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A drone view shows vehicles partially underwater in a courtyard of the State Traffic Department during floods in Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, May 13, 2024.  REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli/File Photo
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Climate change made devastating Brazil floods twice as likely, scientists say

By combining weather observations with results from climate models, the scientists estimated that climate change had made the event in southern Brazil twice...

FILE PHOTO: Solar panels of Germany's largest solar park Weesow-Willmersdorf by energy supplier EnBW AG are seen next to wind turbines in Werneuchen, Germany September 21, 2023. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo
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Ember report: EU wind and solar growth displaces fossil fuel generation

New Ember report: Wind and solar power generation in the European Union increased by 46% from 2019, when the current European Commission took...

FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a stars and stripes visor dips her foot into the cool fountain at the World War II Memorial on a possible record setting heat day in Washington, U.S., April 29, 2024.  REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
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US summer home power bills to jump by nearly 8%, energy policy organizations say

Rising summer home power bills due to extreme temperatures and growing electricity demand disproportionably affect low income families, who are at higher risk...

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Net zero is not just good science – it’s also a good deal for ordinary people

The Conversation: As the UK moves into a general election, a misinformed debate over the country’s climate transition and legally binding net zero...

FILE - Groundwater squirts up during drilling for a geothermal heating and cooling system at a home in White Plains, N.Y., May 8, 2023. A community in Framingham, Mass., will soon become one of the first in the U.S. to be heated with geothermal connected to each other. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
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Climate solution: US town experiments with community heating and cooling

A pilot climate solution that uses a highly-efficient heating and cooling system could see electric bills drop by 20%, is being trialled in...

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Solar power in Chile: Study explores short-term health benefits of rapid expansion

A new peer-reviewed article in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, quantifies the short-term health benefits of an explosion in new solar...

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Last year set record for US heat deaths, AP analysis shows. Could this year be worse?

The death certificates of more than 2,300 people who died in the United States last summer mention the effects of excessive heat, the...

FILE - A doctor checks a child, who is suffering from gastroenteritis due to hot weather, at a hospital in Hyderabad, Pakistan, on May 23, 2024. A new study by the United Nations children’s agency released on Friday May 31, 2024 says developing resilient energy systems to power health facilities in Pakistan could avert over 175,000 deaths by 2030. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih, File)
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Improving energy resilience in Pakistan could avert 175,000 deaths by 2030, UNICEF says

The study, conducted by UNICEF’s Economist Impact Unit, comes as Pakistan is experiencing a heatwave that has sickened thousands of people.

Children play near a poster for the uMkhonto weSizwe party in the township Botleng in Delmas, South Africa May 30, 2024. REUTERS/Ihsaan Haffejee
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In South Africa’s coal belt ANC heartland, voters defect en masse

With the ANC on track to get 42% of the vote in the election, the anger in its coal-mining belt hints as to...

Pakistan is the world's fourth-largest mango producer but recent weather changes have upended the industry (AFP)
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Pakistan farmers pin poor mango crop on climate change

Pakistan mango farmers are blaming climate change for the parasites and extreme weather ruining much of this season's crop.

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