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COP27: ‘Watershed moment’ as UN climate summit begins
The UN's annual climate change summit has opened with hosts Egypt billing it as the world's "watershed moment" on climate action.
More than 120 world leaders are heading to the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.…
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Climate activists hurl pea soup at Van Gogh in Rome
A group of activists on Friday threw pea soup at a Vincent van Gogh masterpiece in a protest they warned would continue until more attention was paid to climate change.
The Sower, an 1888 painting by the Dutch artist depicting a farmer…
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Arctic fires could release catastrophic amounts of C02: Study
Global warming is responsible for bigger and bigger fires in Siberia, and in the decades ahead they could release huge amounts of carbon now trapped in the soil, says a report out on Thursday.
Researchers fear a threshold might soon be…
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Major glaciers including Mount Kilimanjaro and Dolomites to disappear by 2050, UN report says
Mount Kilimanjaro's ice cap is among some of the world-famous glaciers predicted to disappear by 2050 due to global warming, according to a UNESCO report.
The United Nations cultural agency UNESCO monitors around 18,600 glaciers across…
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Boris Johnson confirms he is attending COP27 in Egypt
Former PM Boris Johnson has confirmed he will attend the COP27 climate conference in Egypt next week after being invited by the organisers.
His successor at No 10 Rishi Sunak has been under pressure to attend, after initially…
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Scholz chides climate activists for targeting artworks
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday condemned climate activists for targeting famous artworks in the run-up to the COP27 climate summit aimed at curbing global warming.
“I am very sad about what is happening and very glad that it has…
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In new climate deal, Norway will pay Indonesia $56 million for drop in deforestation, emissions
Norway has agreed to pay Indonesia $56 million in a climate agreement between the two countries, as Indonesia has succeeded in reducing carbon dioxide emissions by preserving its vast tropical rainforests.
The contribution agreement,…
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Climate activists glue themselves to dinosaur exhibit at Berlin museum
Two women glued themselves to the handrails around a dinosaur exhibit at Berlin’s Natural History museum on Sunday in the latest protest by climate activists, calling on the German government to scale up measures to fight climate change.…
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Millions at risk of climate displacement in Middle East
Little rainfall, aggressive heatwaves and worsening drought make the Middle East the most water-stressed region in the world, with climate change threatening to displace millions of people.
Hussein Abu Saddam, head of the farmers’…
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Biden to travel to Egypt, Cambodia, Indonesia for November summits: White House
US President Joe Biden will travel to Egypt to participate in the COP27 United Nations climate change summit on Nov 11, where he will call on the world to act “in this decisive decade”, the White House said on Friday.
He will then travel…
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