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Greenhouse gas levels reach record high amid COP26 worries

By Robin Millard

A decade-old target for rich countries to contribute $100 billion a year to help poorer ones fight climate change should be attainable in...

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China aims to cut fossil energy use to below 20% by 2060

Economic planners are nervous about slashing coal too quickly as it could cripple growth.

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UK outlines net-zero strategy and green investment plans

Climate experts gave only a cautious welcome, and campaigners said the moves did not go far enough.

By Joe Jackson

Climate: Removing CO2 from the air no longer optional

The only way to bring Earth's average surface temperature back under the wire by 2100 is to suck some of it out of the...

By Marlowe Hood

Climate justice: Rich nations dodge finance pledge

One of the biggest challenges facing climate negotiations is a deficit of trust among parties, and climate finance may...

By Stephane Orjollet

Global warming kills 14 percent of world's corals in a decade

Loss of coral from 2009 to 2018 varied by region, ranging from five percent in East Asia to 95 percent in the eastern...

By Marlowe Hood

Keep up climate pressure, UN chief tells youth

The COP26 UN climate summit, which begins October 31 in Glasgow, is being billed as crucial to the continued success of...

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Ford announces $11.4 bn investment for electric vehicle production

The company expects that between 40 and 50 percent of its global vehicles to be fully electric by 2030

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UN head says world must change food priorities to save planet

Guterres noted that three billion people cannot afford a healthy diet.

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Johnson says Glasgow climate talks 'turning point for humanity'

Johnson hailed a pledge made a day earlier by Chinese President Xi Jinping to end coal financing overseas

By AFP News

At least 44 dead as flash floods slam New York area

It is rare for such storms to strike America's northeastern seaboard and comes as the surface layer of oceans warms due...

By Peter Hutchison and Nicolas Revise

Planet in peril: global conservation congress urges wildlife protection

Plastic debris causes the deaths of more than a million seabirds every year, as well as more than 100,000 marine...

By Marlowe Hood

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Environment

Greenhouse gas levels reach record high amid COP26 worries

China aims to cut fossil energy use to below 20% by 2060

UK outlines net-zero strategy and green investment plans

Climate: Removing CO2 from the air no longer optional

Climate justice: Rich nations dodge finance pledge

Global warming kills 14 percent of world's corals in a decade

Keep up climate pressure, UN chief tells youth

Ford announces $11.4 bn investment for electric vehicle production

UN head says world must change food priorities to save planet

Johnson says Glasgow climate talks 'turning point for humanity'

At least 44 dead as flash floods slam New York area

Planet in peril: global conservation congress urges wildlife protection

Gates offers $1.5 bn in climate help if US takes legislative action

WWF sounds alarm over 'colossal' Black Sea oil slick

World shudders at 'terrifying' UN climate report

Hundreds flee, homes destroyed, as fires ravage Greek island

Hundreds evacuated by sea as wildfire reaches Turkish power plant

Fires rage across southern Europe, forcing hundreds to evacuate

Modi confirms COP26 attendance in boost to summit

UK 'ditched' climate pledge to secure Australia trade deal: Greenpeace

Closing the gap between the promise of AI and its implementation

Closing the gap between the promise of AI and its implementation

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How decentralisation is expanding the possibilities of finance

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Here is exactly why Trump's supporters like him