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Poorer countries on the frontlines of climate change will need trillions of dollars in financial aid to install clean energy and adapt to global warming (AFP)
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COP29 fight looms over climate funds for developing world

For developing countries, who pays is non-negotiable: the 2015 Paris climate agreement reaffirmed that developed countries pick up the tab.

FILE - Dustin Holmes, second from right, holds hands with his girlfriend, Hailey Morgan, while returning to their flooded home with her children Aria Skye Hall, 7, right, and Kyle Ross, 4, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Sept. 27, 2024, in Crystal River, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)
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Control the path and power of hurricanes like Helene? Forget it, scientists say

Hurricanes demonstrate the immense, chaotic power of Earth's weather, often fueling misguided attempts at control.

The COP16 summit comes as Brazil and other Latin American countries struggle to emerge from one of the worst wildfire seasons in years (AFP)
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UN biodiversity summit in Colombia aims to turn words into action

Representatives from some 200 countries are expected at the Oct. 21 to Nov. 1 COP16 biodiversity conference in the Colombian city of Cali.

A person kneels as he watches his home being consumed by fire in Riberalta, Beni, Bolivia, October 3, 2024 in this screengrab taken from a handout video.  Riberalta Government Handout/Handout via REUTERS
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Bolivia wildfires burn record area, scorching homes and farms

Wildfires in Bolivia have burned over 10 million hectares this year, setting a record for the country's worst-ever fire season.

eleste Saulo, secretary-general of World Meteorological Organization (WMO), presents the WMO's State of Global Water Resources report during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)
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The world’s rivers faced the driest year in three decades in 2023, the UN weather agency says

The U.N.'s weather agency reports that 2023 marked the driest year for global rivers in over three decades, worsening droughts globally.

The bed of the Great Salt Lake contains arsenic and toxic heavy metals, which can contaminate the atmosphere during dust storms if exposed to the open air by falling levels (AFP)
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As Great Salt Lake dries, Utah Republicans pardon Trump climate skepticism

Utah's Great Salt Lake is shrinking, posing an "environmental nuclear bomb" threat, but locals still support Trump.

Sardinia is home to nearly half the sheep in Italy (AFP)
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Sardinia’s sheep farmers battle bluetongue as climate warms

Bluetongue virus is devastating Sardinia's sheep flocks, killing 20,000 and threatening cheese production amid climate change.

FILE PHOTO: A flare burns excess natural gas in the Permian Basin in Texas, U.S. November 23, 2019. Picture taken November 23, 2019.  REUTERS/Angus Mordant/file photo
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US Supreme Court declines to pause EPA mercury, methane rules

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to block new EPA rules tightening limits on mercury and methane emissions, despite challenges from states and industry...

FILE - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum gives a media briefing from the National Palace in Mexico City, Oct. 2, 2024, the morning after her inauguration. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)
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Mexico’s new president promises to resume fight against climate change

Mexico's new president Sheinbaum targets 45 per cent renewables by 2030, shifting from López Obrador's fossil fuel focus.

Scotland became home to the first offshore floating wind farm in 2017 (PA)
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Giant floating wind farms could destroy Scotland’s fishing industry, sector warns

The Scottish fishing industry warns that floating wind farms threaten its survival, urging government action to protect it.

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