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Prince Charles warns of 'dangerously narrow window' to act on climate crisis – video

Speaking at an event in Riyadh on Saturday, Prince Charles said there was a 'dangerously narrow window' to accelerate climate action.

Climate

Saudi Arabia sets target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2060

One of world’s biggest oil exporters more than doubles its annual target to reduce carbon emissions.

Climate

How global heating’s children view the world, 12 years on

In the run-up to the global summit in Glasgow, we revisit families with children – now teenagers – born at the time of the 2009 climate conference.

Climate

Museums for construction along Mau Mau road in Kenya

Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA), the autonomous road agency responsibility is for management, development, rehabilitation, and maintenance of Class A, B, and C roads, in conjunction with the National Museums of Keny

Climate Environment

Poorest countries to gain from new climate funding plan to break Cop26 impasse

Climate finance plan needed to gain backing of developing nations for any deal at Glasgow talks

Climate

A 7m wall has gone up on a Sydney beach: are we destroying public space to save private property?

Beachfront residents back the Collaroy wall but other locals worry the beach will disappear for longer periods as climate change increasingly drives coastal erosion. “We really didn’t want to build a wall,” says Bob Orth.

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What a net zero world will look like – and how to get there

It’s the phrase that will be on every world leader’s lips at the Cop26 summit – and it summarises the ambitious plan that will be central to efforts to limit the ravages of the climate crisis. So what is net zero? What kind of world could it create?

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All hail the net zero strategy: a year late and lacking in both ambition and funding

The UK rushed out its climate plan just days before Cop26 – and it shows. The planet can’t afford further bluster and delay

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Updated NDC Synthesis Report: Worrying Trends Confirmed

UN Climate Change News, 25 October 2021 – UN Climate Change today published an update to the synthesis of climate action plans as communicated in countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions (

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Can Lego help save Singapore's coral reefs?

Singapore is home to a third of the world's coral reefs - a staggering amount for a tiny country. Coral reefs protect the world's coastlines, are home to thousands of fishes and are a vital part of the underwater ecosystem.

Environment

Super cool building materials prove powerful arsenal against climate change

New building materials that reflect rather than absorb solar energy can reduce peak temperatures in our cities by up to four degrees.

Climate Technology Solutions Environment

Climate change: Pledge of $100bn annual aid slips to 2023

A key pledge ahead of an upcoming climate change conference has still not been met and the money is not sure to be available before 2023. The UK government has set out a new financing plan ahead of next week's climate change conference - COP26.

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Climate change: How do we know it is happening and caused by humans?

Scientists and politicians say we are facing a planetary crisis because of climate change. But what's the evidence for global warming and how do we know it's being caused by humans?

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Climate change: The environmental disasters we've almost fixed

There are no simple solutions to complex problems like climate change. But there have been times in the past when the world has come together to try to fix an environmental crisis.

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Climate change: Greenhouse gas build-up reached new high in 2020

The build-up of warming gases in the atmosphere rose to record levels in 2020 despite the pandemic, according to the World Meteorological Organization. The amounts of CO2, methane and nitrous oxide rose by more than the annual average in the past 10 years.

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