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Bloomberg Zero: The Climate Race podcast
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Podcast | Zero: The Climate Race

Zero: The Climate Race is a podcast from Bloomberg hosted by award-winning climate reporter and author Akshat Rathi. From the summary: “Zero explores...

The Clean Energy Revolution podcast from National Grid.
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Podcast: The Clean Energy Revolution

The Clean Energy Revolution podcast, from National Grid, is hosted by Dr. Carolyn Kissane and Laura Young. From the summary of season 3:...

FILE PHOTO: Climate change protesters hold signs outside Westminster Magistrates' Court, on the day of Greta Thunberg's trial in London, Britain, February 1, 2024. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes/File Photo
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Judge dismisses case against activist who held sign outside trial

Retired social worker told jurors they had a right "to acquit… according to your conscience", but climate activist spared punishment as judge rules...

FILE PHOTO: Equinor's logo is seen next to the company's headquarters in Stavanger, Norway December 5, 2019. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo
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Investors push Equinor to align strategy with global climate goal

Norwegian oil company majority-owned by government under fire after minority investors push for spending in line with Paris Agreement.

FILE PHOTO: A Malawian subsistence farmer carries a bag of fertilizer near the capital Lilongwe, Malawi February 1, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo
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World’s workers increasingly at risk as climate changes: ILO report

More than 70% of the global workforce is exposed to risks linked to climate change that cause hundreds of thousands of deaths each...

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Russia's mining company Norilsk Nickel (Nornickel) is seen during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg, Russia June 15, 2022. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo
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Russia’s Nornickel to move copper plant to China, says CEO

Mining giant will build new copper production facility abroad after Russian sanctions hamper supply of crucial parts.

FILE PHOTO: A herd of endangered Przewalski's horses trot across the Takhin Tal National Park, part of the Great Gobi B Strictly Protected Area, in south-west Mongolia, June 22, 2017. Picture taken June 22, 2017. REUTERS/David W Cerny/File Photo
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Landmark climate finance deal signed for Mongolia grasslands

Transition fund worth $71m will combine with government spending to protect Mongolia grasslands that store millions of tonnes of carbon.

In a year of contrasting extremes, Europe witnessed scorching heatwaves but also catastrophic flooding, withering droughts, violent storms and its largest wildfire (AFP)
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Europe suffered record number of ‘extreme heat stress’ days in 2023

Heat singled out by climate monitors as the biggest climate-related threat as global warming drives ever-hotter European summers.

Rishi Sunak rowed back on some of the UK’s climate policies in a speech last year, which Climate Change Committee chief Chris Stark said had ‘set us back’ (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
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PM Sunak ‘set us back’ on net zero, head of climate watchdog warns

Chris Stark says Rishi Sunak's watering down of net zero ambitions has made it "difficult to recover" the UK's reputation for climate action.

People pass by a damaged electric pole caused by flooding due to heavy rains near Chaman area, Pakistan, Thursday, April 18 2024. Lightning and heavy rains led to 14 deaths in Pakistan, officials said Wednesday, bringing the death toll from four days of extreme weather to at least 63, as the heaviest downpour in decades flooded villages on the country's southwestern coast. Flash floods have also killed dozens of people in neighboring Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Habib Ullah)
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Pakistani province issues flood alert and warns of loss of life due to glacial melting

In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which has been hit hard by the deluges, authorities issued a flood alert because of the melting of glaciers

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