Research published showed that China is building almost twice as much wind and solar energy capacity as every other country combined. The world’s second-largest economy…
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More than 420,000 children in the Amazon basin are being badly affected by a drought parching much of South America that is impacting water supplies…
The world is on a path to get 1.8 degrees Celsius (3.2 Fahrenheit) warmer than it is now, but could trim half a degree of…
The experts’ assessment is clear: humans are the major threat to Earth’s land, seas and all the living things they shelter, including ourselves. The COP16…
Global warming is fueling an alarming rise in forest fires worldwide, with the resulting air pollution posing a growing threat to millions, according to two…
Joyce Lakela runs a nursery in Tembisa, a township in Johannesburg, but these days, she spends most of her time trying to find water. “It’s…
South Korea’s government said on Wednesday that it will ensure 24,000 tonnes of cabbage are supplied from national stocks to provide support during the upcoming…
Acrid clouds engulfed India’s capital on Wednesday as air pollution fueled by fireworks and farm stubble burning was ranked “hazardous” by monitors for the first…
Wild populations of monitored animal species have plummeted over 70% in the last half-century, according to the latest edition of a landmark assessment by the…
Some approaches to tackling global warming can have unintended knock-on consequences for nature and the protection of biodiversity, say scientists urging a more coordinated effort…