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Weather tracker: heavy rainfall causes flooding and death in east Africa
Rain in Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi has damaged farmland and infrastructureEastern Africa has experienced heavy rain...
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New EU nature law will fail without farmers, scientists warn
Open letter calls for green policies that empower farmers, after months of protests jeopardise future of...
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Global heating and urbanisation to blame for severity of UAE floods, study finds
World Weather Attribution group says intensified El Niño effects caused torrential rain, but rules out cloud...
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Activist groups not directly involved in Tiwi Island lawsuit must hand over documents to Santos, court rules
Broad terms of subpoenas a ‘chilling’ precedent that could undermine future climate litigation, legal experts sayGet...
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Process raw materials in Africa, urges top environmentalist
Few economic and social benefits will come to Africans if processing is all done overseas, says...
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UK ‘helping Russia pay for its war on Ukraine’ via loophole on refined oil imports
£2.2bn-worth of oil processed in China, India and Turkey – to whom Russia supplies crude –...
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More than one-third of people in the US exposed to harmful air pollution – report
American Lung Association’s State of the Air report states nearly 131 million people are exposed to...
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Sunak’s weakening of climate targets ‘retrograde’, says former Tory minister
Claire O’Neill, a former climate minister, says PM’s move was to ‘try and create political division...
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‘Children won’t be able to survive’: inter-American court to hear from climate victims
Historic hearing will receive submissions from people whose human rights have been affected by climate changeJulian...
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Weather tracker: Mexico swelters under season’s first heatwave
Anticyclonic conditions have allowed temperatures to reach 35-45C across much of the countryMexico has been undergoing...
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Far right’s rise in Portugal could threaten ambitious climate action
Environmentalists fear focus on economy may undermine country’s climate transition – one of most radical in...
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Europe baked in ‘extreme heat stress’ pushing temperatures to record highs
Europeans are dying from hot weather 30% more than they did two decades ago, report findsScorching...
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Millions at risk of floods in China’s Guangdong province after heavy rain
Officials urge municipalities to begin emergency planning after major rivers and reservoirs threaten to overflowMajor rivers,...
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The El Niño has ended. Will Australia get a La Niña next – and what weather could that bring?
Our climate is influenced not just by Pacific weather patterns but by the Indian and Southern...
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Tens of thousands protest against Canary Islands’ ‘unsustainable’ tourism model
Organisers say 50,000 turn out to call for limit on tourist numbers, saying model makes life...
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India seeks UK carbon tax exemption in free trade deal talks
Exclusive: India seeking to use approach of UK election as bargaining chip and any exemption would...
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Teenager dies after suspected crocodile attack in the Torres Strait
Body of 16-year-old boy discovered with injuries ‘consistent with a crocodile attack’ as wildlife officers search...
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Dubai floods: Chaos, queues and submerged cars after UAE hit by record rains
Passengers report being stranded in the desert city as the international hub struggles in the wake...
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Lethal heatwave in Sahel worsened by fossil fuel burning, study finds
Deaths from record temperatures in Mali reportedly led to full morgues turning away bodies this monthThe...
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Elephant seal makes ‘epic’ trek back after Canadian officials relocate him
Notorious for drawing large crowds, Emerson was removed by officials who were surprised to find him...
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Queensland state LNP backs Labor’s emission cuts of 75% by 2035 drawing ire from federal colleagues
‘We must do all we can to become more sustainable’, says shadow environment ministerFollow our Australia...
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UK’s native poultry under threat as bird flu takes hold worldwide
Annual watchlist raises concern for native chicken, duck, geese and turkey populations as well as rare...
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Garden centres in UK stockpile plants before new Brexit checks
British growers and sellers fear government measures starting on 30 April could result in delays and...
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Ecuador rations power as Andean drought tightens grip
El Niño weather phenomenon depletes reservoirs and limits output at hydroelectric plantsEcuador has begun to ration...