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Colombia's Environment Minister Susana Muhamad and other participants attend the opening plenary of the 16th United Nations Biodiversity Summit (COP16), in Yumbo, Colombia October 21, 2024. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez
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Explainer: What’s on the agenda at the COP16 nature summit in Colombia?

At COP16 in Cali, nearly 200 countries will discuss national biodiversity plans, genetic data access, and Indigenous rights to combat nature loss.

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Singapore to co-fund CCS studies at some power plants to aid net-zero emissions target

Singapore's Energy Market Authority will co-fund carbon capture feasibility studies to help achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

Residents protest by banging pots and pans in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Hurricane Oscar: Cubans struggle with an extended power outage

Cubans protested after power outages lasted three days, worsened by Hurricane Oscar's winds and heavy rain.

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Regulating safety for carbon removal, capture and sequestration projects in the US

U.S. lawmakers are advancing regulations for carbon capture and removal technologies, prioritizing safety and environmental protections.

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Siloed Canadian climate data needs to be opened up and shared

Using the cloud to practice open science would go a long way to leveraging the findings of Canadian climate researchers.

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Is sustainable development possible? Only if we take a unified approach

Policy and technology must unite across disciplines and economies to achieve sustainability within Earth's finite limits.

Coral bleaching -- such as that seen here around Lizard Island on Australia's Great Barrier Reef -- happens when the water is too warm (AFP)
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Global coral bleaching event biggest on record: US agency

A global episode of heat-related coral bleaching has grown to the largest on record, US authorities said Friday, sparking worry for the health...

Monica dos Santos, who lost her house, poses for a picture at Bento Rodrigues district, which was covered with mud after a dam owned by Vale SA and BHP Billiton Ltd burst, in Mariana, Minas Gerais state, Brazil October 17, 2024. REUTERS/Washington Alves
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Brazil to ink deal with miners over Mariana dam collapse on Oct. 25

The agreement for Vale, BHP, and Samarco to compensate for the Mariana dam collapse is set to be signed on Oct. 25.

FILE - A group of visitors return to Stephen C. Foster State Park after an overnight camping trip on the Red Trail in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, April 6, 2022, in Fargo, Ga. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)
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Proposed expansion of Georgia wildlife refuge could lead to buyout of titanium dioxide mining project

Federal officials propose expanding the Okefenokee Swamp refuge, potentially blocking a controversial mining project nearby.

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