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Muhammad Yunus, head of Bangladesh's interim government speaks to members of the media at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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Bangladesh leader Muhammad Yunus slams rich nations for burning up the planet at UN climate talks

Interim Bangladeshi leader Muhammad Yunus urges wealthy nations to provide funds for climate crisis instead of negotiating.

P. Ravinder Reddy, a farmer, applies fungicide to peanut seeds before sowing in Rayanpet village of Telangana state, India, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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In India, warming climate pressures scientists to keep developing tougher seeds

Unpredictable rains and heat in Rayanpet, India, threaten rice crops, prompting farmers to adopt climate-resilient seed varieties

FILE - A woman works at a coal depot in Ahmedabad, India, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki, File)
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India has pushed hard for solar – but in a surge, coal always gets the call

Despite the country's increase in renewable energy production, Indian coal power is still harnessed whenever there's a surge in demand.

Bathers cool off in the water while others sunbathe on a Barcelona beach, Spain, Wednesday, July 24, 2024. Several regions of Spain are under alert for high temperatures. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Monday breaks the record for the hottest ever day on Earth

Monday was recorded as the hottest day ever globally, sparking calls to 'immediately change course' of climate change

Electrician A. Prakash checks the parameter of the output breaker of a 500-kilowatt battery energy storage system inside the Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages factory in Thiruvallur district, on the outskirts of Chennai, India, Tuesday, July 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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India has ramped up its wind and solar energy. It now needs to expand places to store it

India's battery storage industry, vital for transitioning from dirty fuels, is growing rapidly despite high costs and supply chain issues, with ke investments...

FILE - A farmer walks as he works in a paddy field on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, July 30, 2021. Human-caused climate change is making rainfall more unpredictable and erratic, which makes it difficult for farmers to plant, grow and harvest crops on their rain-fed fields. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)
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Can Indian farmers adapt as monsoons become more erratic?

Climate change is making the monsoon season less reliable, which gives India farmers a major problem.

Shobha Londhe, widow of farmer Tatya, who killed himself, pours water on her cow to cool the animal on a hot summer's day outside her house, in Talegaon village, Beed district, India, Friday, May 3, 2024. Londhe is one of India's 120 million farmers who share fast-shrinking water resources as groundwater is pumped out faster than rain can replenish it. “He was struggling because we were always in debt,” she said. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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Indian farmers are weary of politicians’ response to water crisis

Politicians have done little to secure water for Indian farmers, with activists saying that big businesses are being prioritized instead

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Natural farming could be the answer for Indian famers hit by extreme weather

The Indian government’s agriculture ministry has spent over $8 million to promote natural farming, farmers tilling nearly a million acres across the country...

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India has millions of dairy farmers. It’s creating a methane problem that’s tricky to solve

BENGALURU, India (AP) — Abinaya Tamilarasu said her four cows are part of the family. She has a degree in commerce from a...

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