | AFP - Denmark's government said Monday that the country's major parties had agreed on the details of the world's first carbon tax…
SourceSourceNovember 18, 2024 Full article
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EU to ‘lead’ on climate finance but others must join: commissionerNews

EU to ‘lead’ on climate finance but others must join: commissioner

Baku, Azerbaijan | AFP - The EU's climate commissioner on Monday said the bloc would take the lead in paying climate finance to poorer countries,…
SourceSourceNovember 18, 2024 Full article
Super Typhoon Man-yi makes landfall on the Philippines’ main island Luzon: govt forecasterNews

Super Typhoon Man-yi makes landfall on the Philippines’ main island Luzon: govt forecaster

Manila, Philippines | AFP - Super Typhoon Man-yi slammed into the Philippines' most populous island on Sunday, with the national weather service warning of flooding,…
SourceSourceNovember 17, 2024 Full article
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Brazilian Indigenous leaders call for bold action against climate crisis ahead of G20 SummitNews

Brazilian Indigenous leaders call for bold action against climate crisis ahead of G20 Summit

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – In a dramatic call for accountability and action, the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) staged a poignant demonstration…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskNovember 17, 2024 Full article
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Image of the day: Punjab, Pakistan faces record-high air pollutionNews

Image of the day: Punjab, Pakistan faces record-high air pollution

Severe air pollution is a common issue in South Asia in the autumn and winter, occurring when cold air traps dust, emissions, and smoke from…
SourceSourceNovember 16, 2024 Full article
Trump’s Republican allies tread lightly on Paris pact at COP29News

Trump’s Republican allies tread lightly on Paris pact at COP29

By Laurent Thomet and Ivan Couronne | AFP Baku, Azerbaijan - Donald Trump's Republican allies in Congress showed up at UN climate talks to tout…
SourceSourceNovember 16, 2024 Full article
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Tens of thousands flee as Typhoon Man-yi nears PhilippinesNews

Tens of thousands flee as Typhoon Man-yi nears Philippines

By Cecil MORELLA | AFP Manila, Philippines (UPDATED) - Philippine authorities ordered all vessels back to shore and people in coastal communities to leave their…
SourceSourceNovember 16, 2024 Full article
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Countries commit to 6x Global Energy Storage and modernize grid to advance clean energy economyNews

Countries commit to 6x Global Energy Storage and modernize grid to advance clean energy economy

Baku, Azerbaijan | WRI (Corrected)  – At COP29, countries including UK, Uruguay, Belgium and Sweden committed to increasing the amount of global energy storage sixfold…
SourceSourceNovember 15, 2024 Full article
Oil execs work COP29 as NGOs slam lobbyist presenceNews

Oil execs work COP29 as NGOs slam lobbyist presence

By Delphine Paysant with Kelly Macnamara in Paris Baku, Azerbaijan | AFP - Oil executives and lobbyists descended on COP29 in Baku for "energy day"…
SourceSourceNovember 15, 2024 Full article
New grant aims to prepare more danish companies for climate challengesNews

New grant aims to prepare more danish companies for climate challenges

A new grant of DKK 26 million (aprox. 3.5 million Euro) from Industriens Fond will expand the reach of the Klimaklar Produktionsvirksomhed (Climate-Ready Production Companies)…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskNovember 15, 2024 Full article
COP29: Guterres urges Global Action on loss and damage funding for vulnerable nationsNews

COP29: Guterres urges Global Action on loss and damage funding for vulnerable nations

At the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on nations to urgently bolster financial support for a mechanism assisting climate-stricken…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskNovember 13, 2024 Full article