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US announces 'guardrails' for controversial carbon...
President Joe Biden's administration announced new "guardrails" to help ensure carbon offset markets are actually effective, in a...
![Vast concessions threaten Malaysia's forest: report](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/ed/97/74/Vast-concessions-threaten-Malaysia--697161_small.jpg)
Vast concessions threaten Malaysia's forest: repor...
Vast concessions in Malaysia's forests threaten millions of hectares of rich natural habitats and risk the country's commitment to...
![US to unveil 'guardrails' needed for carbon markets to succeed](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/5d/1c/6a/US-to-unveil--guardrails--needed-fo-790677_small.jpg)
US to unveil 'guardrails' needed for carbon market...
President Joe Biden's administration is set Tuesday to unveil "guardrails" it says will ensure that carbon offset markets effectiv...
![Climate change caused 26 extra days of extreme heat in last year: report](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/0b/13/e5/Climate-change-caused-26-extra-days-112836_small.jpg)
Climate change caused 26 extra days of extreme hea...
The world experience an average of 26 more days of extreme heat over the last 12 months that would probably not have occurred with...
![Indian climber dies after Everest bid, eighth death this season](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/e5/db/df/Indian-climber-dies-after-Everest-b-872886_small.jpg)
Indian climber dies after Everest bid, eighth deat...
An Indian climber rescued from Everest has died in hospital, a Nepali tourism official said Tuesday, taking the number of fataliti...
![Indian climber dies in Everest bid to take toll to eight this season](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/e5/db/df/Indian-climber-dies-in-Everest-bid--761718_small.jpg)
Indian climber dies in Everest bid to take toll to...
An Indian climber rescued from Everest has died in hospital, a Nepali tourism official said Tuesday, taking the number of fataliti...
![Deforestation in Brazil's Cerrado higher than in Amazon: report](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/c5/e9/53/Deforestation-in-Brazil-s-Cerrado-h-814416_small.jpg)
Deforestation in Brazil's Cerrado higher than in A...
Deforestation in Brazil's Cerrado region, a vast tropical savanna renowned for its rich biodiversity, increased sharply in 2023 an...
![Deadly Bangladesh cyclone one of longest seen](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/44/bf/84/Deadly-Bangladesh-cyclone-one-of-lo-766678_small.jpg)
Deadly Bangladesh cyclone one of longest seen
Bangladeshi weather experts said Tuesday that a deadly cyclone that carved a swathe of destruction was one of the quickest-forming...
![Deadly Bangaldesh cyclone one of longest seen](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/44/bf/84/Deadly-Bangaldesh-cyclone-one-of-lo-817868_small.jpg)
Deadly Bangaldesh cyclone one of longest seen
Bangladeshi weather experts said Tuesday that a deadly cyclone that carved a swathe of destruction was one of the quickest-forming...
![Philippines deploys river rangers in battle against plastic](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/2e/04/15/Philippines-deploys-river-rangers-i-886077_small.jpg)
Philippines deploys river rangers in battle agains...
Using a long-handled net, Ronnel Narvas scoops up discarded plastic soft drink bottles, shopping bags and palm-sized sachets as he...
![Sixteen dead after cyclone batters Bangladesh and India](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/b9/ac/5a/Sixteen-dead-after-cyclone-batters--448467_small.jpg)
Sixteen dead after cyclone batters Bangladesh and...
Millions of people in low-lying areas of Bangladesh and India on Monday surveyed the tangled wreckage left by a powerful cyclone t...
![World's island states meet to confront climate, fiscal challenges](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/27/77/d8/World-s-island-states-meet-to-confr-147888_small.jpg)
World's island states meet to confront climate, fi...
Extremely vulnerable to climate change, not rich enough to stop it on their own, and not poor enough to depend on aid and developm...
![800,000 seek shelter as Bangladesh braces for cyclone](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/dd/4d/f9/800-000-seek-shelter-as-Bangladesh--855867_small.jpg)
800,000 seek shelter as Bangladesh braces for cycl...
At least 800,000 Bangladeshis fled their coastal villages Sunday for concrete storm shelters further inland as the low-lying natio...
![Estanguet and protestors give Olympic surfing judges' tower thumbs-up](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/a5/c9/a3/Estanguet-and-protestors-give-Olymp-199661_small.jpg)
Estanguet and protestors give Olympic surfing judg...
Paris Olympics chief organiser Tony Estanguet told AFP he was delighted with the controversial aluminium judges' tower for the sur...
![Life in water and mud: Colombians fed up with constant flooding](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/53/c9/0b/Life-in-water-and-mud--Colombians-f-161015_small.jpg)
Life in water and mud: Colombians fed up with cons...
The Berrio family moves around their home on raised planks, upon which their beds and furniture have been raised, to avoid the kne...
![Chile firefighter accused in February blaze that killed 137](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/21/d7/00/Chile-firefighter-accused-in-Februa-977275_small.jpg)
Chile firefighter accused in February blaze that k...
A firefighter was arrested Friday in Chile on suspicion of starting a blaze in February that killed 137 people in the resort city...
![Defying protests, TotalEnergies says seeking new oil fields](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/bb/dd/41/Defying-protests--TotalEnergies-say-117661_small.jpg)
Defying protests, TotalEnergies says seeking new o...
The boss of TotalEnergies told shareholders Friday the French energy giant needed to develop new oil fields to meet global demand,...
![Culling controversy as French wolf population falls in 2023](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/2c/ec/d2/Culling-controversy-as-French-wolf--233811_small.jpg)
Culling controversy as French wolf population fall...
The estimated number of wolves in France last year was 1,003, down nine percent from the year before, environmental associations s...
![Everest? All in a day's work for record climber Kami Rita Sherpa](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/4c/9b/24/Everest--All-in-a-day-s-work-for-re-722362_small.jpg)
Everest? All in a day's work for record climber Ka...
Scaling the world's highest peak is all in a day's work for 54-year-old Nepali mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa, a man breezily modest...
![US to sell off strategic gasoline reserves in northeast](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/50/29/17/US-to-sell-off-strategic-gasoline-r-262612_small.jpg)
US to sell off strategic gasoline reserves in nort...
The US Department of Energy announced Tuesday that it will sell off a million barrels of gasoline from a small strategic reserve i...
![NGOs seek climate trial of French oil giant TotalEnergies](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/3f/7b/fc/NGOs-seek-climate-trial-of-French-o-516218_small.jpg)
NGOs seek climate trial of French oil giant TotalE...
NGOs filed a criminal complaint against French oil giant TotalEnergies and its top shareholders in Paris on Tuesday, seeking a tri...
![Demise of rangelands 'severely underestimated': report](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/ee/59/bf/Demise-of-rangelands--severely-unde-112172_small.jpg)
Demise of rangelands 'severely underestimated': re...
From camel drivers in the Sahara to nomads on the Mongolian steppe, traditional herders the world over rely on earth's wildest ope...
![In Darwin's footsteps: scientists recreate historic 1830s expedition](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/43/bc/b6/In-Darwin-s-footsteps--scientists-r-116697_small.jpg)
In Darwin's footsteps: scientists recreate histori...
Like Charles Darwin did in 1831, a group of scientists and environmentalists last year set sail from the English port of Plymouth,...
![Brazil mayor's mammoth task: rebuild from floods, prevent more](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/82/9f/49/Brazil-mayor-s-mammoth-task--rebuil-422122_small.jpg)
Brazil mayor's mammoth task: rebuild from floods,...
With his Brazilian city deep in brown floodwaters for the past three weeks, the mayor of Porto Alegre faces a herculean challenge:...
![Controversial floating beach unveiled off French Riviera](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/0b/01/3c/Controversial-floating-beach-unveil-571141_small.jpg)
Controversial floating beach unveiled off French R...
A controversial private floating beach anchored off the French Riviera has entered service despite opposition from local politicia...
![Weather eases Canadian oil sands city wildfire menace](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/8f/e1/36/Weather-eases-Canadian-oil-sands-ci-181755_small.jpg)
Weather eases Canadian oil sands city wildfire men...
Rain and cooler weather have halted the advance of a huge wildfire threatening the Canadian city of Fort McMurray in a major oil-p...
![New Canadian firefighters train for brutal fire season](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/e0/c7/ca/New-Canadian-firefighters-train-for-182924_small.jpg)
New Canadian firefighters train for brutal fire se...
Being a forest firefighter in Canada means knowing how to handle a water mist lance but also pumps and axes: in Quebec as in the o...
Wildfire closes in on Canadian oil sands city
A wildfire in Canada's major oil-producing region doubled in size as it drew closer to the city of Fort McMurray on Wednesday, but...
![Raw sewage pumped into England's largest lake due to fault](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/71/59/bf/Raw-sewage-pumped-into-England-s-la-611327_small.jpg)
Raw sewage pumped into England's largest lake due...
Raw sewage was pumped into Windermere, England's largest and best-known lake, over a 10-hour period after a fault caused pumps to...
Canadian oil sands city evacuated as wildfire draw...
Thousands of residents of Fort McMurray, a city in Canada's major oil-producing region, fled as an out-of-control wildfire drew ne...
!['Sowing peace'? Colombia program for war criminals stokes debate](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/73/cb/25/-Sowing-peace---Colombia-program-fo-817551_small.jpg)
'Sowing peace'? Colombia program for war criminals...
Once confined to jail over the killings of hundreds under his watch, former Colombian general Henry Torres now spends his days pla...
![Amazonian chief at UN to combat traditional knowledge piracy](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/c3/3c/fd/Amazonian-chief-at-UN-to-combat-tra-185807_small.jpg)
Amazonian chief at UN to combat traditional knowle...
The leader of the Brazilian Amazon's Huni Kui people remains hopeful that a planned United Nations treaty will advance the fight a...