Climate Emergency
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Australia
New bushfires spread across Australia
Australia’s Prime Minister on Thursday denied his climate policies had caused unprecedented bushfires ravaging the country and insisted his government…
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Environment
Millions in Indian capital endure ‘eye-burning’ smog
Millions of people in India’s capital started the week on Monday choking through “eye-burning” smog, with schools closed, cars taken…
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Diplomacy
Brazil rejects G7 aid to fight Amazon fires: government
Brazil on Monday rejected aid from G7 countries to fight wildfires in the Amazon, with a top official telling French…
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Environment
G7 pledges millions to help fight Amazon fires
The G7 has agreed to spend $20 million (18 million euros) on the Amazon, mainly to send fire-fighting aircraft to…
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Environment
Hundreds of new fires in Brazil as outrage over Amazon grows
Hundreds of new fires are raging in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil, official data showed Saturday, amid growing international…
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Environment
Protests to greet G7 leaders as they discuss Amazon fires, trade
The leaders of the G7 club of rich countries meet in southern France on Saturday, with the burning Amazon, diving…
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Environment
Quarter of the world’s population facing extreme water stress
The Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas of World Resources Institute (WRI) ranked water stress, drought risk and riverine flood risk using…
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Environment
Humanity’s next test: feed 10 billion without ruining Earth
It is a question critical to mankind’s survival: how do we grow enough food to sustain our booming population without…
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Environment
Climate change makes July hotter by up to 3 degrees C
The three-day peak saw temperature records tumble in Belgium, the Netherlands and Britain while the city of Paris experienced its…
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Environment
7,000 species put on ‘Red List’
Mankind’s destruction of nature is driving species to the brink of extinction at an “unprecedented” rate, the leading wildlife conservation…
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