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UN says world must navigate 'reality' of 1.5C overshoot
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
The United Nations outlined Wednesday how the world might bring global temperatures back to 1.5C once the milestone target is breached in a first-of-its-kind as...
Australia defends Pacific climate meeting despite doubts on attendance
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Wednesday a top climate meeting being held in Fiji and Tuvalu next month will "elevate" the global challenge, de...
Rare train of Pacific cyclones fueled by historic El Nino
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
Two powerful hurricanes and a strengthening tropical storm on Wednesday were churning through the Pacific Ocean where waters were being warmed by a historically...
Australia defends Pacific climate meeting despite doubts on attendance
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Wednesday a top climate meeting being held in Fiji and Tuvalu next month will "elevate" the global challenge, d...
German farming in 'massive' crisis after drought: minister
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
German farming has been plunged into a "massive nationwide crisis" by drought this summer, the country's agriculture minister said on Wednesday, announcing fres...
Melting glaciers an 'immediate' climate risk: author of UN report
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
Climate change is accelerating the loss of glaciers and increasing the risk of devastating events like the Himalaya floods, said one author of a major UN scient...
World must prepare for 'reality' of missing 1.5C goal: UN
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
The United Nations said Wednesday the 1.5C target would be missed and outlined how global temperatures might be brought back down in a first-of-its-kind assessm...
Uganda names its oil 'Pearl Sweet' as it prepares for first exports
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
Uganda officially named its oil "Pearl Sweet" on Wednesday as its energy secretary said it expects to join the club of oil-exporting nations by the end of the y...
UN says world must navigate 'reality' of 1.5C overshoot
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
The United Nations said Wednesday the 1.5C target would be missed and outlined how global temperatures might be brought back down in a first-of-its-kind assessm...
Pacific islands to face food shortages over global warming: scientists
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
The Pacific islands will face food shortages and drinking water will be impacted by rising seas, scientists said Wednesday, as a UN report found the world would...
France sees limited economic hit from drought, heatwaves
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
Drought and record heatwaves across France this summer will shave 0.1 percent off the country's economic growth this year, adding to the heavy human toll, the f...
AI boom is testing tech firms' climate pledges
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
Technology companies are stepping up their climate commitments but not fast enough to counter rapidly inflating energy needs linked to the artificial intelligen...
Philippine couple married in hip-deep floodwaters
Sep 01, 2026 (AFP)
A Philippine couple tied the knot on Tuesday at a Catholic church swamped in hip-deep waters, as heavy rains have pummelled large parts of the country for a mon...
UK chalks up hottest summer on record for second year running
Sep 01, 2026 (AFP)
Britain experienced its hottest summer on record for the second year in a row, the UK's national weather agency announced Tuesday, after weeks of successive hea...
Summer 2026 was Belgium's hottest on record
Sep 01, 2026 (AFP)
Summer 2026 was the hottest on record in Belgium, the country's weather agency said Tuesday, making it the latest European nation to smash temperature records t...
2 die in Grand Canyon flash flood, only 1 person unaccounted for
Sep 01, 2026 (AFP)
The number of people unaccounted for after a deadly flash flood hit part of the Grand Canyon fell to one Monday as US Park Rangers said they had managed to make...
UK and Belgium chalk up hottest summers on record
Sep 01, 2026 (AFP)
Britain and Belgium both recorded their hottest ever summers, the two countries' weather agencies announced Tuesday, the latest temperature records to be smashe...
What's next after judge strikes down New York's landmark climate fund law
Sep 01, 2026 (AFP)
A federal judge has sided with Republican states and fossil fuel industry groups to strike down a landmark New York law that would have made polluters pay for t...
El Nino hammering Peru anchovy fishing: industry officials
Sep 01, 2026 (AFP)
Peru, the world's largest catcher of anchovy, is facing a "devastating blow" from warming seas that have gutted production, sparking an unemployment crisis, ind...
'Cherish the Earth': Pope condemns harm to environment
Sep 01, 2026 (AFP)
Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday held a special mass for the environment, urging people to listen to the "melodious voice" of nature and condemning the destruction cause...
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