Fires, floods, flying insects: 10 recent climate-fuelled disasters
by Natalie HANDEL PARIS, France (AFP) -- From a summer of fire and record floods, to freak frosts and locusts…
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Senegal’s old capital on the frontline against rising sea
by Laurent Lozano Agence France-Presse SAINT-LOUIS, Senegal (AFP) - In the northern Senegalese city of Saint-Louis, excavators are ripping up…
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Half a degree makes a big difference in a warming world
by Stéphane ORJOLLET Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) - Half a degree Celsius may not seem like much, but climate…
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In Venezuela, a village on stilts slowly succumbs to mud
by Margioni BERMÚDEZ Agence France-Presse VENEZUELA (AFP) - Congo Mirador was once an idyllic spot: a community of homes on…
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COP26 ‘won’t be easy’, UN climate chief admits
by Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS Agence France-Presse MILAN, Italy (AFP) - The forthcoming COP26 summit -- which could determine the viability of…
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OPEC sees oil demand growing over next two decades
VIENNA, Austria (AFP) - OPEC said Tuesday it expects oil demand to rise between now and 2045, and remain the…
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Thunberg slams 30 years of climate ’empty words’
MILAN, Italy (AFP) - Swedish activist Greta Thunberg opened a youth climate summit on Tuesday by lambasting three decades of…
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Australian PM says may not join global climate summit
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, under pressure to adopt a 2050 net-zero carbon emissions target, said…
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California fights fire with fire to protect giant sequoias
by Paula RAMON Agence France-Presse LOS ANGELES, California (AFP) - The so-far successful battle this month in California to save…
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Greens face dashed hopes, new leverage in German vote aftermath
by Deborah COLE Agence France-Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) - With growing fears about global warming, deadly floods linked to climate…
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Thunberg to join mass German climate strikes before vote
by Deborah COLE Agence France-Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) - Tens of thousands of climate activists including Greta Thunberg are due…
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US urges greater ambition as UN Security Council tackles climate
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday urged all countries to raise their…
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