99 of 100 cities most at risk environmentally in Asia
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse Of the 100 cities worldwide most vulnerable to environmental hazards all but one…
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1.5C warming cap could ‘halve’ sea level rise from melting ice
by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) -- Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius could halve how much sea levels…
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Drought-hit Jordan ‘critical’ as water sources dry up
by Kamal Taha GHOR AL-HADITHA, Jordan (AFP) -- Ahmad Daoud surveyed his shrivelled tomato plants near the Dead Sea in…
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World running out of time to tackle climate crisis: UN
by Robin MILLARD GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- 2021 must be the year of action for protecting people against the "disastrous"…
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Putin will address international climate summit via video link: Kremlin
MOSCOW, Russia(AFP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin will on April 22 address an international climate summit hosted by the United…
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Past ice melts may have caused seas to rise 10 times faster than today: study
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Ice sheet melting at the end of the last ice age may have caused sea…
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Cities worldwide dim lights to mark Earth Hour
By Agence France Presse From Singapore to Buenos Aires, cities around the world turned off their lights Saturday to…
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Space-starved Singapore builds floating solar farms in climate fight
by Martin Abbugao SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) -- Thousands of panels glinting in the sun stretch into the sea off Singapore,…
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Indian rescuers try drilling from above into disaster tunnel
by Jalees ANDRABI Agence France-Presse INDIA (AFP) — Indian rescuers began drilling from above a debris-filled tunnel Thursday in a…
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‘Run!’: India glacier disaster survivors recount tunnel escape
by Jalees Andrabi and Aishwarya Kumar in Kochi Agence France-Presse TAPOVAN, India (AFP) — A whistle turned into a roar…
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La Nina climate cycle has peaked: UN
by Robin MILLARD GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The 2020-2021 La Nina phenomenon has passed its peak, the UN weather agency…
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Desperate search for survivors after India glacier disaster
by Jalees ANDRABI TAPOVAN, India (AFP) -- Indian rescue workers battled through tonnes of rock and mud Tuesday searching for…
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