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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…

China says launched enhanced climate action plan with US

GLASGOW, United Kingdom (AFP) - China and the United States on Wednesday announced a joint initiative to deliver enhanced climate…

UN says Ethiopia detains 72 World Food Programme drivers in war-hit north

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AFP) -- The United Nations said Wednesday that Ethiopia had detained 72 drivers working for the World…

Climate change and fires: Bolivia’s forests in peril

by Martín SILVA Agence France-Presse Santo Corazón, Bolivia (AFP) - The road through San Matias, Bolivia, is a no man's…

New emissions pledges barely affect global heating: UN

by Kelly MACNAMARA / Marlowe HOOD / Patrick GALEY Agence France-Presse GLASGOW, United Kingdom (AFP) - A flurry of emissions…

‘Climate stripes’ showing 170 years of global warming

READING, United Kingdom (AFP) - A striped design showing the impact of global warming on 170 years of world temperatures…

Australia vows to sell coal ‘for decades’

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) - Australia said Monday it will sell coal for "decades into the future" after spurning a pact…

Climate on track to devastate world’s poorest economies: study

by Marlowe HOOD GLASGOW, United Kingdom (AFP) -- The 65 most vulnerable nations will see GDP drop 20 percent on…

Desperate US bid to engineer corals for climate change

by Chandan Khanna with Glenn Chapman in San Francisco Agence France-Presse MIAMI, Florida (AFP) - A bit of coral shimmers…

Protesters demand climate action in global rally

by Kelly MACNAMARA and Patrick GALEY Agence France-Presse GLASGOW, United Kingdom (AFP) - Tens of thousands of protesters braved rain…

Chasm opens between COP26 words and climate action

by Patrick GALEY Agence France-Presse GLASGOW, United Kingdom (AFP) - COP26's first week saw keynote pledges to end deforestation, phase…

Mexican president slams COP26 ‘hypocrisy’

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador Wednesday slammed participants in a major UN climate summit…

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