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Cyclone Fengal kills 19 in India and Sri Lanka
NEW DELHI - Cyclone Fengal killed at least 19 people in India and Sri Lanka and caused flooding in Tamil Nadu state and the Puducherry...
Dec 2, 20241 min read
Exclusive-UN calls for $2.6 trillion investment to reverse land degradation
RIYADH - Restoring the world's degraded land and holding back its deserts will require at least $2.6 trillion in investment by the end of...
Dec 2, 20243 min read
Divisions on curbing plastic waste persist as UN treaty talks begin
BUSAN/BAKU - As delegates from 175 countries gathered in Busan, South Korea on Monday for the fifth round of talks aimed at securing an...
Nov 27, 20243 min read
Rustic islanders off glitzy Singapore face uncertain future
SINGAPORE - People in wealthy Singapore have taken for granted comforts such as electricity and air-conditioning for decades, but a...
Nov 27, 20243 min read
Analysis-Contentious COP29 deal shows climate cooperation fraying at edges
BAKU - When COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev stepped to the podium at the closing meeting of the Baku climate summit on Sunday morning,...
Nov 25, 20244 min read
Explainer-COP29 - How does $300 billion stack up?
BAKU - Countries agreed at the U.N.'s COP29 climate conference to spend $300 billion on annual climate finance. Here are some ways of...
Nov 24, 20242 min read
Factbox-Takeaways from the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan
BAKU, Azerbaijan - This year's U.N. climate summit delivered a deal on climate finance two days past deadline, after two weeks of tense...
Nov 24, 20243 min read
COP29 climate finance deal clinched, what are countries saying?
BAKU - Countries agreed to a hard-fought COP29 deal to provide $300 billion in annual climate finance by 2035. But while some delegates...
Nov 24, 20243 min read
Climate finance talks face 'hardest' stage as COP29 nears end-game
BAKU - Countries at the COP29 climate summit were warned on Wednesday that the "hardest part" was about to start in talks over how much...
Nov 21, 20243 min read
Chile's rare salt flat fish faces threat from lithium mining project
ASCOTAN SALT FLAT, Chile - At more than 3,700 meters (12,000 feet) above sea level, the "karachi" swims happily in dense salt flat...
Nov 21, 20242 min read
Explainer-Why are countries fighting over climate finance at COP29?
BAKU - The main task for nearly 200 countries at the U.N.'s COP29 climate summit is to broker a deal that ensures up to trillions of...
Nov 20, 20243 min read
Explainer-What is the latest science on climate change?
BAKU - This year's U.N. climate summit - COP29 - is being held during yet another record-breaking year of higher global temperatures,...
Nov 20, 20243 min read
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