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Mountain glacier in Chile’s Patagonia collapses amid high temperatures
Higher temperatures and rainfall that weaken ice walls caused part of a hanging glacier to break off at a national park in Chile's Patagonia region in an event captured on video by tourists.
In a video that went viral on Monday, a…
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World in ‘wrong direction’ as climate impacts worsen: UN
Humanity is "going in the wrong direction" on climate change due to its addiction to fossil fuels, the United Nations said on Tuesday in an assessment showing that planet-warming emissions are higher than before the pandemic.
The UN's…
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First climate lawsuit against Russian government launched over emissions
The first-ever climate lawsuit in Russia has been filed by a group of activists demanding that the government take stronger action over the climate crisis.
The group wants the Russian authorities to take measures that will reduce the…
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Egypt climate champion calls for new metric on climate finance
Developing country climate financing needs should start being reframed at the UN climate summit in November, in order to move beyond the outdated, and unfulfilled, US$100 billion (S$140 billion) that rich nations had pledged to deliver each…
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New design thinking programme gets young students to tackle food waste, climate change
Ideas to turn food waste into fertilizer, save water and curb plastic usage were presented on Saturday as students sought to showcase what they had learnt about tackling local community issues.
Their presentation at Nanyang Community…
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‘Never seen climate carnage’ like Pakistan floods, says UN chief
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who is visiting flood-ravaged Pakistan, says he has “never seen climate carnage” on such a scale, blaming wealthier countries for contributing to the devastation.
Nearly 1,400 people…
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UK must insulate homes or face a worse energy crisis in 2023, say experts
Britain will be plunged into an even worse energy crisis in a year’s time without an immediate plan to improve leaky homes and dramatically reduce demand for gas, ministers have been warned.
The UK ranks among the worst in Europe for the…
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Series of quakes in Indonesia’s Papua jolt coastal region
A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted a coastal region of Papua in eastern Indonesia on Saturday morning and was followed by two weaker aftershocks minutes later, the US Geological Survey said.
The first two quakes, the second a…
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Netherlands. Haarlem is the first city to ban meat ads
Haarlem in The Netherlands is set to ban most meat ads from public spaces because of the food's climate impact.
In what is thought to be the first such move by a city, it will enforce the ban from 2024.
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Pakistan floods: Officials struggle to stop biggest lake overflowing
Pakistan authorities are struggling to contain their biggest lake from bursting its banks after a last-ditch attempt to drain it failed.
Water levels in Manchar Lake, in the southeastern Sindh province, had risen to…
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