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China and allies challenge UN chief’s climate vision
‘Basic’ environment ministers stress the responsibility of rich countries, in draft declaration that ignores António Guterres’ call for more ambitious national plans
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Indigenous leaders call for Arctic cooperation against wildfires
As high temperatures and dry thunderstorms turn the Arctic Circle into a tinderbox, the Arctic Council has been urged to step up firefighting capacity
UN chief’s climate asks fall flat in emerging economies
As Brics environment ministers meet in Brazil, experts see little appetite for meeting António Guterres’ benchmark of climate ambition
Offshoot of Extinction Rebellion calls for vegan revolution
Drawing on the latest UN climate science report, UK activists under the banner Animal Rebellion plan civil disobedience to promote plant-based farming and diets
Meat and potatoes: international media majors on diet in IPCC coverage
Reporting on latest science around climate change and land use focused on rich nations’ eating habits, but did it miss the bigger picture?
Australia seeks to water down climate declaration at Pacific summit
An annotated draft Pacific Islands Forum statement shows the Morrison administration trying to quash references to 1.5C, carbon neutrality and coal development
How we manage land is critical to climate justice
The latest science shows the impacts of global warming – and solutions to it – risk worsening inequality if not coupled with support to the world’s poor
Bolsonaro shrugs off German aid cuts, as deforestation surges
Brazil “doesn’t need” €35 million of international funds earmarked to protect the Amazon rainforest, the president insists
Glasgow named to host 2020 UN climate summit
If the UK is approved to preside over Cop26, it will hold negotiations in Scotland’s largest city, the government announced
Climate Weekly: Facing the land use squeeze
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IPCC: Urgent action needed to tackle hunger alongside climate crisis
In a special report, the UN’s climate science panel warned use of land to store carbon or grow fuel crops risked worsening food insecurity if poorly managed
It is high time to reboot our relationship with nature
Leaders must take decisive action to support nature-based solutions to the climate challenge, in light of the latest UN science report
Niger shrinks major biodiversity reserve to allow Chinese oil exploration
One of the last havens for Saharan wildlife, including the endangered addax or white antelope, is being cut in half as CNPC plans to expand drilling
No-deal Brexit would be a disaster for the climate
Boris Johnson’s leadership increases the likelihood of a hard exit from the EU, shattering the bloc’s solidarity and empowering a radical deregulation agenda
China is expanding its UN presence, in belt and road push
UN farming chief is the latest top job to be filled from Beijing, as China promotes ‘ecological civilisation’ and promises to green its foreign investment drive
Indonesian government under pressure to stamp out toxic haze
Rampant forest fires are causing polluting smog to travel to neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore, sending air quality plummeting in Southeast Asia
Stinky seaweed chokes American coast due to hotter oceans and deforestation
Sargassum is a natural occurrence on beaches in the Caribbean but warmer waters and the use of fertilisers has seen it proliferate dramatically in recent years
Bolsonaro under fire for deforestation denial, after sacking space agency chief
The Brazilian president forced a top science official out of his job, in a move experts warned could harm the credibility of agricultural exporters
July breaks global heat record, on scorching European weather
Human-caused climate change drove heatwaves in Europe and the Arctic, with above-average temperatures also seen across Africa and Australia