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No longer evergreen: Germany eyes diversity to sav...
Once a sea of green, thousands of spruces with brown crowns and charred trunks now stand in a forest in eastern Germany, testament...
California lab-grown meat start-up gets first gree...
A California-based lab-grown meat start-up received the first green light for such products from the US food safety agency on Wedn...
'Brazil is back': Lula draws crowds at UN climate...
Showered with applause and chants of "Lula!", Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva made a splash at a UN climate co...
'A shock': divers fish for waste to preserve Greec...
On the Greek island of Naxos, two divers reeled in not the catch of the day but a jumble of cable, rope, fishing nets and old clot...
Niger's threatened giraffes find new home
Conservationists in Niger said on Wednesday they had transferred threatened West African giraffes to a new home 600 kilometres (37...
Climate change set to 'increase hunger' in Africa:...
As COP27 delegates in Egypt debate planet-heating emissions, the climate crisis is exacerbating devastating hunger across several...
Poland says blast likely caused by Ukraine missile...
Poland on Wednesday said a deadly blast that killed two people in a village near the border with Ukraine was likely caused by a st...
Filipina youth activist brings fight for climate f...
A fierce defender of climate voices from the world's developing countries, Mitzi Jonelle Tan has brought her call for climate just...
Indonesian leader says negotiations on G20 declara...
Indonesia's president said Wednesday that negotiations for a joint G20 summit declaration were extremely difficult, but hailed the...
Poland military on alert after missile strike
Poland's military was on high alert Wednesday after a deadly missile strike on a village near the border with war-ravaged Ukraine.
Seven million homes in dark as missiles pound Ukra...
Missile strikes hit cities across Ukraine on Tuesday, plunging seven million homes into darkness just days after a humiliating Rus...
Sperm count is declining at accelerating rate worl...
Sperm count among men worldwide is falling at an accelerated rate after halving over the last 40 years, a large new study said Tue...
Campaigners rally COP27 to fight climate disinform...
Campaigners on Tuesday urged the COP27 summit to fight disinformation that undermines efforts to limit deadly global warming, as a...
EU vows to raise its climate target at COP27
The EU vowed Tuesday at UN climate talks to raise its emissions reduction target, as developing nations admonished rich polluters...
Humanity hits the eight billion mark
A baby born somewhere on Tuesday will be the world's eight billionth person, according to a projection by the United Nations.
UN climate talks enter home stretch with deep divi...
COP27 entered its final week Monday with rich carbon polluters and developing nations at loggerheads over how to speed up and fund...
Rainforest giants Brazil, Indonesia, DR Congo sign...
The world's biggest rainforest nations Brazil, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday formally launched a climat...
Net-zero in fashion, but clothing giants struggle...
The world's fashion giants have pledged to trim their carbon footprint but that goal remains elusive at a time "fast fashion" is a...
Climate disaster aid scheme 'Global Shield' launch...
A scheme to give speedy financial support to communities battered by climate disasters was launched Monday by a group of rich and...
Brazil's Lula headed to UN climate talks with vow...
Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is expected this week at the UN climate summit in Egypt to pledge to reverse t...
GMO skeptics still distrust big agriculture's clim...
As a changing climate intensifies extreme weather, agricultural multinationals are hyping the ability of genetically modified crop...
Sharks, turtles, disease on agenda of wildlife tra...
The trade in shark fins, turtles, and other threatened species will come under scrutiny at a global wildlife summit in Panama, sta...
Climate activists challenge TotalEnergies CEO at C...
French giant TotalEnergies' chief executive was confronted by climate activists Friday at the COP27 summit in Egypt, where the pre...
Brazil sets new Amazon deforestation record for Oc...
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest broke the monthly record for October, with the destruction of 904 square kilomete...
Biden urges world to 'step up' climate fight at CO...
President Joe Biden vowed at UN climate talks on Friday that the United States was on track to slash its carbon emissions, urging...
'Threat multiplier': How climate change affects he...
Deadlier than Covid, or even rivalling cancer? Researchers have been increasingly attempting to calculate the effect climate chang...
CO2 pollution from fossil fuels to hit all-time hi...
Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels, the main driver of climate change, are on track to rise one percent in 2022 to reach a...
Mongolia sells more coal to China as world shuns p...
Mongolia is ramping up efforts to export coal to energy-hungry China, a government official told AFP, despite global efforts to en...
India at 75: Melting glaciers, heatwaves and clima...
From prime ministers and millionaires to labourers and ascetics, Hindu faithful dream of trekking at least once in their lives to...
Oil and gas emissions up to three times what is re...
Planet-heating emissions from oil and gas production could be three times higher than reported, according to a satellite monitorin...
More than 130 seals found dead on Caspian beaches
More than 130 endangered seals have been found dead on Kazakh beaches of the Caspian Sea, officials said Wednesday.
At COP27 climate talks, US midterms make waves
The US midterms made waves Wednesday at a UN climate summit on the shores of Egypt, with activists urging President Joe Biden to t...