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Orkney’s seaweed-eating sheep offer hopes of greener farming

by Véronique DUPONT with Stuart GRAHAM in Dundee Agence France-Presse NORTH RONALDSAY (ORKNEY), United Kingdom (AFP) - On a tiny island…

No one left: climate change fuels Guatemalan migration

by Henry MORALES ARANA Agence France-Presse COMUNIDAD CERRO AZUL, Guatemala (AFP) - Lazaro Yat looked on helplessly as his 17-year-old…

‘Nowhere is safe’: Philippine typhoon victims live in fear

by Allison JACKSON GUINOBATAN, Philippines (AFP) -- A year after a powerful storm sent an avalanche of volcanic rock and…

COP26 climate deal harder than Paris: summit president

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - Success at the upcoming COP26 climate summit is "definitely harder" than the 2015 Paris talks…

Putin will not attend COP 26 climate summit: Kremlin

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will not go to next month's landmark UN climate summit, the Kremlin…

Planned fossil fuel output shatters 1.5C climate target: UN

by Patrick GALEY Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) - The world's nations are currently planning to produce more than double…

UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting on N. Korea Wednesday: diplomats

UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- The UN Security Council will hold an emergency closed-door meeting on North Korea on…

‘Running out of time’: Asia struggles to kick coal addiction

by with Sam Reeves in Kuala Lumpur / Haeril Halim Agence France-Presse CILEGON, Indonesia (AFP) - Smokestacks belch noxious fumes…

New Zealand boosts climate aid ahead of Glasgow summit

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) - New Zealand pledged Monday to quadruple foreign aid spending on climate change, addressing its "woefully…

Australia’s PM drops threat to skip UN climate summit

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) - Australia's prime minister on Friday withdrew a threat to skip next month's landmark UN climate summit,…

Climate change a double blow for oil-rich Mideast: experts

by Frank ZELLER Agence France-Presse PAPHOS, Cyprus (AFP) - The climate crisis threatens a double blow for the Middle East,…

UN rights report warns of N. Korea ‘starvation risk’

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korea's most vulnerable are "at risk of starvation" with the economy worsening due to…

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