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FILE - Sonny Curley looks out to the seawall separating his property from the Pacific Ocean at the home he shares with his children and parents Wednesday, May 22, 2024, on the Quinault reservation in Taholah, Wash. Gov. Jay Inslee announced on Tuesday, July 16, that Washington has awarded $52 million raised by the state's landmark carbon emission pricing law to help Native American tribes respond to climate change. Among the tribes that will benefit is the Quinault Nation on the Pacific coast, which is getting $13 million to help move its two villages to higher ground as seas rise. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
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Funds from Washington’s landmark law help tribes face rising seas, climate change

Washington state allocates $52 million from its 2021 Climate Commitment Act to help Native American tribes combat climate change impacts and move to...

Cypriot marine ecosystems are as much threatened by climate change as they are by mass tourism, coastal development and agricultural pollution (AFP)
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Cyprus pioneers coral conservation project in the Mediterranean

In Cyprus's Ayia Napa, divers are using floating nurseries to revive the declining Cladocora caespitosa coral, threatened by climate change and human activity.

People caught in the rain on Oxford Street, central London. File photo. (Yui Mok/PA)
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Preparing London for climate impacts is ‘non-negotiable,’ landmark review warns

The review found that government and businesses have not adequately planned for the disruption caused by severe weather.

FILE PHOTO: Smoke from an encroaching wildfire is seen over homes after an evacuation was ordered in the eastern Canadian community of Labrador City, Newfoundland, Canada July 12, 2024 in a drone photograph.  REUTERS/Josh Bingle/File Photo
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In Canada’s remote Labrador, tiny Happy Valley hosts thousands of wildfire evacuees

Happy Valley-Goose Bay accommodated thousands of wildfire evacuees, increasing its population by 40%, while community efforts continue.

Former net-zero tsar Chris Skidmore quit the Tories and Parliament in January in protest at the issuing of new oil and gas licences (Aaron Chown/PA)
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Ex-Tory MP sets up investment bank to help new markets ‘transforming the world’

Chris Skidmore is launching Desmos Capital Partners, a boutique bank investing in firms focused on impact, future tech, and net zero.

Members of the Mashco Piro Indigenous community, a reclusive tribe and one of the world's most withdrawn, gather on the banks of the Las Piedras river where they have been sighted coming out of the rainforest more frequently in search of food and moving away from the growing presence of loggers, in Monte Salvado, in the Madre de Dios province, Peru, June 27, 2024. Survival International/Handout via REUTERS
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Uncontacted tribe sighted in Peruvian Amazon where loggers are active

Images reveal the Mashco Piro tribe leaving the Amazon rainforest more frequently due to increasing logging activities near their territory.

Emergency crews respond after flooding caused by heavy rainfall in Windsor, N.S., in this July 11, 2024, handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO — Amanda Dunfield
ClimateIn-DepthWeather

Repeated extreme weather events linked to rise in mental health problems, trauma

Residents of flood-prone Windsor, N.S., like Jennifer Moore, face ongoing trauma and mental health challenges amid repeated climate disasters and delays in infrastructure...

A boat cruises past the Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park in Central Halmahera, North Maluku province, Indonesia, Saturday, June 8, 2024. Indonesia has been building out a vast industry for nickel. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
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Indonesia’s nickel boom sparks environmental alarm

In Indonesia's Halmahera, rapid nickel industry growth devastates forests and communities, fueling deforestation, pollution, and broken promises of prosperity.

A photograph taken in Scoresby Fjord, Estarn Greenland shows a partly melted glacier (AFP)
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Oh my (long) days: Melting ice caps slow Earth’s spin

A new study reveals that polar ice cap melting is slowing Earth's rotation, extending days by milliseconds and potentially surpassing the Moon's tidal...

A municipal worker cools off standing next to a city fountain in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, July 11, 2024, as temperatures exceeded 39 degrees Celsius (102.2 Fahrenheit). The national weather forecaster issued a red warning for the coming week, as temperatures are expected to exceed 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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‘It’s hell outside’: Sizzling heat wave in parts of southern and central Europe prompts alerts

A scorching heat wave has gripped central and southern Europe, pushing temperatures to 40°C, triggering forest fires and health alerts.

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