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Muslim pilgrims holding umbrellas walk on the third day of the Satan stoning ritual, amid extremely hot weather, during the annual haj pilgrimage, in Mina, Saudi Arabia, June 18, 2024. REUTERS/Saleh Salem
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Climate change threat hangs over haj pilgrimage as hundreds perish in heat

Climate scientists say such deaths offer a glimpse of what is to come for the tens of millions of Muslims expected in coming...

A polar bear seeks shelter from the looming blizzard near the Hudson Bay community of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada November 20, 2021. Picture taken November 20, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/ File Photo
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Record low May sea ice sounds alarm for Canada’s Hudson Bay polar bears

New research adds to a growing scientific consensus that the polar bears are on track to disappear from Canada's vast Hudson Bay region...

FILE PHOTO: Siofra O'Leary, ECHR Court President, speaks during the verdict on three climate cases, where applicants have argued that government inaction on climate change violates human rights, case Duarte Agostinho and Others v. Portugal and 32 Other States, case Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland, and case Careme v France, at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, France, April 9, 2024. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo
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Why does Switzerland’s rebuff of European climate ruling matter?

Switzerland's lower house parliament has voted to reject a landmark court ruling ordering the country to do more to combat global warming

Plastic bottles lie stranded on a beach as volunteers collect rubbish during a beach cleanup campaign organised in conjunction with the Earth Day celebration in George Town, Malaysia April 22, 2024. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain
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Oil, chemical industry lobbyists pile in to UN plastics treaty talks

Plastics treaty being attended by 37% more lobbyists from key industries than previous round of negotiations, nonprofit's analysis reveals.

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The world’s coral reefs are bleaching. What does that mean?

As the El Nino weakens, scientists say some of that ocean heat should diminish. But overall ocean warming will continue as climate change...

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Analysis-Climate verdict for Swiss women a warning for European states, oil industry

This week's European human rights court ruling against the Swiss government improves the odds that similar cases could win at the court, say...

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Takeaways from the Swiss women’s climate victory

What does the verdict mean for other climate case law in Europe?

AnalysisIn-Depth

How three European human rights cases could shape climate litigation

Does government inaction on climate change violate human rights?

EnvironmentNews

Chemicals in plastics far more numerous than previous estimates, report says

LONDON – At least 3,000 more chemicals are in plastics — from food packaging to toys to medical devices — than previously estimated...

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Coral reefs at risk from algal bloom after Rubymar sunk in Red Sea

When the Rubymar sank in the Red Sea after a Houthi attack, the ship went down carrying 21,000-tonnes of fertiliser which could trigger...

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