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Soccer Football - Euro 2024 - Fans gather for Turkey v Georgia - Dortmund, Germany - June 18, 2024 Messages state the fan zone is closed due to a severe weather warning REUTERS/Leon Kuegeler
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Soccer-Weather warning shuts down Berlin’s Euro 2024 fan zones

Germany has been hit by extreme weather in recent weeks and is shutting down its public viewing areas.

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A woman pours water on her head after filling her containers with drinking water from a municipal tanker on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, May 21, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
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India sees record peak demand for power in north as heatwave persists

People in India have been trying to stay cool during a weeks-long heatwave.

dian oil and gas companies facing a federally imposed emissions cap will cut their production rather than invest in emissions-reducing carbon capture and storage technology, a new report by Deloitte says. A dump truck works near an oil sands extraction facility near Fort McMurray, Alta. on Sunday June 1, 2014.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Frans
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Canada’s emissions cap not possible without oil, gas production cuts: Deloitte

A new report commissioned by the Alberta government suggests that oil and gas companies will cut production rather than invest in carbon capture...

Nine of the past 13 climate change targets have now been missed (Nick Ansell/PA)
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Scottish Government again misses target for reducing emissions

The Scottish Government has been criticised for missing 9 of its past 13 emissions targets.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden reacts to questions from reporters during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 17, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
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Oil and corn groups team up in lawsuit to halt Biden truck emissions rules

Lobby groups say President Biden's plans to cut emissions from heavy-duty vehicles will cause economic harm.

Over a dozen people were missing in China on Tuesday after heavy rains and flooding struck swathes of the south (AFP)
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Over a dozen people missing as extreme weather hits China

China is struggling with continuous rainfall and flooding, and some of the highest temperatures of the year.

A man stands under a water mister to cool off from the heat in Montreal, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. Ontario's Independent Electricity System Operator says there will be enough electricity supply to meet the additional demand created by what's expected to be a prolonged heat wave.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Musch
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Cities, schools and other agencies respond as heat wave crosses Ontario and Quebec

People across Canada are bracing themselves for high temperatures and humid conditions.

FILE PHOTO: Solar panels of Germany's largest solar park Weesow-Willmersdorf by energy supplier EnBW AG are seen in Werneuchen, Germany September 21, 2023. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo
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Germany’s solar installations up 35% in early 2024

Solar panel capacity on commercial rooftops rose by 81% and solar installations were up 74%

A view shows the Vostochny container port in the shore of Nakhodka Bay near the port city of Nakhodka, Russia August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Tatiana Meel/file photo
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AI can help shipping industry cut down emissions, report says

Shipping contributes nearly 3% to the world's carbon dioxide emissions.

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El Salvador reports 11 dead as heavy rains lash Central America

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – Some 11 people have died in El Salvador due to torrential rains that have lashed Central America’s Pacific coast...

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