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COP15: Five key takeaways from the UN biodiversity summit

Tue, 2022-12-20 03:10
Memorable moments from the Montreal meeting that brought a historic deal.
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COP15: Summit on 'pact with nature' enters final stretch

Mon, 2022-12-19 10:12
Decision day looms for sealing a global deal to stop the destruction of nature.
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Canada's polar-bear capital Churchill warms too fast for bears

Mon, 2022-12-19 05:00
The amount of time without sea-ice is becoming too long for the bears to survive, experts say.
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The Amazon reef that may be threatened by oil drilling

Sun, 2022-12-18 06:17
Scientists say a rare reef habitat near the mouth of the Amazon is at risk from oil exploration.
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Environment targets are job half-done, say charities

Sat, 2022-12-17 05:44
Long-awaited targets to protect the environment will fail to fix water pollution, say nature groups.
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Livestock farming polluted rivers 300 times in one year

Fri, 2022-12-16 11:27
Only six farms are prosecuted for pollution despite 300 river contaminations in one year.
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Biodiversity: Row over funding threatens to stall talks

Fri, 2022-12-16 10:50
Countries are promising new funds to help protect 30% of the planet for nature but will it secure a deal?
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Climate boss Carney's firm linked with deforestation

Fri, 2022-12-16 10:12
Brookfield sold Brazil farms despite boss's call not to "walk away" from carbon-intensive assets
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HSBC to end funding for new oil and gas fields

Thu, 2022-12-15 01:42
One of the world's biggest banks will end fossil fuel financing as part of efforts to become "net zero".
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Biodiversity: Can we set aside a third of our planet for nature?

Wed, 2022-12-14 11:09
Will a plan to protect 30% of the planet for nature by 2030 be agreed and how will it work?
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Breakthrough in nuclear fusion energy announced

Wed, 2022-12-14 01:07
US researchers have overcome a major barrier to achieving low-carbon nuclear fusion.
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Gene-edited hens may end cull of billions of chicks

Tue, 2022-12-13 22:02
Israeli researchers claim to have developed a flock of gene-edited hens that lay eggs from which only female chicks hatch.
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One of Central America's most active volcanoes erupts again

Mon, 2022-12-12 13:05
Guatemala's Fuego forces authorities to close the country's largest airport and a major highway.
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Nasa's Orion capsule makes safe return to Earth

Mon, 2022-12-12 03:40
After a 26-day flight around the Moon, Nasa's future astronaut ship parachutes into the Pacific.
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Chile volcano: Alert issued after Lascar rumbles to life

Sun, 2022-12-11 11:23
The Lascar volcano, in the north, sends a plume of volcanic ash and hot gases 6,000m into the sky.
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Biodiversity: What is a mass extinction and are we causing one?

Sat, 2022-12-10 09:38
While scientists agree on the dire state of life on Earth, they don't always agree on how we should describe it.
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Biodiversity: 'Magical marine species' pushed toward extinction

Sat, 2022-12-10 01:00
A new extinction list reveals grave conservation concern for a 'sea cow' that inspired tales of mermaids.
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COP27: What was agreed at the Sharm el Sheikh climate conference?

Fri, 2022-12-09 02:37
New money for climate damage, but little progress on emissions. A round up of what was agreed in Egypt.
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Water companies "letting down" customers

Thu, 2022-12-08 21:33
Industry watchdog Ofwat, said that despite some improvements it remains deeply concerned.
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Reverse nature's decline or there is no future - UN

Thu, 2022-12-08 10:41
The UN's biodiversity chief says talks under way in Montreal are the last chance to save nature.
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