climate

UN deforestation scheme under scrutiny after Indonesia debacle

by Sam Reeves / with Lucie Godeau in Jakarta KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- The collapse of a $1-billion deal…

Nuclear option: Earth’s climate panacea or poison?

by Julien MIVIELLE Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) - For its supporters, nuclear energy is the world's best -- perhaps…

In Glasgow, China-US tensions could shape climate future

by Shaun TANDON Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, D.C., United States (AFP) - Global momentum is building on the climate crisis but…

Tens of thousands rally in Belgium climate march

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) - Tens of thousands of protesters joined the first major climate march in Brussels since the start…

Green energy springs from abandoned UK coalmine

by Olivier DEVOS Agence France-Presse Dawdon coalmine in northeast England was abandoned three decades ago, but is being brought back…

UK cracks down on climate change activists before UN summit

by Callum PATON Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - Britain is eager to brandish its environmental credentials before the…

COP26 president denies UK rift over climate

by Jitendra JOSHI Agence France-Presse MANCHESTER, United Kingdom (AFP) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's pointman for the COP26 climate…

Severe droughts dry up dreams of Turkish farmers

by Raziye Akkoc Agence France-Presse AKKUZULU, Turkey (AFP) - Turkish farmer Hava Keles stares inconsolably at withered vines of rotting…

Dry year leaves Syria wheat farmers facing crop failure

by Delil Souleiman with Maher al-Mounes in Damascus Agence France-Presse TAL SHAEER, Syria (AFP) - After Syrian farmer Abdelbaqi Souleiman…

Climate change threatens the Everglades, Florida’s gem

by Gerard MARTINEZ Agence France-Presse MIAMI, Florida (AFP) - Umberto Gimenez loves alligators. He gives them nicknames such as "Smile"…

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

by Marlowe HOOD Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) - Dynamite fishing and pollution -- but mostly global warming -- wiped…

Severe droughts dry up dreams of Turkish farmers

by Raziye Akkoc AKKUZULU, Turkey (AFP) -- Turkish farmer Hava Keles stares inconsolably at withered vines of rotting tomatoes in…

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