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Small island states win key climate case in UN courtNews

Small island states win key climate case in UN court

By Femke COLBORNE | AFP Berlin, Germany (UPDATED) - The UN maritime court on Tuesday ruled in favour of nine small island states who brought…
SourceSourceMay 21, 2024 Full article
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NGOs seek climate trial of French oil giant TotalEnergiesNews

NGOs seek climate trial of French oil giant TotalEnergies

By Guillaume DAUDIN | AFP Paris, France - NGOs filed a criminal complaint against French oil giant TotalEnergies and its top shareholders in Paris on…
SourceSourceMay 21, 2024 Full article
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Whaling in Japan: key things to knowNews

Whaling in Japan: key things to know

Tokyo, Japan (AFP) - Japan launched on Tuesday a new "mothership" for its whaling fleet, aiming to hunt around 200 of the marine mammals this…
SourceSourceMay 21, 2024 Full article
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Demise of rangelands ‘severely underestimated’: reportNews

Demise of rangelands ‘severely underestimated’: report

By Nick Perry | AFP Paris, France - From camel drivers in the Sahara to nomads on the Mongolian steppe, traditional herders the world over…
SourceSourceMay 21, 2024 Full article
India shuts schools as temperatures soarNews

India shuts schools as temperatures soar

New Delhi, India (AFP) - Indian authorities in the capital have ordered schools shut early for the summer holiday, after temperatures hit 47.4 degrees Celsius…
SourceSourceMay 21, 2024 Full article
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Howler monkeys drop dead during Mexico heat waveNews

Howler monkeys drop dead during Mexico heat wave

Mexico City, Mexico (AFP) - Howler monkeys are dropping dead in Mexico and authorities said Monday that they were investigating whether extreme heat was killing…
SourceSourceMay 21, 2024 Full article
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Brazil mayor’s mammoth task: rebuild from floods, prevent moreNews

Brazil mayor’s mammoth task: rebuild from floods, prevent more

By Anna PELEGRI | AFP Porto Alegre, Brazil - With his Brazilian city deep in brown floodwaters for the past three weeks, the mayor of…
SourceSourceMay 20, 2024 Full article
Changing climate influences London’s Chelsea Flower ShowNews

Changing climate influences London’s Chelsea Flower Show

By Brigitte DUSSEAU | AFP London, United Kingdom - Early springs, droughts and floods are influencing this year's Chelsea Flower Show, which is keener than…
SourceSourceMay 20, 2024 Full article
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Trees please me, but we also need biodiversity in our citiesNews

Trees please me, but we also need biodiversity in our cities

By Sarah Bekessy, RMIT University in Melbourne Increasing the amount of nature in our cities can provide many benefits as long as it's done with biodiversity in…
SourceSourceMay 20, 2024 Full article
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Climate change key driver of record-low Antarctic sea ice: studyNews

Climate change key driver of record-low Antarctic sea ice: study

By Linda GIVETASH | AFP Paris, France - Climate change played a key role in last year's record-low levels of Antarctic sea ice, a study…
SourceSourceMay 20, 2024 Full article
Fresh floods kill 66 in northern AfghanistanNews

Fresh floods kill 66 in northern Afghanistan

Kabul, Afghanistan (AFP)(UPDATED) - Fresh floods killed 66 people in northern Afghanistan, a provincial official said Sunday, after weeks of flooding that has inundated farms…
SourceSourceMay 19, 2024 Full article
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Parts of northern Europe clean up after floodsNews

Parts of northern Europe clean up after floods

By Iris Maria Maurer | AFP Kleinblittersdorf - German emergency workers on Saturday started a major clean-up after heavy rains triggered massive flooding, while parts…
SourceSourceMay 18, 2024 Full article
Flash floods kill 50 in western AfghanistanNews

Flash floods kill 50 in western Afghanistan

By Abdullah Hasrat, with Mohsen Karimi in Herat | AFP Kabul, Afghanistan (UPDATED) - Flash flooding has killed at least 50 people in western Afghanistan,…
SourceSourceMay 18, 2024 Full article
Climate activists cause disruption at German airportNews

Climate activists cause disruption at German airport

Frankfurt, Germany (AFP) - German activists glued themselves to a runway at Munich airport Saturday and caused dozens of flights to be cancelled, in their…
SourceSourceMay 18, 2024 Full article
Floods in parts of northern Europe after heavy rainsNews

Floods in parts of northern Europe after heavy rains

Frankfurt, Germany (AFP) - Heavy rains caused flooding in parts of Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands overnight into Saturday, swamping streets and buildings and sparking…
SourceSourceMay 18, 2024 Full article
Death toll from Texas storm rises to 7News

Death toll from Texas storm rises to 7

Houston, United States (AFP) - The death toll from severe weather that lashed the Texas city of Houston has risen to seven, authorities said Friday.…
SourceSourceMay 18, 2024 Full article
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World Bank supports better access to rural water and sanitation in BrazilNews

World Bank supports better access to rural water and sanitation in Brazil

WASHINGTON, DC - The World Bank Board of Directors approved a substantial new investment to increase access to water and sanitation for about one million…
SourceSourceMay 17, 2024 Full article
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UK wildlife group accuses European zoos of animal welfare breachesNews

UK wildlife group accuses European zoos of animal welfare breaches

London, United Kingdom (AFP) - A British wildlife conservation group on Friday said it had uncovered thousands of breaches of animal welfare standards at zoos…
SourceSourceMay 17, 2024 Full article
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Dozens of southern white rhino rewilded in South AfricaNews

Dozens of southern white rhino rewilded in South Africa

Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP - Dozens of rhino have been released to the wild in South Africa in a first step of an initiative…
SourceSourceMay 17, 2024 Full article
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Endangered Iberian lynx population doubles in three yearsNews

Endangered Iberian lynx population doubles in three years

Madrid, Spain (AFP) - The number of endangered Iberian lynx in the wild in Spain and Portugal has nearly doubled since 2020 to surpass 2,000…
SourceSourceMay 17, 2024 Full article
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Energy transition risks critical mineral shortage: IEANews

Energy transition risks critical mineral shortage: IEA

By Isabel Malsang and Nick Perry | AFP Paris, France (UPDATED) - The sharp drop in prices for minerals critical to the green energy transition…
SourceSourceMay 17, 2024 Full article
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Global coral bleaching event expanding to new countries: scientistsNews

Global coral bleaching event expanding to new countries: scientists

By Lucie AUBOURG | AFP Washington, United States - The massive coral bleaching episode signaled by US authorities last month is expanding and deepening in…
SourceSourceMay 17, 2024 Full article
Tesla’s German factory gets approval for extensionNews

Tesla’s German factory gets approval for extension

Berlin, Germany (AFP) - Tesla on Thursday said its plans to extend its production site outside Berlin had been approved, overcoming opposition from residents and…
SourceSourceMay 16, 2024 Full article
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Brazil’s Porto Alegre: a flood disaster waiting to happenNews

Brazil’s Porto Alegre: a flood disaster waiting to happen

By Sandra FERRER | AFP Rio De Janeiro, Brazil - Porto Alegre, the Brazilian metropolis left submerged after torrential rains, had been lulled into a…
SourceSourceMay 16, 2024 Full article