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Europe must do more against ‘catastrophic’ climate risks: EU
Europe could suffer “catastrophic” consequences from climate change if it fails to take urgent and decisive action to adapt to risks, a new EU analysis warned Monday.
Areas in southern Europe are most at risk, the European Environment…
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Saudi climate envoy meets Mexican ambassador
Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Climate Envoy Adel Al-Jubeir on Sunday met with Ambassador of Mexico to the Kingdom Anibal Gomez Toledo in Riyadh, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
During the meeting, the two sides…
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Drought-hit Morocco closes its famous public baths 3 days a week to save water
For years, Fatima Mhattar has welcomed shopkeepers, students, bankers and retirees to Hammam El Majd, a public bath on the outskirts of Morocco’s capital, Rabat. For a handful of change, they relax in a haze of steam then are scrubbed down…
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Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan approve executive program in fields of renewable energy and innovation
The energy ministers of Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan approved an executive cooperation program in Astana on Thursday, the Kingdom’s energy ministry announced.
The program aims to implement projects in Kazakhstan in the fields of renewable…
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COP hosts UAE, Azerbaijan, Brazil announce climate ‘troika’
Past and future UN climate talk hosts the United Arab Emirates, Azerbaijan and Brazil said Tuesday they are forming a “troika” to push for an international agreement to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
The UAE hosted last…
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Saudi climate envoy meets with Slovenia, Costa Rica FMs
Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir, who is also envoy for climate affairs, met on Wednesday with officials of Slovenia, Costa Rica and the chairman of the Tony Blair Institute for Climate Change on Wednesday, the…
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Trump win in 2024 could harm fight against climate change, warns Canada PM
If Republican frontrunner Donald Trump wins the 2024 US election it could harm the global effort to fight climate change, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in an interview aired on Friday.
Trump, who denies the science of…
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At least 100 elephants die in drought-stricken Zimbabwe park, a grim sign of El Nino, climate change
Authorities warn that more could die as forecasts suggest a scarcity of rains and rising heat
“El Nino is making an already dire situation worse,” said Tinashe Farawo, spokesman for the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management…
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Climate-change research critical for intervention in Kingdom, say experts
There should be a greater focus on climate-change education and research to ensure effective strategies for future interventions in the Kingdom, it was proposed at a conference here.
The two-day event organized by the National…
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‘Living dead’: Tunisian villages suffer drought, climate change
Tunisian villager Ounissa Mazhoud ties two empty jerry cans to a donkey and cautiously descends a stony hill toward the last local source of water.
The North African country, in its fourth year of drought, is grappling with its worst…
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