Study authors argue progressive taxes on wealth and carbon-intensive investments could provide a solution.
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Researchers say Israel’s worst wildfires were exacerbated by non-native trees that Israel has been planting for decades.
Pollution has cut the amphibian’s numbers by 99.5 percent, but scientists believe Mexico’s cultural icon could return.
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Pushed to the brink by heat and injustice, South Asia’s workers demand reparations from fossil fuel corporations.
The Atlantic Forest used to blanket Maxakali territory. But as the forest disappears, the group faces intense heat.
Langtang was destroyed in the earthquake and 300 people there died. But others returned and rebuilt a tourist haven.
A submerged village becomes one family’s battlefield against climate change with 15,000 mangroves planted annually.
High temperatures, ageing trees and disease have lowered cocoa supplies and raised prices.
Deadly clashes between nomads and farmers have multiplied recently in the Benue and Plateau states.
Campaigners in Cape Town confront the socioeconomic and environmental problems in the city’s water management system.
Kashmir’s saffron farmers are losing 30 percent of their crop to the rodents as deforestation pushes them into farms.
A severe sandstorm blanketed southern Iraq, causing airports to close down and hospitalising over 3,500 people.
India is investing heavily in the search for critical minerals. But it faces strong opposition from fisherfolk.
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Residents accuse government of slow response as evacuations continue in flood-hit Kinshasa.
