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African ‘pre-COP27’ climate summit opens in Democratic Republic of Congo
Environment ministers from about 50 countries will gather in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday (Oct 3) for a "pre-COP27" climate summit, with rich nations likely to come under pressure to raise spending to combat climate change.…
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Hurricane Orlene could bring flash floods, mudslides to Mexico
Hurricane Orlene barrelled towards Mexico's south-western coast as a dangerous Category 3 storm and is expected to dump torrential rains even as it is forecast to weaken in the coming days, the National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said on…
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Florida, Carolinas face massive clean-up after Hurricane Ian
Florida, North and South Carolina faced a massive clean-up on Saturday from the destruction wrought by Hurricane Ian, after one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the US mainland caused tens of billions of dollars in damage and killed…
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Egypt working to prioritise ‘loss and damage’ at COP27 climate talks
Egypt, which is hosting the upcoming COP27 climate negotiations, is working on how to include compensation for economic losses due to climate catastrophes on the formal agenda of the November summit, as pressure grows from vulnerable…
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Cuba entirely without power after Hurricane Ian causes grid to collapse
Cuba's electrical grid collapsed late on Tuesday, local officials said, leaving the entire country in the dark shortly after Hurricane Ian ploughed through the western end of the island leaving a path of destruction in its wake.
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More than half of the world’s palm trees in danger
More than a thousand species of palm tree are at risk of extinction, according to a study.
Scientists used artificial intelligence to assess risks to the entire palm family, from tall trees to climbing plants.
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Renewed calls for rich polluting nations to compensate developing countries
Pakistan's catastrophic floods have led to renewed calls for rich polluting nations, which grew their economies through heavy use of fossil fuels, to compensate developing countries for the devastating impacts caused by the climate crisis.…
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Young protesters demand climate action worldwide
Young activists staged a coordinated “global climate strike” to highlight the effects of global warming and demand more aid for poor countries hit by weather chaos.
Protests from New Zealand and Japan to Germany and the Democratic…
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Australia climate change inaction violated islanders’ rights, UN finds
A United Nations committee found on Friday that Australia had violated the human rights of a group of islanders off its north coast by failing to adequately protect them from the impacts of climate change.
The complaint, filed over three…
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Spike in Amazon emissions linked to law enforcement
Carbon emissions in the Amazon region in 2019 and 2020 more than doubled compared to the average of the previous eight years, according to a new study.
Deforestation for agriculture and fires were the main drivers of the…
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