Brazil: Lula pledges to end deforestation in the Amazon after election victory
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From ‘blah, blah, blah’ to ‘greenwashing, lying and cheating’: Why Greta isn’t going to COP27
From ‘blah, blah, blah’ to ‘greenwashing, lying and cheating’: Why Greta isn’t going to COP27
Glaciers in a third of World Heritage Sites will disappear by 2050, new study shows
Glaciers in a third of World Heritage Sites will disappear by 2050, new study shows
‘We are at our limit’: Developing countries score early win at COP27, with loss and damage on agenda
‘We are at our limit’: Developing countries score early win at COP27, with loss and damage on agenda
Revealed: The UK towns and cities that could be swallowed by the sea this century
Revealed: The UK towns and cities that could be swallowed by the sea this century
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Europe’s energy crisis is boosting green hydrogen. Is it finally a real alternative?
Europe’s energy crisis is boosting green hydrogen. Is it finally a real alternative?
Nation falls silent to remember war dead on Armistice Day
People across the UK have honoured the nation’s war dead on what may be the warmest Armistice Day ever.
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Nation falls silent on Remembrance Sunday
- Members of the Royal Family and senior politicians will lay wreaths at the Cenotaph
- Around 10,000 Royal British Legion veterans will march past the Cenotaph to pay tribute to their fallen comrades
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The first ‘food COP’: Why agriculture is finally on the table at the UN climate summit
If you visited Sylvia Kuria’s farm in central Kenya right now, you’d find sweet potatoes, cassava and sorghum grain growing – despite the drought.“Now we’re really praying for the rains, because we’ve had four failed seasons,” the smallholder farmer and businesswoman tells. “Four times farmers have planted and four times it has failed.” With arid and semi-arid lands spanning 89 per cent of the country and contrasting ways of working them, not everyone has the same experience of Kenya’s climate-driven drought. But Sylvia has found that an ecological approach is vital. And it is a perspective she is bringing to COP27 in Egypt next month. Continue reading “The first ‘food COP’: Why agriculture is finally on the table at the UN climate summit”
What happened on day eight of COP27? 5 Key takeaways as climate talks continue
It’s a brand new week in Egypt with delegates returning to COP27after a much-needed break on Sunday.With most big names now gone, we move into the second half of the conference, during which the nitty gritty of deals will be hashed out. Negotiators, delegates and officials will be looking to put together a text that will become the final agreement of this UN climate conference. So what happened at COP27 today as we moved into day eight? Continue reading “What happened on day eight of COP27? 5 Key takeaways as climate talks continue”