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Clean Energy Council report shows the average quarterly investment in new renewable energy capacity is 70 % below 2018 levels.
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Humane Society CEO says ‘perverse pleasure some people derive from killing iconic animals brought this noble lion’s life to a tragic end’.
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The COVID-19 pandemic and the climate emergency can no longer be seen as separate crises, researchers say.
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Afghanistan's only girls' boarding school has evacuated dozens of students and staff to Rwanda, the president of the privately-run institution said Tuesday.
The move came days after the Taliban…
Warming sea and shifting food sources drive whales into areas where they risk ship strikes and entanglement in fishing gear.
Climate change-induced warming in the Gulf of Maine has resulted in the…
Excellencies,
Distinguished guests,
Dear Colleagues,
I welcome today’s important dialogue on Accelerating Adaptation Solutions Ahead of COP26.
The Secretary-General has called the latest IPCC…
In a landmark ruling and a win for a bushfire survivors group, the Land and Environment Court has ordered the New South Wales Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to take steps to safeguard…
"The greatest threat to global public health is the continued failure of world leaders to keep the global temperature rise below 1.5C and to restore nature," says the editorial backed by hundreds of…
President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster declaration for Tennessee after record rainfall caused devastating floods that killed at least 22
President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster…
A recovering economy, and failures at Australia’s only operational carbon capture and storage project, have seen Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions rise in the first three months of 2021, a new…