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All eyes on G20 for breakthrough as COP29 climate talks stall 16 Nov 2024 - 07:47 pm
Handout picture released by the Brazilian Presidency showing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (L) shaking hands with UN General Secretary Antonio Guterres during a meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 16, 2024, ahead of the G20 Summit. Photo by Ricardo STUCKERT / Brazilian Presidency / AFP.
Chinese scientists find new method to sweeten tomatoes 16 Nov 2024 - 01:55 pm
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Scientists say world's largest coral found near Solomon Islands 14 Nov 2024 - 02:42 pm
This handout photo taken by National Geographic Pristine Seas on October 24, 2024, and released on November 14, shows divers swimming over the world's largest coral. (Photo by Manu San Felix / National Geographic Pristine Seas / AFP)
Nearly half of tropical coral species face extinction: report 13 Nov 2024 - 04:41 pm
This aerial photo taken on April 5, 2024, shows a coral atoll near Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef, located 270 kilometres (167 miles) north of the city of Cairns. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)
'Carbon-neutral' countries demand credit at COP29 12 Nov 2024 - 08:01 pm
Participating world leaders and delegates pose for a family photo during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku on November 12, 2024. Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP.
UK vows to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 81% on 1990 levels by 2035 12 Nov 2024 - 05:45 pm
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UN climate talks are 'moment of truth' for Paris pact, says COP29 chief 11 Nov 2024 - 11:25 am
People walk past the logotype at the venue for the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku on November 11, 2024. The COP29 climate talks open on November 11 in Azerbaijan, under the long shadow cast by the re-election of Donald Trump, who has pledged to row back on the United States' carbon-cutting commitments. Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP.
2024 'virtually certain' to be hottest year on record: EU monitor 10 Nov 2024 - 04:57 pm
Photo used for demonstration purposes. A car rides by the dried Yovkovtsi dam, near the town of Elena, Central Bulgaria on November 08, 2024. Nine of 12 dams supplying water to localities in Bulgaria are 65% full, and the drought in summer is perduring now in the autumn. More than 240.000 people in a country of 6,5 million are facing regular water shortages. Photo by Nikolay DOYCHINOV / AFP.
World must better adapt to 'climate calamity': Guterres 07 Nov 2024 - 03:34 pm
U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres attends a plenary session in the outreach/BRICS Plus format at the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 24, 2024. Photo by Maxim Shemetov / POOL / AFP.
New doubt over production cuts in plastic pollution treaty 31 Oct 2024 - 02:03 pm
(Files) People look through plastic and other debris washed ashore at Kedonganan Beach near Denpasar on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on March 19, 2024. (Photo by Sonny Tumbelaka / AFP)
Climate-scarred Australia faces fiercer fires, floods, droughts 30 Oct 2024 - 04:50 pm
This aerial photo taken on April 5, 2024, shows a coral atoll near Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef, located 270 kilometres (167 miles) north of the city of Cairns. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)
The AI boom may unleash a global surge in electronic waste 29 Oct 2024 - 06:27 pm
Photo used for demonstration purposes. Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang delivers his keystone speech ahead of Computex 2024 in Taipei on June 2, 2024. Photo by Sam YEH / AFP.
Scientists warn of possible collapse of Atlantic currents 28 Oct 2024 - 03:17 pm
King Frederik X of Denmark speaks during a dinner with the heads of State of Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway to mark 25th anniversary of the Nordic Embassies, at Bellevue presidential palace on October 21, 2024. Photo by Sebastian Gollnow / POOL / AFP.
Jane Goodall warns on 'false promises' at UN biodiversity meet 19 Oct 2024 - 08:19 am
British ethologist and primatologist Jane Goodall poses with her mascott
Reoxygenating oceans: startups lead the way in Baltic Sea 15 Oct 2024 - 02:19 pm
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September second-warmest on record: EU climate monitor 08 Oct 2024 - 03:42 pm
(Files) This aerial photograph taken on September 15, 2024 shows a view of the flooded streets in Glucholazy, southern Poland. (Photo by Sergei Gapon / AFP)
Dolphins flash friendly grins when they're ready to play 03 Oct 2024 - 02:02 pm
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Germany inaugurates IBM's first European quantum data centre 01 Oct 2024 - 05:15 pm
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz addresses guests during the inauguration of IBM's quantum data centre at the IBM Campus in Ehningen, southern Germany, on October 1, 2024. Photo by SILAS STEIN / AFP.