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Rising temperatures due to global warming has led to mass bleaching events striking coral across the world (AFP)
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Nearly half of tropical coral species face extinction: report

Almost half of all warm-water species of coral are threatened with extinction — and climate change is the chief culprit, a new report...

A wind farm at Voe in Shetland (Andrew Milligan/PA)
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What must the UK do to reach the new goal of 81% emissions cut by 2035?

Prime Minister Starmer aims for an 81 per cent reduction in UK emissions by 2035, aligning with the Paris Agreement’s climate goals.

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump gestures at a campaign rally at the Santander Arena.
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Trump has vowed to kill offshore wind in the US. Will he succeed?

Trump vows to end offshore wind projects, but major companies brace for a fight, pledging cooperation with Congress.

FILE - Fisherman pull with a Pirarucu fish at a lake in San Raimundo settlement lake, Carauari, Brazil.
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Severe droughts threaten the sustainable catch of the Amazon’s giant fish

Record-breaking drought threatens Brazil's Amazon pirarucu fishery, cutting catch and raising costs.

FILE PHOTO: Macaws sit on a tree at the Amazon rainforest in Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil October 26, 2022. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File Photo
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Biden’s Amazon visit comes as US climate policy to shift under Trump

Biden will become the first U.S. president to visit the Brazilian Amazon, meeting with leaders to discuss its preservation.

FILE - In this May 9, 2008, file photo, male sage grouses fight for the attention of females southwest of Rawlins, Wyo. (Jerret Raffety/The Rawlins Daily Times via AP)
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US to tighten restrictions on oil, solar and wind energy development to protect sage grouse

Biden proposes tighter energy rules on 6,500 sq miles to protect sage grouse, drawing criticism from environmentalists, industry.

FILE - A river borders an area that has been illegally deforested by land-grabbers and cattle farmers in an extractive reserve in Jaci-Parana, Rondonia state, Brazil, July 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)
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Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon drops by nearly 31% compared to previous year

Forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon dropped by 30.6 per cent compared to the previous year, officials said Wednesday.

Steel anchors were rammed into the mountain to stop its summit collapsing (AFP)
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Austria’s Alpine refuges and trails crumble as climate warms

Experts say warmer temperatures across the Alps are accelerating glacier melt and thawing permafrost, the year-round ice that binds together giant slabs of...

A view of the closing session at the United Nations COP16 nature summit in Cali, Colombia, November 1, 2024. REUTERS/Camilo Rodriguez/File Photo
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Public funding for nature conservation stalls at COP16, eyes on private investment

At COP16, wealthy nations pulled back on conservation funding, leaving private capital to help bridge the $200 billion gap.

FILE - In this photo provided by the Center for Biological Diversity, Tiehm's buckwheat grows in the high desert in the Silver Peak Range of western Nevada about halfway between Reno and Las Vegas, June 1, 2019, where a lithium mine is planned. (Patrick Donnelly/Center for Biological Diversity via AP, File)
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Nevada lithium mine will crush rare plant habitat US said is critical to its survival, lawsuit says

A new lithium mine planned for Nevada will destroy a plant habitat that the US has said is critical for survival, a lawsuit...

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