Environment

India welcomes back tourists but smog shrouds Taj Mahal

by Laurence THOMANN Agence France-Presse AGRA, India (AFP) - Foreign tourists have been welcomed back to India after pandemic travel…

‘The water is poison’: Chinese activist spends life protecting polluted lake

by Patrick BAERT KUNMING, China (AFP) -- Environmental activist Zhang Zhengxiang is almost blind, and lives in poverty -- but…

Glasgow: industrial canal’s climate-fighting future

by Anna CUENCA Agence France-Presse GLASGOW, United Kingdom (AFP) - Glasgow was a vital cog in the machine of Britain's…

‘Down’ but not ‘out’: Growth needs fuel India’s coal addiction

by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA Agence France-Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) - Even as its capital was blanketed by toxic smog, India…

Drought, overpumping cut Morocco river link to sea

by Kaouthar Oudrhiri SAIDIA, Morocco (AFP) -- Moroccan environmentalist Mohamed Benata stood taking photos of what should be the mouth…

Drought forces Iraqi farmers to leave their land

by Raad Al-Jammas Agence France-Presse Iraqi wheat farmer Khamis Ahmad Abbas lost it all when his battle with drought forced…

COP26 strikes hard-fought deal but UN says ‘not enough’

by Patrick GALEY, Jitendra JOSHI, Kelly MACNAMARA and Marlowe HOOD Agence France-Presse GLASGOW, United Kingdom (AFP) - Nearly 200 nations…

Africa diabetes cases to soar: WHO

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AFP) -- Africa is set to see diabetes cases more than double to 55 million by 2045,…

World needs trillions to face climate threat: draft UN report

by Kelly MACNAMARA / Marlowe HOOD / Patrick GALEY GLASGOW, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Helping vulnerable nations cope with the…

Australia’s coal country looks to a less sooty future

by Andrew LEESON Agence France-Presse NEWCASTLE, Australia (AFP) - Australia's conservative leaders have defied calls for urgent climate action, boasting…

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