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FILE PHOTO: A fish carcass is seen on a sandbank that emerged in the middle of the Solimoes River in the Amazon Basin, which is suffering from the worst drought on record, near Manacapuru, Amazonas state, Brazil September 20, 2024. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo
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2024 will be world’s hottest on record, EU scientists say

2024 is set to become the hottest year on record, intensifying calls for stronger climate action at COP29 in Azerbaijan.

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.

Wind turbines are silhouetted against the setting sun at the Spearville Wind Farm, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, near Spearville, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Trump likely to target climate measures that are making the most difference

Trump’s second term may rollback climate policies and emissions cuts as states and cities push forward with clean energy.

Then-president Donald Trump attends the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit in New York (AFP)
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Trump’s climate denial and green rollbacks poised to fuel warming

Trump’s victory returns a climate denier to the White House, threatening green policies and global warming efforts.

A woman walks past a sign of the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan October 31, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Karimov/File Photo
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Deadlock over climate finance is undermining Paris agreement, Singapore minister says

Efforts to persuade more countries to contribute to a new global climate financing initiative risks undermining the Paris agreement.

FILE PHOTO: View of monitor screens displaying the smog situation at the Smog Cell at the Environment Protection and Climate Change Department in Lahore, Pakistan November 4, 2024. REUTERS/Nida Mehboob/File Photo
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Pakistan’s Punjab sets up ‘smog war room’ to combat hazardous air, shuts schools

Punjab's "smog war room" tackles Lahore's extreme pollution with cross-department coordination, closures, and advisories.

FILE PHOTO: Smoke and steam billows from Belchatow Power Station, Europe's largest coal-fired power plant operated by PGE Group, near Belchatow, Poland November 28, 2018. Picture taken November 28, 2018. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo
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Decarbonising by 2050 could boost Poland’s economy by 4%, World Bank says

Poland's $450B decarbonization goal for 2050 could boost GDP by four per cent, reduce pollution, and improve health, per World Bank report.

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Enserva’s 2024-2025 Fall State of the Industry Report forecasts oil and gas prices and demand to remain steady

Insights on the Canadian economy and the North American and global energy sectors discussed during expert panel, hosted by Enserva CALGARY, Alberta, Nov....

A Bill described as an ‘admission of failure’ over cliamte change targets has been passed by Holyrood. (Garth Fuller/PA)
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Holyrood passes Climate Change Bill branded Scottish govt’s ‘admission of failure’

Scottish climate bill branded an “admission of failure” passes, moving targets to a five-year cycle after missed goals.

FILE - Mount Fuji in the early morning sunlight is seen from Lake Kawaguchi, Japan, on Aug. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
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Mount Fuji is still without its iconic snowcap for the first time in 130 years

The lack of snow on Mt. Fuji, a UNESCO World Heritage site, as of Tuesday breaks the previous record set on Oct. 26,...

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